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Jan 2023
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Boyhood Nickname, Vampire Grave, Wrecked...

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Today we discuss how nicknames for young boys can help them socialize better, how archaeologists in Poland have unearthed the grave of a woman people feared might return from the dead, and a new study that disproves Freud’s theory that more successful people are unhealthier than less successful people. 

Boyhood Nickname 

Vampire Grave 

Wrecked by Success 

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