Hot Takes

Hot Takes

Orbital Salvage is gathering thoughts and opinions in an ongoing project to predict what comes next, one word at a time.

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“11 things only left-handers know.”

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Hot Takes

Orbital Salvage is gathering thoughts and opinions in an ongoing project to predict what comes next, one word at a time.