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This riddle dates back to 1861—can you figure out the answer?

People have grafted a ton of dark themes onto SpongeBob, Patrick, and all their equally cheery underwater pals, suggesting their sunny dispositions are masking some serious trauma.

Severe weather and postal service staffing shortages can result in late mail. Here’s how states across the U.S. fare when it comes to deliveries.

The data is clear: Students need more sleep before hitting the books. So why can’t they get it? Plus, a map of the average school start time by state.

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

Wearing white after Labor Day? Oh, the horror!

The unofficial—but widely known—fashion rule can be traced back more than 100 years to some snobby millionaires.

Even this snowy owl is totally surprised by some of these facts.

You’ll never look at these creatures the same way again.

A fishing group thought they caught a giant goldfish. What they hooked was actually much weirder.

Hiking is rewarding, but you should take some basic safety precautions ahead of your trek.

Hiking is great for your health. Getting lost and thirsty is not. Here's how to avoid it.

If you want a more cuddly version of an American Girl doll, now‘s your chance.

These are two species of Bootanomyia dorsalis wasps introduced from Europe.

Learn about Bootanomyia dorsalis, the tiny but troublesome parasitic wasp invading the U.S.

If you’ve ever spent time on TikTok, you’ve probably seen someone open up a blind box of a Labubu.

Why are we so obsessed with opening—and watching people open—blind boxes? A toy expert and a psychologist break down what’s going on behind this bizarre trend.

The Great Smog of London cast the city into darkness.

What caused some of these ominous events still remains a total mystery.

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?

Feminism as we know it today didn’t exist in Austen’s time—but there is still a great deal of feminist inspiration to be taken from the author’s novels, life, and legacy.

Manhattan Project scientists working on the Thin Man plutonium gun assembly.

One atomic bomb was used in a test explosion. Two more bombs were deployed over Japan. That left a mysterious fourth bomb—code-named Thin Man—in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.