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words "My hovercraft is full of eels" in many languages Rob Beschizza

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happy mutants Ghanaian parliament erupts into giggles as MPs learn about towns called "Vagina is Wise," "Penis is a Fool" and "Testicles are Sad" Cory Doctorow

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

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occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

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