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From tragic factory fires to toxic food scandals, some safety laws we may take for granted today actually have some pretty unsettling backstories.

Surprise: Milky Way wasn’t named after our home galaxy. Let’s take a brief stroll down the etymological candy aisle and discover how these confections got named.

How many people need to see the same UFO for it to be “real”?

The original’s July 1982 release date was selected just to mess with an ex-employee.

The belief in real-life vampires predates Bram Stoker’s legendary novel ‘Dracula.’

The macabre practice is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy, and the motivations behind it include everything from punishment of criminals to doctors wanting symbolically meaningful covers for their medical tomes.

You can use vinegar to clean some household items—but not all. Read on to avoid potentially costly mistakes.

See which pet costumes people are most excited for this Halloween.

If you held on to an original copy of “Super Mario 64” from the 1990s, you could be rich.

It seems like virtually everything Stephen King has ever written has made it to the screen. As these seven books prove, that's not quite true.

Medicine has evolved dramatically over the last century, but that doesn’t mean unexplainable medical anomalies have disappeared. We’re covering a few of them in the latest episode of The List Show.

The groundbreaking primatologist changed our understanding of what it means to be human.