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"Whether you're a lifelong bibliophile or a new reader, this guide is packed with tips and strategies to enhance your reading experience."

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🇬🇧 One of those questions in life that is an enigma wrapped inside a riddle and formed into a conundrum......

'Why is it cheaper to fly to Manchester than get a train to Liverpool?' | LBC

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"Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island?"

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On the trail of deepfakes, Drexel researchers identify ‘fingerprints’ of AI-generated video

"The lab’s tools use a sophisticated machine learning program called a constrained neural network. This algorithm can learn, in ways similar to the human brain, what is “normal” and what is “unusual” at the sub-pixel level of images and videos, rather than searching for specific predetermined identifiers of manipulation from the outset."

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Decoding Ulysses: How Joyce Published The Novel of the Century + How To Read It

"A brief history of the mess James Joyce had to put up with to publish Ulysses and how to read the text without losing your mind ft. Prof. Rónán McDonald, The Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies."

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How 100-Year-Old Books Are Professionally Restored | Restoration

"The delicate and intricate restoration process of a very old book."

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Climate crisis - How oil companies hushed up research results | DW Documentary

"In the 1970s, oil conglomerates commissioned research into climate change. It predicted the global warming that we’re facing today. But US oil companies hushed up these findings rather than accepting responsibility."

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How to DESTROY Anyone in an Argument

"Philosophers are often thought of as truth-seekers, but often people are more interested in the mucky world of simple debate, and there is a sardonic, sarcastic essay by Schopenhauer that can help us out here - "On the Art of Being Right". In here he compiles a series of tactics used (often highly dishonestly) to secure victory in an argument even when one is misinformed, or just downright wrong."

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The Kaiser's Nazi Funeral

"He gave express instructions that his funeral was not to include Nazi symbolism, as he had been a vocal critic of Hitler and particularly his anti-semitic policies. But, the Nazis ignored the Kaiser's wishes and he was given a funeral containing a lot of NSDAP symbolism. It was a final insult from Hitler, who despised the Kaiser and all he stood for."

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🇬🇧 HENRY V - Laurence Olivier - 1944 - Remastered - 4K

"Fascinating not just for its approach to the text but also for its portrait of multiple facets of the British character, calibrated for explicitly propagandist purposes in the Second World War to be a call to arms as such formed a powerful reminder of what Britain was defending."

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🇬🇧 "The university staff are lobbying hard to increase their funding in a funny clip from Yes Minister, a classic BBC British comedy series."

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Why GM Committed $650M for Lithium Mined Here | WSJ

"The U.S. is racing to secure its own lithium and nickel, which is used in battery production for products like EVs and other tech. Today, China produces more than 85% of the world’s batteries. So how is the U.S. pushing to mine battery metals needed for the energy transition and for national security?"

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