"Called on the carpet," for example. Mental Floss shared "the curious origins of 16 common phrases."
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Author Laura Bates recommended "five books on how to achieve gender equality" for the Guardian.
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Pop quiz: "How good of a rhymer are you?" Buzzfeed challenged.
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"This choose-your-path fairy tale justifies the existence of Twitter," Electric Lit promised.
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Mental Floss shared "14 freaky facts about R.L. Stine's Fear Street books."
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In England, the "red letters in the literary pavement" leading to the Liverpool Central Library "form a mysterious code."