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

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

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

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.

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. 

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 may have been taught that Earth has seven continents. Or is it six? Or eight?

New Zealand’s open-access fossil database makes it easier for scientists to collaborate.

Turkeys and pies are allowable carry-ons, but you’ll have to check alcohol, sauces, and condiments before you board a plane.

What began as a routine renovation revealed Harvard's history of body snatching.

The Australian Reptile Park is asking the public to capture the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the most dangerous species in the world.

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from them.