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Beloved stuffing and polarizing cranberry sauce.

From cranberry sauce to corned beef and cabbage, here's how we got 15 (sometimes polarizing) classics.

Johnson supposedly died at the ripe old age of 75. But what if he didn’t?

The meaning of divination cards has changed over time, shaped by each era’s culture and the needs of individual users.

Volunteering your time, money, or energy to help others doesn’t just make the world better—it also makes you better.

It was simply an accident, the terrible result of a confused pilot flying into New York City on a foggy day.

Get through all your seasonal chores in no time with these helpful tricks.

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When the Civil War ended in 1865, many Confederate supporters decided that the South was no longer hospitable.

But for loose lips and a little bit of luck, a terrible parallel history might have become reality.

The parenting website BabyCenter took a deep look at the list of 340,000 names chosen by parents on their site and uncovered these hot new trends.

Burgers and shakes as American as they come.

The gimmick craze of the 1950s put special effects in your face and under your seat, literally.

Wines and cheeses aren't the only foods that can be traced back to a place on the map.

As the creator of the compilation notes, "Chaplin was a perfectionist, but he wasn't always perfect."

Our reputations often precede us—but, in the case of these television characters, reputation is all they have. Here are 11 TV personalities that are often talked about, but rarely (if ever) shown on screen.

If you're looking to shake things up this holiday season, you'll appreciate these twists on classic turkey day recipes.

While there are plenty of tricks that can be performed solo, having a partner increases both the number and scale of illusions a magician can pull off.

Expensive isn't necessarily better.

Independent filmmaker Charlie Lyne wants to protest BBFC censorship by forcing the sensors to watch an obscenely boring 14-hour-long film.

We're still waiting for this to catch on in the U.S.

Antonio Feliciano travels the country in his free time to spread his love of cinema.

Michael Bay has some catching up to do.

In 1983, a struggling Atari dumped truckloads of goods in a New Mexico landfill. The dump was long considered an urban legend, until archeologists excavated in 2014 and found hundreds of games, manuals, cartridges and more. Now, the artifacts are in sever

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