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Mother Nature can be scary, as these films full of homicidal bunnies, pissed-off piranhas, and one mutated bear prove.
Mother Nature can be scary, as these films full of homicidal bunnies, pissed-off piranhas, and one mutated bear prove.
Would you relish the opportunity to see the USA through the windshield of a motorized hot dog? Now’s your chance.
In 'Batterygate,' allegations of planned obsolescence led to a cash payout for iPhone users.
The zombie apocalypse isn’t as far off as you’d think. Which means it's better to be safe than sorry.
You no longer have to order at the Starbucks counter in order to use your own cup.
For two decades, the original copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speech was stashed inside a Harry Truman biography for safekeeping.
The Internet Archive has more than 8500 MS-DOS games online, and they’re playable in nearly any browser. Prepare to kiss your free time goodbye.
Don’t throw money out the (poorly insulated) window this winter. Follow these tips for easy and cheap ways to save money on your heating bill.
The residents of Bayou Corne, Louisiana, woke up one morning in 2012 and found a gigantic sinkhole devouring their town.
The NYPL shares its most-borrowed titles, including a royal memoir and a fictional romance between video game developers.
In 1975, Bum Farto had it all. A dead body and a drug deal gone wrong changed everything.
How a love of drinking and Britain’s 18th-century Toby jugs might have inspired the slang word for ‘face.’
Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”
Generation Alpha—the children of Millennials and the kid siblings of Generation Z—was born the same year the iPad was released.
In 1900, the global average life expectancy was around 32 years old. Today, it's 71. How did this happen?
Lunar New Year and Diwali are being observed in New York schools in 2024. They also come with some challenges for administrators.
Heritage Auctions is giving you the chance to own all that iconic 'Succession' fashion.
Can you guess which author spent the most time on ‘The New York Times’ bestseller list? (Hint: It isn't J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.)
With dolphins masquerading as whales, lizards as toads, and marsupials as bears, it can be tough to keep track of which animals are which.
The definition of a continent isn't as concrete as you might expect, but a few qualities help earn Australia that distinction.
From record-breaking plants and incredible animal news to space superlatives and the awesome power of Taylor Swift fans, here’s the long list of things we learned in 2023.
Car salespeople use a number of tricks to make a sale.
Losing your nose ring in the shower is a bummer. It’s not an emergency.
These unusual animals are in the same taxonomic group as cats, but there isn’t much family resemblance.