Did you know that Mario first appeared in a Japanese Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981? Though some say he was originally called "Jumpman," he was actually unnamed in the original Japanese game. Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto didn't expect one of his modest side characters to become so popular, but when the little plumber started gaining a fanbase, Miyamoto decided to call him "Mr. Video." Mario was originally intended to be a sort of recurring background character who would make cameo appeara…

Bear with me, but does one bear it all or bare it all? And speaking of bears, if a bear pays me a compliment, can I complement his compliment with a compliment? Or would that negatively affect the intended effect? The English language is full of cruel tricks. There are many examples of English words that have totally different meanings and yet are nearly the same, sometimes only distinguished by a single letter. Proofreader @chronicleflask recently tried to demystify the English language in an…

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How is it that someone can be perfectly affable and charming in person, but an absolute nightmare of a human on social media? Why does it feel like we're all walking around in a cloud of paranoia all the time? Why is it hard to tell which information is true and which is fake these days? Psychology buff @g_s_bhogal might have some answers. In a follow-up tweet to an insightful mega-thread of 40 psychology concepts, @g_s_bhogal explained that his goal “is to help people avoid the psychological t…

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