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Parton wrote "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" on one particularly "good writing day"—or at least, in the span of a few very good writing days.

From experimental reinterpretations of 'The Odyssey' like 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' to relatively faithful takes, these are the best 'Odyssey' adaptations, ranked by Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Pets have a special place in our hearts, and they also become our favorite characters on TV shows. How well do you know them? Can you name the sitcom based on the family pet?

From centuries-old crafts to surprisingly niche professions, these jobs reveal a side of Italy most travelers never see.

Bottles of quinine, poison, and other old-fashioned medicines

From quinine to amputation, medicine on the prairie could be brutal.

It’s hard not to get emotional learning about a love for an animal. Listen to the song “Delilah” here.

From general knowledge to fun facts, these trivia questions are sure to make every mile more entertaining!

Step inside the cabin: a look at the real-life tools and frontier terminology that the show gets so right.

From 'flutterbudget' to 'sadiron', we’re decoding eight words from the new "Little House on the Prairie" series that have vanished from modern English.

Dictionary with letters flying out of it

From "gaslighting" and "love" to "fascism" and "empathy," these are the words people are most curious about in every U.S. state, according to Google search data.

Peter Paul Rubens's 'The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV' depicts one of history's most famous proxy marriages.

In medieval Europe, couples sometimes got married without attending their own wedding. Here's how proxy marriages actually worked.

People have been crashing out since ancient times, but the term has evolved in recent years. Here's the history of the term, and where it originated.

Hand with magnifying glass and globe, with "quiz" label

Give your geography knowledge a whirl and see if you can identify all the countries in Asia from their capital cities with this quiz.

Blue ribbon rosette on dark gray graduated background

Before it symbolized victory, the blue ribbon had a very different story.

Ears have a special significance in cultures around the world. Here's what it might mean if your left ear is ringing.

From Ann Arbor, Michigan to Visalia, California.

The 1980s brought a change to horror movies, taking the slasher subgenre to the mainstream. How well do you remember the movies with the names of just three of the actors?

From Shaggy to 'The Sound of Music' soundtrack, these are the songs Michael Jackson openly praised and kept coming back to.

Portrait Of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

That motivational Henry David Thoreau quote might actually be a dupe. From "go confidently in the direction of your dreams" to "happiness is like a butterfly," these lines were never said by Thoreau at all.