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The 25 U.S. Cities Most Likely to Have a White Christmas

Northern states, such as Alaska and Minnesota, will likely see snow on Christmas.

Get Into the Holiday Spirit With These Festive Macarons

These Christmas-themed macarons are worth the effort.

You know a Christmas song when you hear one.

Why Christmas Music Sounds So Distinct

Sleigh bells certainly help make Christmas music sound so Christmassy. But it’s a little more complicated than just that.

Can You Tell the Real McDonald’s Items From the Fakes?

See if you can guess which of these unusual items were on the McDonald’s menu at one time, and which we made up.

Fences have a little something to do with it.

Where Does the Phrase ‘Beyond the Pale’ Come From?

To get to the answer, we need to discuss Latin, wooden stakes, Catherine the Great, and, of course, Shakespeare.

An exact replica of some of the drawings in Chauvet Cave, including the quartet of horses and a woolly rhinoceros.

13 Facts About the Chauvet Cave Paintings

The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner Herzog was impressed.

7 Words We Rarely (or Never) Use Without Their Prefixes

Solving the etymological mysteries of 'innocent,' 'disgruntled,' and other prefix-dependent words.

Most of the time, though, it'll cost you.

The Easiest Places To Buy Citizenship Around the World

Looking to buy your way into citizenship? Discover the differences between golden visas and CIPs, plus which countries are easiest to get into right now.

9 ‘Saturday Night Live’ Movies That Were Never Made

In the pantheon of SNL sketches-turned-feature films, there are good ideas (‘Wayne’s World’), bad ideas (‘It’s Pat’), and batted-about ideas that never made it to the silver screen.

An eagle pair in Alaska tend to their gigantic nest.

Minnesota Launches New Bald Eagle Livestream After the First Ends in Tragedy

The 20-year-old nest that starred in the state agency’s first livecam was destroyed by a snowstorm. Now, viewers can tune into watch another eagle pair raise their family at a new spot.

What’s the Kennection? #142

All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

The 15 States That Produce the Most Christmas Trees

There are Christmas tree farms scattered throughout the United States. Here’s which states produce the most of the holiday-favorite evergreen.

The meaning behind “phony“ has to do with fake jewelry.

Why Does ’Phony’ Mean Fake?

The origins of the term come from the Irish word for “ring.”

10 Adorable Facts About Cabbage Patch Kids

The holiday toy craze of 1983 inspired a line of counterfeit Kids that were stuffed with flammable rags.

Timestop D-20: The first digital watch for TTRPGs

Trade in Your D20 for This Digital D&D Watch

Ditch the dice and grab the Timestop D-20 for your next D&D session.

How ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Made Holiday TV History With “Turkeys Away”

In its very first season, ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ created the greatest Thanksgiving special about a misguided turkey delivery ever made.

The ”Reset Suggested Content” feature will be a much-needed change to the app.

Sick of Your Instagram Algorithm? Meta Is Testing a Way to Reset It

Meta is currently testing a new feature that will give users a fresh start.

Some of the names on the list may surprise you.

The 20 Most Popular Baby Names of 2024

Parenting website BabyCenter has reported the latest news on the most popular names for boys and girls in 2024.

As far as cucumbers go, they're getting the royal treatment.

Why Do English Cucumbers Come Wrapped in Plastic?

English cucumbers have a few qualities that make them superior to regular cucumbers, but one causes some problems, too.

Steve Martin and John Candy in ’Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ (1987).

15 Moving Facts About ’Planes, Trains and Automobiles’

John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago inspired ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

The Caduceus: The Mistaken Meaning of the Medical Symbol

This ancient symbol, also called the Staff of Hermes, depicts two snakes intertwining around a stick that is capped by wings. It’s used as a medical logo, but for almost all its roughly 5000-year history, the caduceus had nothing to do with medicine.

All of these Dubliners are judging your accent.

People in the Northern UK and Ireland Can Flag Your Fake Accent

A new study finds that residents of Dublin, Belfast, and Glasgow were better at detecting fake accents than their counterparts in southern areas of England—possibly as a result of long-ago conflicts.

You could be zooming in on a small fortune.

Your Old Digital Camera Could Be Worth a Lot, Thanks to Gen Z

Gen Z is bringing back digital cameras in a big way, which means your old Canon PowerShot could be worth a lot of dough.

Marlon Brando in ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau.’

Baboons With Machine Guns: How ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’ Went Haywire

The 1996 sci-fi bomb was said to have more monsters behind the camera than in front of it.