Duo, the green cartoon owl mascot for language learning app Duolingo, has mysteriously died, and singer Dua Lipa is grieving.

Here, I’ve culled the top players from those stories as well as added some additional enthusiastically recommended picks for good measure (like a rice-specific donabe and dedicated hot pot).

In 1960, a small group of Cambodians, led by Saloth Sar (later known as Pol Pot) and Nuon Chea, secretly formed the Communist Party of Kampuchea. This movement would become known as the Khmer Rouge, ...

They confiscated private property. “If we can have rice, we can have everything.” — Pol Pot, speaking in 1978 In 1976, they issued their first “Four-Year Plan,” which stressed collectivization of ...

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