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  • n  a history of the ancient world
  • n  knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence
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  • Bill Nye the Science Guy brings his smarts to your smartphone
    When "Bill Nye the Science Guy" went on the air in 1993, one of the smartest smartphones around was an $899 brick-sized contraption called the Simon Personal Communicator. Today, Simon is ancient history — but Bill Nye's smarts are still circulating, on video, on the Web, and now on the latest generation of smartphones and tablets.The Bill Nye the Science Guy app — introduced this month by ...
    June 20, 2013 - NBC NEWS
  • Why Did Lululemon’s CEO Really Leave?
    Lululemon's sheer-pants scandal is ancient history in fashion years by now, and many still believe it got way more attention than it merited to begin with. (Was it truly necessary for them to fire their CPO afterwards? We still think they should've sold that batch of see-through pants at a ... More »
    June 19, 2013 - New York Magazine

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