BIG QUESTIONS

A factoid isn’t just a fun fact—at least, it wasn’t when Norman Mailer allegedly coined the term in 1973.

It started centuries ago, when puddings contained spices, cereal, and potentially putrid minced meat.

Both snowstorms and blizzards involve snow (obviously) and hazardous conditions, but one has a few requirements to make sure it blows extra hard.

To many dog owners, whiskers are just another cute feature on their pup's face. But they're much more than that to the canines who sport them.

When you ask someone for the scuttlebutt, you're using a very old nautical term to solicit potentially specious gossip.

Doctors’ white coats became common in the late 19th century, but they’ve recently given rise to “white coat syndrome.”

The U.S. measurement system of choice has been the imperial system since the 1800s, and switching now would be pretty expensive.

It’s a question that has been debated since the writing of the Constitution: Can Presidents pardon themselves?

It happened in ‘Shrek.’ It happened in ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral.’ What if it happens in real life?

Understanding the manufacturing process will also help you decide whether that shiny side should face up or down.

Kate Rubins cast her ballot from the International Space Station with the help of a county clerk and a nifty technology known as the PDF.

The tradition of judges wearing black robes goes back centuries, but the meaning behind it is as timely as ever.