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Satisfy your cookie dough and spice cravings at the same time.

When Captain George Pollard Jr.’s ship was rammed by a whale, he had no idea it would help make literary history.

Until a few decades ago, Ukraine was almost always referred to as 'the Ukraine'. Then people started dropping the definite article, and now you almost never see it. Here's why.

Learn which Connections puzzles had players searching for hints most often in 2024.

The square beef patties are here to stay—but the SuperBar and other discontinued Wendy’s menu items weren’t.

The riddle below dates back to the 1600s—can you figure it out?

People have been observing faces and figures on the moon for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. There’s a perfectly scientific explanation as to why.

These mistakes show that little kids know a lot more about the rules than we think.

An ornithologist discovered a hummingbird “hive” in Ecuador‘s High Andes—a major departure for the solitary animals.

Today, Amber Valley looks like any number of small, rural communities, but a couple dilapidated log cabins hint at what was once the northernmost all-Black settlement in the world.

If you have a disagreement with your neighbor today, you might head to small-claims court. In 19th-century rural America, such disputes were often solved with the business end of a gun.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?