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The sight of a red fire truck will catch your eye, but it's not the reason emergency vehicles are painted scarlet.

Racehorse names may honor a pedigree, a First Lady, or make a fart joke.

The hardest part of not having Twitter in your life is actually deleting your Twitter account. Luckily, the process is easy.

It doesn't matter what state you rent a U-Haul truck in.

Graduation tassel placement depends on what degree you’re getting—and whether you’ve actually graduated yet.

When does something stink, when did you believe something stank, and when might it have stunk?

Experts agree that Canada has the world's longest coastline, but the exact length is disputed.

Filtered tap water is likely going to be cheaper, with little difference in taste.

Not all passports are books. But what exactly is a passport card?

The meanings of ‘fictional’ and ‘fictitious’ are basically the same, but we don’t always use the words the same way.

The visors, baseball caps, and paper hats worn by fast food workers serve a hygienic purpose as well as an aesthetic one.

Every Greek yogurt starts out as regular yogurt—but there’s some extra straining involved.

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

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.

The secret to making the best chocolate chip cookies ever isn’t in the ingredients.

When restaurants serve Hidden Valley Ranch, it often tastes better than the bottled stuff. Here's why.

Knowing the meaning of the three-digit code printed on every egg carton can help you choose a fresher product.

Your chances of finding a four-leaf clover are one in thousands, but there are some steps you can take to increase your luck.

The recipe for SPAM isn't as complicated as its reputation would have you think.

If you forgot to put a return address on a piece of mail that never made it to its destination, you can still get it back.

The roughly three-minute limit dates back to the early 20th century—but the digital music landscape is affecting the custom.

What's the 'worse' or 'worst' that could happen if you use the wrong form of this commonly used word? Here's what to know.

That’s the salmon’s albumin—here’s everything you need to know about what it is and how to avoid it when cooking salmon.