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What's the difference between Orcs and Uruk Hai?

Explore the best of fantasy and sci-fi in depth, with analysis of the worlds of Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Witcher and more. For more Lord of the Rings content: Writing credit for this ...
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Here's The Difference Between A Coffin And A Casket

From Dracula’s resting place to polished funeral-home displays, the vessels we associate with death have evolved, and so has the language. Take the words coffin and casket, for example. People tend to ...
Hindustan Times

Spice of life | Between joke and jab, way out of Moravec’s paradox

When you’re in the Indian bureaucracy, you’re expected to know everything from crop insurance to quantum physics, sometimes both before lunch. Somewhere between algorithms and machine-learning modules ...
The New York Times

A Partial List of Sites and Apps Affected by Outages

Major services were having issues, including WhatsApp, the official website for the British government and the payment app Venmo. By Joel Petterson Hundreds of websites and apps were reporting outages ...
Indiatimes

Chennai weather update: Heavy rainfall and poor air quality expected today

Chennai braces for heavy rainfall today, October 21, with a 95% chance of showers and high humidity, keeping temperatures between 25.3°C and 28°C. Yesterday's 'poor' air quality (AQI 148) may linger, ...
Investopedia

Linked Transfer Accounts: Benefits, Functionality, and Overdraft Protection

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A linked transfer account is when accounts held by an individual at a financial institution ...