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The French, Spanish, and Italian languages are regulated by academies. Why not English? Because a plague struck London in 1665.

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A newly completed restoration of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” is about to go on display.

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She doesn’t know the fate of all her eggs or the details of all the babies born of them, but she loves that her DNA is part of so many different family trees.

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Is a feral cat responsible for the Orioles losing 18 games in a row? “If baseball history is any indication: absolutely.”

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Is a feral cat responsible for the Orioles losing 18 games in a row? “If baseball history is any indication: absolutely.”

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How a signed “Donda” vest made it from one of Kanye’s listening parties in Atlanta to a collector in New York.

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