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Winter isn't always great on cars, but it still has its upsides.

16 Clever Car Hacks That Make Driving in Winter So Much Easier

Winter maintenance isn't always fun, but these clever car hacks can make navigating icy roads and snow flurries a lot easier.

A scene from the La Brea Tar Pits with models of Ice Age animals.

10 Fascinating Facts About the La Brea Tar Pits

There’s a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, and giant sloths prowled southern California.

20 Albums Turning 50 in 2025

Some true classics are turning the big 5-0 this year, from Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ to Rush’s ‘Fly by Night.’

Feeling like garbage? That’s your immune system at work.

12 Fantastic Facts About the Immune System

Without our immune system, we wouldn't last very long: this complex network of organs and cells fights off pathogens and helps maintain our health.

11 Odd Old-Timey Valentine’s Day Traditions

From writing a salty letter of insults to rid yourself of unwanted attention to using a key to ward off epilepsy, here are 11 of the oddest old-timey Valentine’s Day traditions from years past.

11 Animals That Can Purportedly Predict the Weather

Groundhogs aren't the only creatures with the powers of prognostication. From badgers to woolly bear caterpillars, these other animals are said to predict the weather.

The good news? You won't have to do it very often.

How to Wash Your Favorite Winter Coats at Home

Get a complete guide for how to wash winter coats, including fleece jackets, down parkas, and more.

The 10 Most Popular Songs to Listen to While Doing Chores

See the top cleaning songs that get people moving, from ”I Wanna Dance with Somebody” to ”HOT TO GO!”

Many coffee drinkers prefer mom-and-pop shops to corporate franchises.

The 10 Best Cities for Independent Coffeeshops

From Knoxville to Lincoln, these independent coffeeshops are brewing up some love.

7 Need-to-Know Facts About Norovirus

The super-contagious gastrointestinal virus is causing outbreaks across the U.S. Here's how to protect yourself (and everyone around you) from norovirus.

9 Things You Should Know About Paul Newman

The actor became a salad dressing magnate and an accomplished race car driver before he ever won an Oscar.

The world of medicine is even stranger than you can imagine.

6 Super-Rare Medical Conditions

From Alice in Wonderland Syndrome to the real-life version of Benjamin Button’s disease, these rare conditions could come straight out of a storybook.

Richard Nixon opted to peace out of his successor’s swearing in ceremony.

6 Presidents Who Didn’t Attend Their Successor’s Inauguration

While skipping the incoming president’s inauguration is a break from tradition, it isn’t unprecedented.

10 Damn Fine Facts About David Lynch

The iconoclastic director behind ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more cult classics—who passed away on January 16, 2025 at the age of 78—once drew a comic strip about a furious dog and disliked large furniture.

Your lungs expel carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor every time you exhale.

11 Facts About the Lungs

Taking in oxygen to power your whole body is just one part of your lung function. Altogether, your lungs are a highly efficient machine—and they do a lot more than you might think.

The 15 Best (and Worst) Cities for Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions

Where you live may affect how well you can maintain your goals.

Martin Luther King at the March on Washington.

12 Historic Facts About Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta native who became one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement, helped unite a divided nation.

12 Fun Facts You Might Not Know About Winnie The Pooh

The “willy nilly silly old bear” was based on a real-life bear cub.

A famous fresco in Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries.

14 Incredible Facts about Pompeii, the Roman City Frozen in Time

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire.

A mob outside the White House during Andrew Jackson's first inaugural reception, 1828.

7 U.S. Inauguration Day Mishaps

The inauguration of a new U.S. President is a day of pomp and ceremony, of solemn oaths and dignified celebrations. But things don’t always go as planned.

These are the cities for those who can‘t live without cats.

The 10 Best Cities for Cat Lovers Around the World

Cat lovers, take note: Here‘s a list of the most feline-friendly cities worldwide.

Whistleblowers often put themselves at risk to expose the truth.

10 Whistleblowers Who Changed History

From Founding Fathers to Roman senators, these 10 whistleblowers helped shape history through their unparalleled acts of bravery.

11 Common Words With Very Specific Meanings on Food Labels in the U.S.

Sometimes regular English words—words that have commonsense but slightly fuzzy meanings—must be defined more precisely for food labeling.

The Inuit settlement of Kulusuq in Greenland.

11 Fresh Facts About Greenland

Greenland lies north and south of the Arctic Circle and about 500 miles from the North Pole—a position that makes it a key part of global defense strategy. Read on for amazing facts about this icy island.