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McKinley Valentine

McKinley is a writer and researcher for the TV show "Hard Quiz", which is exactly what it sounds like, and the newsletter "The Whippet", which isn't.

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By McKinley Valentine

A newsletter for the terminally curious: Science, history, language, weirdness, with 0% contemporary politics, because oh my god sometimes you need a break.

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