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Heather Donahue in 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999).

See the Website That Convinced People 'The Blair Witch Project' Was Real in 1999

The website features bonus material that didn't make it into 'The Blair Witch Project,' including interviews with investigators and excerpts from Heather's diary.

Fax or Fiction: When Urban Legends Spread By Fax Machine

“Faxlore" marked the transition from oral urban legends to spam emails and copypasta.

John W. Dean testifying during the Senate Watergate hearings in June 1973.

You Can Stream All 51 Days of the Watergate Hearings Online for Free

The Watergate scandal didn’t actually result in Richard Nixon’s impeachment—but it did generate months of riveting congressional hearings.

Not the cookies you want to be thinking about all the time.

How to Block Those Annoying Cookie Banners That Follow You From Website to Website

You shouldn’t have to accept cookies a million times a day. Here’s how to stop it.

Yes, Wordle Has a Hard Mode—Here’s How It Works

You might be playing Wordle with hard-mode rules without even knowing it. Here’s how it differs from the regular version.

Find Out How Quickly 10 Different Billionaires Earn Your Annual Salary

Elon Musk probably amasses what you earn in a year faster than it takes you to send a single email.

See How CNN Reported on the Internet in 1993

Some predictions CNN shared about the internet in 1993 turned out to be fairly accurate (and others less so).

Valentine’s Day Is a Time for Romance—And for Online Scammers to Steal Your Money, FTC Warns

Roses are red, violets are blue. The FTC thinks your online valentine could actually be trying to scam you.

100 Things We Learned in 2021

From really expensive NFTs to newly discovered shipwrecks to the latest developments in the world of K-Pop, here are a few things we learned in 2021.

The 10 Topics Everyone Was Googling in 2021

From sports to television, these were the top trending searches of the year, according to Google's data.

Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone during his keynote speech at Macworld on January 9, 2007.

20 of the Most Important Moments in Internet History

From its first steps out of the primordial sludge of the ARPANET days to its current role as a vessel for cat videos and Netflix, we're taking a look at just some of the most important moments in internet history.

Mt. Everest is nearly 5700 Danny DeVitos tall. That's a lot of DeVitos.

How Many Danny DeVitos High Is Mount Everest? The Omni Calculator Can Tell You That, and Other Weird Measurements

Plug a measurement into the Omni Calculator's Weird Units Converter and it will tell you what it is in Empire State Buildings, spaghetti strands, blue whales, and more.

Bookversal Website Helps You Find More Diverse Children’s Books

The best children’s books are whichever ones your kid loves and relates to—Bookversal can help you find them.

Reminder: You Can't Sell Your Soul on eBay

It may be the place to bid on items you can't find anywhere else, but eBay draws the line at auctioning off your soul to the highest bidder.

When your internet's productivity issues are directly correlated to your own.

Does Bad Weather Really Affect Your Internet?

“Why is my internet so slow?” is an evergreen question, but people tend to ask it more often during bad weather. Here’s why.

A Simple Trick for Deleting Hundreds of Emails From Your Gmail Inbox at Once

If your Gmail inbox is getting out of control, there's an easy way to delete years' worth of emails at once.

Turn Memos Into Jazz Masterpieces With This Musical Word Processor

Few people would call the sound of typing "musical," but a new word processor called JazzKeys aims to change that.

Trying to Google a Word You Can't Remember? There's a Trick for That

It is possible to Google search a phrase, song lyric, or movie title if you don't remember an important keyword.

All Hail the Rickroll: Rick Astley’s "Never Gonna Give You Up" Music Video Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views

If the YouTube view count of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" video is any indication, we’re never gonna give rickrolling up.

Viral 'Appuchino' drinks are a hit for Starbucks.

How Those Super-Complicated Viral Starbucks Drinks Are Boosting the Company's Bottom Line

Your 32-modification 'Appuchino' may drive some baristas crazy, but it's also helping Starbucks keep coffee prices reasonable for everyone.

Which Websites Do People Spend the Most Time On?

According to internet user data, these are the five websites people are most likely to visit when they're browsing online.

Watch YouTuber Seth Everman Cover Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in 12 Quirky Musical Styles

Thanks to Seth Everman, we now know what Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" would sound like as music for a video game’s water level.

20 Online Colleges and Universities That Offer the Best Return On Your Investment

These online colleges and universities offer the biggest returns on investment based on their tuition, average student debt levels, and post-grad salary data.

This Chrome Extension Makes Cluttered Webpages Print-Friendly

A free Google Chrome extension called PrintFriendly is designed to make cluttered webpages clean and printable.

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