Welcome to the Duchess Park Library Learning Commons: Boredom Busters!

Credit: Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse

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This game is based on the exploration of Wikipedia articles. It gives you a starting article and an ending article, and your goal is to navigate from one to the other by only clicking on internal Wikipedia links. There are five modes: fastest, fewest clicks, exactly six clicks, no using “United States” as a link, and five clicks to Jesus.

Credit: Lauren Rura and Felicia Brock, Adult Service Librarians at Washington-Centerville Public Library in Centerville, OH. https://www.wclibrary.info/

 The greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class!!

The StarTalk® podcast network bridges the intersection between science, pop culture and comedy with clarity, humor and passion. Through our various shows, we explore captivating subjects such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the role science plays in people’s lives, the future of our Earth and the environment, the science behind the most iconic sports plays in history, and breaking news from the universe.

Credit:  Falyn Nicholl, at the High River Library with the Marigold Library System

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This online test gives an indication of general cognitive abilities, represented by an IQ-score between 85 and 145 where 100 is the population average.