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17 Crazy Hair Myths

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17 Crazy Hair Myths

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Behind the Scenes with Penn & Teller

Missing Links

Behind the Scenes with Penn & Teller

Videos

See This Adorable Baby Acquire Sign Language Through Rhythm And Rhyme

Videos

See This Adorable Baby Acquire Sign Language Through Rhythm And Rhyme

Animals

10 Handy Facts About Deinocheirus

Animals

10 Handy Facts About Deinocheirus

Sports

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Sports

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Sports

21 Super Facts About the New England Patriots

Sports

21 Super Facts About the New England Patriots

Videos

Watch People Fly a Brain-Controlled Helicopter

Videos

Watch People Fly a Brain-Controlled Helicopter

Miss Cellania

The Weird Week in Review

Miss Cellania

The Weird Week in Review

Comics

Interview: Scott McCloud On The Sculptor and Balancing Art and Life

Comics

Interview: Scott McCloud On The Sculptor and Balancing Art and Life

Quizzes

Name the Largest U.S. Cities by Timezone: Pacific

Quizzes

Name the Largest U.S. Cities by Timezone: Pacific

Pod City

Reply All, Fugitive Waves, and More of the Week’s Best Podcasts

Pod City

Reply All, Fugitive Waves, and More of the Week’s Best Podcasts

Movies

12 Facts About 101 Dalmatians

Movies

12 Facts About 101 Dalmatians

Contest!

Win a Shakespearean Star Wars Triology of Books

Contest!

Win a Shakespearean Star Wars Triology of Books

Grammar Girl

Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?

Grammar Girl

Where Did the @ Symbol Come From?

Animals

Rare Fox Spotted in Yosemite National Park

Animals

Rare Fox Spotted in Yosemite National Park

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15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Vegas Vacation

Sean Hutchinson
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The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Morning Cup of Links: Lord of the Rings Trivia

Miss Cellania
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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Clico: The Story of Franz Taaibosch

Miss Cellania
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Explaining the Magic Yellow First-Down Line

Ethan Trex

If you attend a Super Bowl party on Sunday, you’ll probably hear at least one casual football viewer ask, “How do they get that yellow first-down line on the field?” While “magic” is a fine answer in

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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Profiles in Scourges: Pablo Escobar

Erik Sass

In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.

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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

What's the Correct Pronunciation of February?

Arika Okrent

In the United States, the most common pronunciation is feb-yoo-air-ee.

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4 Real Life Dinos Used to Make Jurassic World's Hybrid

Mark Mancini
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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Fall of the South: Congress Passes Thirteenth Amendment

Erik Sass

For the next few months, we'll be covering the end of the Civil War, exactly 150 years later. This is the first installment of this series.

12 Strange-But-Real Ice Cream Flavors
A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Grace Hopper, The Queen of Code

Chris Higgins
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Weekend Links: Cooking—For Men!

Roma Panganiban
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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

Watch People Fly a Brain-Controlled Helicopter

Alvin Ward

Use your head.

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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Canadian Whisky

Clair McLafferty
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A Closer Look at Our Wall of Magic
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

17 Things You Can Watch Instead of the Super Bowl

Stacy Conradt

Even though 111.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl last year, not everyone is interested in the super-hyped spectacle.

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The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Mark Mancini
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The 25 Most Powerful TV Shows of the Last 25 Years
What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

15 Gene Hackman Quotes for His 85th Birthday

Erin McCarthy
12 Strange-But-Real Ice Cream Flavors
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What's the Real Origin of "OK"?

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