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Trending today: brilliant scholars with little pop-culture knowledge discover that Spongebob is responsible for a heightened awareness of Leif Ericson. Also, Aaron offers important advice on how to navigate social media – and remembers a funny experience chatting with a researcher who knew a lot about their subject, but not quite enough about One Direction.

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