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You Won't Finish This Article - 1 views

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    A study showing that most users only read headlines without actually reading the article was shown to be accurate. A satirical science news site hosted an article with the headlines "Study: 70% of Facebook users only read the headline of science stories before commenting". Though the story was shared over 50 thousand times, about only 40% of the time the link was clicked. This is interesting because this shows that we tend to rather comment on what we believe about a article from its headline, instead of its content.
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Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds - 0 views

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    Students are unable to tell if a paid article was whether real or not. This caused students to accept what they read in front of them as fact without actual legitimate information.
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Trump\'s grammar in speeches \'just below 6th grade level,\' study finds - 0 views

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    An academic paper studied 2016 presidential candidates, determining what grade level they speak at and write.
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No one could describe the color blue until modern times - 0 views

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    This article/video shows that if you don't have a word for a color it is hard to differentiate it from others.
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