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10 Fascinating Housing Trends From Around the World
Almost every rendering of the future includes predictions about how and where people will live, with varying degrees of accuracy.
6 Tips for a Better Margarita
5 Things We Learned About Big Bird from Bullseye
#3: A cameraman saved him from being burned to death during taping.
16 Bizarro Ads From Scientific American, December 1881
Cure asthma, deafness, and bronchitis! And grow hair anywhere with Dyke's Beard Elixir! Ripped from the pages of a 19th-century marvel.
20 Wacky Ads from Boys' Life Magazine, May 1915
'Boys' Life' has always had fishy ads in the back—even 100 years ago. Earn money growing mushrooms and pigeons; win a free pony; get an unsinkable canoe... It's all here!
10 Things You Might Not Know About The Avengers
Everything you need to catch up on before 'Avengers: Age of Ultron.'
15 Things You Might Not Know About Catch-22
Joseph Heller’s 1961 war comedy Catch-22 is one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century, not to mention one of the funniest. Here are a few interesting bits of information about both how Heller’s story came to be and the legacy that it left behind.
10 Awesome Rick Baker-Created Movie Props You Can Buy
If you've ever wanted to own a piece of Hollywood horror history, now's your chance.
7 Maddening Examples of Eminent Domain
15 Amazing Facts About Thunder ... Thunder ... ThunderCats!
Thirty years ago, millions of children (and more than a few adults) became obsessed with 'ThunderCats,' that quintessential ‘80s cartoon about a race of sword-wielding cat people who arrive on Third Earth to protect its inhabitants from the evil Mumm-Ra.
11 Delightfully Dated '80s Magazines
From "The Space Gamer" to "Today's Woodworker," we've got some gems. Here are some magazines from the '80s.
8 Extinct Animals That Really Weren't
9 Shocking Video Game Twists
The cake wasn't a lie; not every Jedi is good; and many more.
13 Facts About A Prayer for Owen Meany
Author John Irving’s book about a boy with a “wrecked voice” who believes he’s an instrument of God is a staple on high school summer reading lists. Here are a few things you might not have known about it.
10 Fierce Facts About the Honey Badger
You’ve probably heard all kinds of things about the honey badger and wondered, “Are these claims substantiated?” (First and foremost: Is it true that honey badgers don’t care?) Here are a few things we know for sure.
16 Movies That Almost Starred Al Pacino
Michael Corleone as Han Solo? A look back at the many iconic roles that could’ve been for Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino.
10 Funky Facts About Skunks
Skunks get a bad rap, but there's amazing chemistry and crazy behavior behind the animal kingdom's smelly outcast.
43 Fast Facts About Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson's Oscar-nominated baseball movie is still being talked about, more than 30 years after its initial release.
10 Cold War Terms Used in The Americans
The latest season of The Americans is wrapping up tonight, so it's time to make like deep-cover 1980s Soviet agents Philip and Elizabeth Jenkins, put on a wig, and take surveillance of these 10 spy and Cold War terms.
15 Fun Facts About Disney's Animal Kingdom
8 Surprising Facts and Misconceptions About Recycling
These staggering facts about the most prevalent of the three Rs will make you pause the next time you throw anything away.