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Broccoli rabe isn't the same as broccoli, but once you know how to treat it, you can cook it just as easily.

Semi truck sleeper cabs can be much more tricked out than you might expect.

Whether you say 'car-mel' or 'car-a-mel', your pronunciation of 'caramel' is technically correct.

If you can't resist puckering your mouth when you lick a lemon or snack on Sour Patch Kids, you can thank evolution.

Will Smith’s AMPAS resignation prompted a lot of questions about resignee privileges. Here are some answers.

And what do ‘AM’ and ‘FM’ stand for, anyway?

A special ingredient helps sour candy pack a mouth-puckering punch.

If you’ve ever picked up a softball, you probably realized that the name is a misnomer.

‘Spick’ doesn’t mean ‘clean.’ And ‘span’ doesn’t mean ‘clean.’ So what’s going on here?

If you notice a truck driver flashing their lights, they're likely trying to communicate some important information about the road ahead.

It’s an issue so complicated that river length isn't even considered a useful measure anymore.

If you say “my pleasure” before your Chick-fil-A cashier has a chance to utter it, you won’t score free food.

Western culture has linked Easter with new threads for centuries.

The cost of gasoline at the pump is up across the United States, but no state appears to be feeling the sting more than California.

There are two main reasons: taxation and safety.

You can thank the cardboard industry.

Even the most well-respected dictionaries consider ‘mistrust’ and ‘distrust’ interchangeable. But people do tend to use them a little differently.

The original reason electrical plugs had holes isn’t the same reason they have holes these days.

Restaurant employees probably won’t make you wash dishes to settle the debt. Here’s what they might do instead.

The Oscars celebrating nominees named Oscar may sound silly, but it's happened more than you think.

It wouldn’t be a St. Patrick's Day celebration in the Windy City without the Chicago River sporting a (temporarily) emerald green tinge.

The smallest bone in your body is one of a set of three whose collective name literally means ‘small bones.’

Contrary to popular belief, plastic surgery’s name origin has nothing to do with breast implants being made of plastic.

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