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Which Food Item Replaces the Bun in a Luther Burger?

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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 23, 2024.

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crhill1979
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86 2/6
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Which Element’s Name Comes From the Spanish for “Little Silver”?

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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 22, 2024.

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crhill1979
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125 3/6. Turns out Grundyism is not, in fact, named after DC Comics villain Solomon Grundy.
hiddeninput
1 day ago
182. I also missed that one
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The 10 best Metroidvanias to play right now

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Sargon reaches out to grab a glowing blue feather, which will give him a power-up, in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Image: Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft via Polygon

A maze of modern classics and time-tested masterpieces

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crhill1979
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I love Metroidvanias. Of these, I've beaten 4 (Hollow Knight, Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime Remastered, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps) and own but haven't yet played 3 (Axiom Verge, Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown).
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Think You’re Smarter Than Mark Joseph Stern? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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275 6/12
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Disney Plus is adding channels as streaming inches ever closer back to cable

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Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer & International division of the Walt Disney Company Kevin Mayer on stage at the Disney+ Showcase at Disney’s D23 EXPO. A large screen behind him shows a collage of Disney Plus content along with the Disney Plus logo.
Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney

We didn’t know how good we had it, sorta

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crhill1979
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I don't see myself ever tuning into one of these "channels". What's happening with the streaming services is just the latest sad chapter in the forever narrative about how economics ensure that consumers never get what they actually want with the one significant outlier being the Steam PC gaming platform.
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Which Element Found in Asparagus Gives It a Pungent Smell?

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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for April 25, 2024.

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216 5/6
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5 days ago
132. At this point, I think I've forgotten any science facts I learned in school
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