Things I tripped over on my way to the internet.

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it seems that supposed preferences were first flipped in the 1950s

File this under I Had No Idea.

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• on AUG 09, George Orwell’s domestic and political diaries will begin to be published here, each entry being published exactly 70 years after it was written

This has potential for interestingness.

stumblng ← boing boing ← Capitol Words

[A]n at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available-a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.

This is a great idea. I especially like the calendar view.