11 Things We No Longer See In Schools
From book straps to dunce caps, these obsolete items may make you feel really young … or really old.
From book straps to dunce caps, these obsolete items may make you feel really young … or really old.
Before there was ‘Heat,’ there was ‘LA Takedown,’ a TV pilot-turned-TV movie that aired on NBC in 1989.
President Ronald Reagan served from 1981-1989 and is remembered for his Reaganomics policies, the war on drugs, and other political endeavors. He also ate a lot of jelly beans.
Playtime with your cat is adorable—and it may also be valuable to scientists at UC Davis.
Learn the artistry behind ‘Sesame Street’ puppeteering.
From forged artworks to fake mummies and even fraudulent orangutan bones, archaeological hoaxes fool scientists and stir the public’s imagination—until the culprits are forced to come clean.
In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
It‘s normal for cartoon characters to be missing a digit, but how did the style originate?
Contacting the restaurant a few months (or a year) out, calling relentlessly, or stopping by in case of no-shows might do the trick.
From Henry David Thoreau's 'Autumnal Tints' to the origins of the term 'leaf-peeper.'
Want to snatch a camping spot at Yosemite before they’re gone? The new availability alert feature on Recreation.gov can help.
Tornadoes can (and do) happen anywhere. Here are 10 of the most terrible twisters to ever take a turn on Earth.
Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Bowl has finally returned—for a limited time.
Watch an explorer share what it's like to descend into the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the “Gates of Hell.”
Where did this bizarre word come from, and how has it changed over the centuries?
Letting your cat walk across the counter can be pretty gross. We had a cat expert offer some advice on how to nip that habit in the bud.
Even distinguished novelists have had to endure bizarre monikers.
Popular theories involve pirates—and police.
Across the world’s languages, nouns are surprisingly chameleonic creatures, shape-shifting and category-hopping in ways that can make your head spin.
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
In honor of its 30th anniversary, discover even more fun facts about NBC’s hit sitcom, ‘Friends,’ which helped turn its cast—including Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, and Courteney Cox—into household names.
Filming the inside of a tornado is tricky for obvious reasons.
All of the WHO's declarations of emergency since 2007 have been for viral diseases, including the most recent one for mpox.
Is there a weird smell coming from your dog even after you bathed it? It might be time to wash its collar.