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The 1983 hit comedy ‘Trading Places’ turned 40 this year. Discover more fun facts about the John Landis-directed classic that helped turn stars Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd into household names.

For years, Sting’s 1985 anti-war song “Russians” seemed to be something of an afterthought. But it made a lasting impression on two future filmmakers and a pair of summer blockbusters released more than 30 years apart.

From Monty Python to Minnesota's SPAM Museum, this little packaged luncheon meat has a big cultural footprint.

Here's where residents of each state like to visit when it's time to travel.

The eel-like shark is rarely seen by humans, but one was just found off the coast of Portugal.

A baby corn plant and a corn plant are one and the same.

In English we have a few different ways to write the sound of a kiss: muah, smack, xxx. They get the idea across, but none of them imitate the actual sound of a kiss.

Emmett Till’s murder—and his mother's fight for justice—will be recognized across three sites in two states.

The author of ‘East of Eden’ and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ was also a three-time Academy Award nominee and found an enemy in J. Edgar Hoover.

Thanks to a law passed in 1976, our nation's first president—who died more than 200 years ago—is still the military's highest-ranking official.

There’s a Google Doodle game for practically everything, from garden gnomes and ‘Doctor Who’ to magic cats and boba.

Here’s how to know whether to toss your Trader Joe’s cookies.