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2025-08-13

Cyclanthera brachystachya, the exploding cucumber (but not to be confused with Ecballium elaterium), in the cucurbit or gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), is a herbaceous vine usually grown for its curiosity value, but the fruit is also edible. mostdiscussed.com/article/4106

2025-08-13

Lördagsgodis (Swedish) or lørdagsgodis and lørdagsgodteri (Norwegian), (English: "Saturday sweets" or "Saturday candy") is a Norwegian and Swedish tradition of children eating candy or sweets mainly or only on Saturdays. mostdiscussed.com/article/4105

2025-08-13

In sociology and economics, the precariat () is a social class formed by people suffering from precarity, which means existing without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare. mostdiscussed.com/article/4105

2025-08-12

How to Lie with Statistics is a book written by Darrell Huff in 1954, presenting an introduction to statistics for the general reader. mostdiscussed.com/article/4103

2025-08-11

The following is a list of Irish-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor. mostdiscussed.com/article/4100

2025-08-08

The Telefon Hírmondó (also Telefonhírmondó, generally translated as "Telephone Herald") was a "telephone newspaper" located in Budapest, Hungary, which, beginning in 1893, provided news and entertainment to subscribers over telephone lines. mostdiscussed.com/article/4099

2025-08-07

The Bisbee Deportation was the illegal kidnapping and deportation of about 1,300 striking mine workers, their supporters, and citizen bystanders by 2,000 members of a deputized posse, who arrested them beginning on July 12, 1917, in Bisbee, Arizona. mostdiscussed.com/article/4096

2025-08-04

The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a Sumerian myth that narrates the descent of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the Underworld to overthrow its ruler, her sister Ereshkigal, the "Queen of the Dead. mostdiscussed.com/article/4095

2025-07-29

In information visualization and graphic design, Truchet tiles are square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric. mostdiscussed.com/article/4090

2025-07-28

This is a list of phrases and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts. mostdiscussed.com/article/4087

2025-07-26

The Purple Earth Hypothesis (PEH) is an astrobiological hypothesis, first proposed by molecular biologist Shiladitya DasSarma in 2007, that the earliest photosynthetic life forms of Early Earth were based on the simpler molecule retinal rather than the more complex porphyrin-based chlorophyll, making the surface biosphere appear purplish rather than its current greenish color. mostdiscussed.com/article/4086

2025-07-24

Disney's twelve basic principles of animation were introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation. mostdiscussed.com/article/4084

2025-07-22

Sutton SignWriting, or simply SignWriting, is a writing system for sign languages. mostdiscussed.com/article/4082

2025-07-22

A Java processor is the implementation of the Java virtual machine (JVM) in hardware. mostdiscussed.com/article/4081

2025-07-22

Mark DeFriest (born August 18, 1960), known as the Houdini of Florida, is an American man known for his repeated escapes from prison, having successfully done so 7 times. mostdiscussed.com/article/4082

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