Big Questions Answered, How and Why

For twentysomethings, it's less than the cost of a latte.

'Ghostbusters' is a perfect idea for a movie, but what about its viability as a business? Are Venkman and Ray able to make ends meet by catching ghosts in New York City, or is the whole operation just one slow month away from closing up shop?

It predates Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore's on-screen exchange, and the copy machine.

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Just because it's called "chocolate" doesn't mean it is chocolate.

Yes, Virginia, Santa does read his mail.

On December 24, 1955, the red telephone at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center started to ring. When they picked up the phone, a little girl asked an unexpected question: “Are you really Santa Claus?”

Just like banks, credit unions accept deposits and make loans—so what, exactly, sets them apart?

When that jolly old elf shimmies down your chimney, is he actually breaking the law?

The title was made up as a way to avoid commenting on the marital status of a woman.

Certain Christmas traditions never seem to go out of style. Along with wreaths, gingerbread cookies, and reruns of 'A Christmas Story' sits the poinsettia, a red-tinged leafy arrangement that’s become synonymous with the holiday.

Every four years, people talk about the oddness of the Electoral College, often leading to questions of whether it can change or reverse the results of an election.

When you're sad, so angry you could cry, or trying not to weep at that ASPCA commercial (again)...

“The parent who always expects the baby to be kissed, and the person who feels bound to kiss every baby that comes within reach are equally foolish and obnoxious characters."

Also: Think twice before washing it with a communal kitchen sponge.

You might want to think twice before whipping out your iPhone and snapping a pic at the polls, or even from your couch, this year.

Call us mint jelly ...

The next POTUS will inherit Barack Obama's followers, but not his tweets.

Few follicles cause as much stress as a synophrys, the medical term for a unibrow.

Ever wonder why some people manage to rock a unibrow and some don't? Or what you can do to alleviate a unibrow making you look perpetually annoyed? We have answers.