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The white roofs on school buses help keep things cool in more ways than one.

People have been “dropping like flies”—often due to weather—since at least the mid-19th century.

The curious truck accessory may have caught your eye on the road. Here's how a tiny plastic strip keeps drivers safe.

A room temperature stick of butter is easier to spread. But is it safe?

Yes, they’re synonyms. But there’s a little more to the semantic story of ‘recur’ vs. ’reoccur’ than that.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

Your credit card probably has a return address in Delaware. That's because the second smallest state in the country has some of the biggest corporate perks.

Infants are typically born with 52 teeth, but it’s not an even split between baby teeth and adult teeth.

You might think your cat puts toys in his water bowl just to be a jerk. We can’t exactly prove that wrong—but there might be another explanation.

The difference between light and dark brown sugar boils down to one simple factor: molasses content.

Voyeuristic scientists discovered a “golden” rule when it comes to how—and for how long—animals urinate.

It's not a satellite, it's not GPS, and it's not a camera.