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25 Words That Are Actually Acronyms

Words

25 Words That Are Actually Acronyms

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Why Are Penguins So Good At Walking On Ice?

Big Question

Why Are Penguins So Good At Walking On Ice?

Videos

Watch This 1949 Video About How to Build an Igloo

Videos

Watch This 1949 Video About How to Build an Igloo

Quizzes

5 Questions: A Thomas Crapper Tribute

Quizzes

5 Questions: A Thomas Crapper Tribute

Morning Cup of Links

New England Snowfall

Morning Cup of Links

New England Snowfall

Science

The Science Behind Different Involuntary Behaviors

Science

The Science Behind Different Involuntary Behaviors

Weird Science

Researchers Map All of Oetzi the Iceman's Tattoos

Weird Science

Researchers Map All of Oetzi the Iceman's Tattoos

Books

10 Interesting Facts About Mrs. Dalloway

Books

10 Interesting Facts About Mrs. Dalloway

Science

Scientists Have Found A Way To Unboil Egg Whites

Science

Scientists Have Found A Way To Unboil Egg Whites

Quizzes

Did They Win a Super Bowl?

Quizzes

Did They Win a Super Bowl?

Videos

Brain Tricks to Fool Your Friends

Videos

Brain Tricks to Fool Your Friends

Missing Links

Will Buckyballs Blend?

Missing Links

Will Buckyballs Blend?

Movies

15 Facts About Before Sunrise

Movies

15 Facts About Before Sunrise

Miss Cellania

12 Web Toys to Fill Snowbound Days

Miss Cellania

12 Web Toys to Fill Snowbound Days

Pages

15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Vegas Vacation

Sean Hutchinson
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Morning Cup of Links: Lord of the Rings Trivia

Miss Cellania
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Clico: The Story of Franz Taaibosch

Miss Cellania
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

The Most Interesting Comics of the Week

Rich Barrett
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Worthy of Gryffindor: How to Become Friends with Harry Potter

Dan Lewis
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

What You'd Have to Make to Be in the Top 1% in Each State

Alvin Ward
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

The Missing Links: Crazy Drone Stories

Colin Patrick
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Here's What People Tried to Sneak onto Airplanes in 2014

Erin McCarthy
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

What It's Like To Be A Tetris Master

Chris Higgins
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

11 Rough-and-Tumble Facts About Hockey Fights

Mark Mancini
The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Top 10 Grammar Myths

Mignon Fogarty

Before you argue with me, read the whole explanation about why each of these is a myth.

The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

A Handy Guide for Using the Oxford Comma

The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

24 Origins of Cheese Names

Alvin Ward

In this week's episode of the List Show, John Green rattles off the origins of various cheese names.

The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

Name the Space Shuttles

The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

25 Words That Are Actually Acronyms

Paul Anthony Jones

Here are the stories and meanings behind 25 words, names and titles that you might not have realized actually stand for something.

The Truth Behind 10 Movie Urban Legends
9 Saturday Night Live Movies That Were Never Made
10 Notable Staircases
10 of History's Most Power-Hungry Cats

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