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Pumpkin beer has a long and spicy history.

The first pumpkin ales were brewed back in the 17th century as a beer of last resort. Today, they're part of a multimillion-dollar, fall-flavored industry.

The sky‘s the limit with costume options.

Haven‘t picked a costume yet? Get some inspiration from this list.

What‘s leaving air pockets in your sandwich cheese?

Learn the science behind the holes in Swiss cheese.

Another excuse to plunge back into the world of Westeros.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Tales of Dunk and Egg, the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel novellas that inspired HBO’s upcoming adaptation.

Talk about a historic find.

This riddle comes from a book published in 1868—can you figure out the answer?

King’s sophomore novel left out a scene deemed too horrific to leave in.

Francine the cat went missing for a while in a different city. Now she‘s back home.

‘Tron’ was one of the earliest examples of CGI filmmaking.

The original’s July 1982 release date was selected just to mess with an ex-employee.

‘Clue’ is getting the TV adaptation treatment.

Players must find out who dunnit for a cash reward.

This multiple-choice quiz challenges you to match the hit 1980s song to the movie it was made for.

Men prevent a vampire rising from its grave in a Romanian cemetery in this 19th-century illustration.

The belief in real-life vampires predates Bram Stoker’s legendary novel ‘Dracula.’

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

There is a good reason why baby carrots tend to be slimier than their full-sized counterparts—and it has to do with the white stuff you sometimes see on the outside of them.

‘De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis.‘

The macabre practice is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy, and the motivations behind it include everything from punishment of criminals to doctors wanting symbolically meaningful covers for their medical tomes.

It's bad when even your Halloween bucket is upset.

Test your knowledge of the best and worst Halloween candies in this timed quiz.

Counting sheep, unfortunately, isn't the cure.

Historical cures for insomnia were sketchy at best and outright dangerous at worst. Fortunately, modern medicine has discovered a few techniques that can help those suffering from insomnia.

The fast food chain's much-loved Halloween pails are back for 2023.

Boo Buckets are back for 2023, and here’s how you can get your hands on the McDonald’s Halloween buckets that kids have been getting hyped up for since the 1980s.

Which shrubs are plant parents most interested in?

Which plant is most-searched in your state?

A police car guards a section of a Los Angeles freeway cracked by the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake in 1994.

A future mega-earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could lead to the “Big One” along the San Andreas fault in California—or vice versa—according to clues found in sediment cores.

See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?