53 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary Online is a warehouse of over 600,000 words. Despite this large arsenal, we continue to coin, clip, and blend new words into existence.
The Oxford Dictionary Online is a warehouse of over 600,000 words. Despite this large arsenal, we continue to coin, clip, and blend new words into existence.
Though it wasn't an immediate hit, the network's tenacity paid off.
Abraham Lincoln’s personal secretary John Nicolay believed that no photograph could capture Honest Abe’s essence: “There are many pictures of Lincoln,” he said, “[but] there is no portrait of him.” Over 130 photographs of Lincoln exist—here are a few you
Olympic opening ceremonies have been known to include their own little quirks, disasters, and political flaps. Here are some of the most interesting.
To become an Olympic hero in our book, it takes more than athleticism. These athletes deserve infinite points—regardless of whether they medalled or not.
From A-Z, here are the full names of some of your favorite mononymous stars—and the reasons they dropped the rest of their names.
When it came time to collect their medals, these athletes said, "No thanks."
You wouldn’t know it with all the hype surrounding the Tokyo Olympics right now, but there are things more important than winning a medal. Just ask these athletes, who had good reason to sell their hard-earned precious metal.
Chances are, you've been humming these classic TV theme songs for years. Now you can get their lyrics stuck in your head, too.
What was your neighborhood corner drugstore Back In The Day, and is it still around?
Usually the government sticks to reality, but there are a number of times where agencies have investigated or weighed in on more mythical ideas.
Blame the media!
“Bladorthin the Grey” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Gandalf the Grey,” does it? Here are the stories of Gandalf and some other famous characters who experienced an identity change before publication.
Everyone knows that Stephen King was a janitor and Ransom Riggs shared creepy old photos on mentalfloss.com. What did some other famous writers do before their big breaks?
If you like sampling new beers or hate having money, you might want to try one of these budget-busting brews.
Facts become very easy to copyright when they aren’t true. Here are people, places and things that exist only on paper, solely to thwart would-be info burglars.
We’ve ranked our favorite fictional bears by your likelihood of surviving an unplanned run-in with them.
There are times when one big word can more effectively do the job of two words. These are not those times.
Vidal Sassoon passed away this week at the age of 84. He was an artist who revolutionized the way women dealt with their hair, created the “bob,” and believed that women should be able to just wash their hair and still end up with a great style, rather th
Music can cheer you up when you're sad, make you dance like a fool, and allow you to drown out the world when you need to. But music has its scientific uses, too.
You've heard all about the great Yankees teams, or the Chicago Bulls dynasty that won six championships in eight seasons. Yet, not all dynasties are remembered equally.
Eleven other countries have already legalized gay marriage. Here are their stories.
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