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Can You Guess Which MLB Draft Names We Made Up? An Important Quiz
Baseball is a game that abhors expression in every way. The one exception are the florid, goofy, aspirational names that players have. This quiz is about that.
Why Are So Many People Legally Changing Their Names?
The growing number of people changing their names in the UK signals a cultural shift in the way we think about identity.
A Man Has Renamed Himself "Bacon Double Cheeseburger"
A young British man has decided to change his name from Sam Smith to "Bacon Double Cheeseburger"—which does have a bit more pizzazz than the quotidian "Sam," if you think about it.
The Little-Known History of How the Canadian Government Made Inuit Wear ‘Eskimo Tags’
For decades, Inuit had to wear numbered identification tags around their necks, mainly because white administrators couldn't pronounce their names.
Facebook Has Tweaked Its Controversial 'Real Name' Policy
Facebook wants to make it harder for trolls to get users accounts suspended, and help flagged users keep their accounts.
Researchers Say More Than Half of Plant Specimens Could Have the Wrong Name
Distinguishing specimens from each other isn't always easy.
David Hasselhoff Has (Officially?) Changed His Name to 'David Hoff'(?)
He's got a big novelty certificate to prove it.
We Got a First Look at Anonymous' List of Alleged KKK Members
The hacktivist group bragged about taking the "hoods off" hundreds of Klansmen, but one KKK leader said that he wasn't too bothered by the data dump.
Here’s a Global Heatmap of People with Your Last Name
What’s in a name? A hell of a lot of data, it turns out.
A Scientist Is Selling the Right to Name His Newly-Discovered Moth on eBay
But you can't just name a new species anything.