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In the 19th century, feeling expansive, the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll extended its name to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, meaning “The Church of Mary of White Hazel Pool quite near the rapid whirlpool, the church of Tysilio under a red cave.”

In the same spirit, the gift shop in Llangollen bears the name Ysiopfachgardiauwrthybontdrosyrafonddyfrdwyynllangollen. It means “The little card shop by the bridge over the river Dee in Llangollen.”

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J.K. Rowling is suing The Daily Mail for libel over an article claiming Rowling misrepresented her past as an impoverished single mother.

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Palindromes:

• Sue, dice, do, to decide us.
• Do Good’s deeds live on? No, Evil’s deeds do, O God.
• Marge let a moody baby doom a telegram.
• No, it can assess an action.
• Poor Dan is in a droop.
• Repel evil as a live leper.
• See few owe fees.
• Niagara, O roar again!
• No, set a maple here, help a mate, son.
• Too far, Edna, we wander afoot.
• “Reviled did I live,” said I, “as evil I did deliver.”
• No, it is opposition.
• Revered now, I live on. O, did I do no evil, I wonder, ever?
• Madame, not one man is selfless; I name not one, madam.
• Draw no dray a yard onward.
• Yawn a more Roman way.
• Doom an evil deed, liven a mood.
• See, slave, I demonstrate yet arts no medieval sees.

J.A. Lindon devised this vignette, which is one long palindrome if words, rather than letters, are taken as the unit: “On radios with noisy speakers everywhere glass and china rattles; waiters, many of one race, move forks and knives, while knives and forks move, race; one of many waiters rattles china and glass, everywhere speakers noisy, with radios on …”

So this is the first official World of Warcraft infographic that Blizzard Entertainment has ever released. In theory, that should mean that it is 100% accurate... in theory.

I've still never actually played World of Warcraft myself. Holding out until the Bard class becomes a reality and not just an April Fools' Day prank. One day...



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