The word ‘furphy’ is Australian slang for a tall tale, a story told as true but which is not. Like most slang, precise origins can be hard to define, and I’d never encountered this story about Furphy brand water tanks before today. Surely it’s not a furphy. That would be ironic, wouldn’t it? Photos are …
For those of you who memorise the names on the periodic table, Mental Floss lists the four latest additions. They should be official on November 8. Welcome nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson. The details are here.
I love the smell of books.
An interesting article from Today I Found Out that seeks to answer the reasons for the distinctive text layout shared by most Bibles. The piece raises issues about what sort of text we believe the Bible to be, and how that may be affected by the layout and how the layout may affect our reading …
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