Tag Archives: People’s University
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The Britannicas of the Dick Van Dyke Show
Leave a commentNovember 3, 2016 by libroshombre
“14 Unusual Items You Can Get at Libraries,” an article in a year-old issue of Mental Floss magazine, included …
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Snow White’s Slaves, Scotland’s Pharaoh, and Urban Myths
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2016 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344 March 3, 2016 “Consider your origins,” the poet Dante suggested, adding “You were not …
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Fact-checking, Skepticism, and Keeping Ahead of Computers
Leave a commentJune 3, 2015 by libroshombre
The origin of the word “debunking” came up in this space recently, and today I’m interested in debunking a myth …
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