On June 11, 1993, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park hit theaters, wowing audiences with its incredibly lifelike depictions of dinosaurs. It grossed $900 million worldwide. Today, the film is being rereleased in 3D, so we're celebrating its 20th anniversary a little early. Here are 20 things you might not have known about Jurassic Park. ... READ ON
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Whether you end a letter or e-mail with it—or you recognize it from the end of each Gossip Girl episode—“Xoxo” is commonly known to refer to the phrase “Kisses and hugs.” But how did these two inconspicuous letters come to represent that well-known... READ ON
New York City has been called many things—“The Great American Melting Pot,” “Gotham,” “The City that Never Sleeps”—but its most famous nickname, without a doubt, is “The Big Apple.” But where did this now ubiquitous moniker come... READ ON
You’re sitting on a plane destined for a far off place, sandwiched between two people, and you're doing your best to sit back and get comfortable. But as the plane takes off and makes its rapid ascent toward cruising altitude, a baby begins to cry, the people around you wince, and finally, it hits you—a buildup of pressure, tightening your ears and sinuses, that compresses your head like a vice that won’t let go. The plane continues upward until it stabilizes thousands of feet above the ground and... READ ON
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