Mike the Headless Chicken: How a Botched Beheading Birthed a Sideshow Celebrity
Mike was supposed to be dinner. Instead, he became a national treasure.
Mike was supposed to be dinner. Instead, he became a national treasure.
Robert Peary was celebrated as the first man to reach the North Pole, but his 1909 achievement was controversial from the moment it was announced.
Virginia Woolf's fifth novel has thrilled and frustrated readers since it was published in 1927; today, it’s considered a masterpiece.
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Since first getting national airplay on the Dr. Demento radio show, "Weird Al" Yankovic has spent decades building his reputation as America's preeminent parody songwriter.
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues isn’t the only short basketball player to have made it to the NBA. But he is the shortest.
Sharks are older than trees. A Double Stuf Oreo isn’t truly double-stuffed. Need we say more? Maybe, but we’re not going to.
If you've been using the terms pretty much interchangeably, you're technically wrong. But you're not alone.
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Years after she founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis realized that she had lost control of the holiday she helped create.
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The legendary actress and humanitarian was much more than just a pretty face.
The record to solve this Mother's Day hidden-image puzzle is 32 seconds—can you beat it?
Turns out your golden retriever might not be all that into retrieving.
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The ‘Chicagwa’ cans, designed by Chicago-based artists, are filled with Lake Michigan’s finest drinking water.
Owning the fattest cat in the world is no longer something that’ll earn you a Guinness title. Neither is eating a whole roast ox in record time.
Before he led the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong worked as a librarian's assistant at Peking University.
Newer car models make it obvious when you're due for an oil change.
The wire in ‘down to the wire’ was originally found on a horse racetrack—and ‘home stretch’ didn’t come from baseball.
Tom Cruise was less enthusiastic about a sequel to 'Top Gun' in 1990, which he described a 'fairy tale' version of war.
When schools close this summer, teens will have free access to their local Planet Fitness gym.
In 1979, America came the closest it’s ever been to a commercial nuclear catastrophe when a malfunctioning valve led to a partial meltdown on Three Mile Island.
When discussing Marilyn's measurements, you have to take vintage clothing sizes into account.