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religion Survey of top U.S. evangelical churches reveals "three explosive insights" Rob Beschizza

surprise A skating video with a huge plot twist Caroline Siede

books Surprise revival in UK printed book sales, with ebooks dipping Rob Beschizza

Kids An adorable magic trick Cory Doctorow

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music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

hollywood Japanese sword master reviews the movies, shows how it's done Rob Beschizza

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

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Games Non-Euclidean game worlds Rob Beschizza

media Fox News fires Ed Henry after sexual misconduct investigation Xeni Jardin

britain Someone made a dance to the "Nations of the World" song from Animaniacs to show which countries Britain invaded Thom Dunn

writing tools The Writers' Co-op is a great new podcast about how to make your freelance writing career work Thom Dunn

coronavirus Covid cases are up but fewer patients are needing ventilators. 5 reasons why Mark Frauenfelder

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