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Though the 1975 original film is legendary, the ‘Jaws’ sequels actually get pretty weird—and here are the real reasons why.

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

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From David Lynch to Queen Elizabeth I, these folks achieved a type of lexical immortality when their names became adjectives.

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The phrase made famous by ‘Good Will Hunting’ is much older than the 1997 film—and doesn’t have anything to do with actual apples.