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Alaska and Hawaii avoid changing their clocks back and forth for specific reasons.
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The phrase "See you later, alligator" predates rock 'n' roll. Here's how 19th-century rhyming slang created a permanent piece of American pop culture.
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Learn the real history of Día de los Muertos as we clear up common myths about its Aztec origins, ofrenda symbols, and how it differs from Halloween.
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These frontier expressions are fixin’ to ride their way back into your vocabulary!
Logan DeLoye|
Certain phrases that were once a common part of language are fading because they just didn't age well.
Chelsea Thatcher|
The night before Halloween still has its nicknames, but most of what kids actually did on it has disappeared.
Matt Hoffman|
We have the 1950s to thank for cementing the tradition of trick-or-treating into our Halloween culture.
Chelsea Thatcher|
Decades before dating apps and DMs, romance followed courtship rules, and some dates required a chaperone … until the 1920s.
Logan DeLoye|