Morning Cup of Links: The Accents of Fantasy Characters

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Why do Dwarves Sound Scottish and Elves Sound Like Royalty? Tolkien gave them different languages, but we gave them stereotypes.
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Feynman’s Building Blocks of Thermodynamics. A simple analogy with a whimsical animation that’s easy to understand.
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Dark Tourism: A Trip to Slaughterhouse-Five. Germany walks a delicate line in promoting World War II tourism.
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The 50 best places to work in 2017, according to employees. Since happy workers don’t quit, they probably have few openings.  
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10 Holiday Gifts for the History Buff in Your Life. You won’t find these at your local stores.
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English for Beginners. It’s two steps forward and one step back, but this man is determined to communicate.  
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The truth about fake news is coming. Stories about established news outlets losing the public’s trust are a bit exaggerated.
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9 Secrets About Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean Ride. The nearly 50-year-old attraction has quite a history.


December 8, 2016 – 5:00am

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