Both the Amazing Facts calendar and the Word Nerd calendar measure 4.6 inches by 4.6 inches, featuring tear-off pages and an easel backer so you can easily prop it up on a shelf or desk. They’re ...

This is another riddle taken from one of the very first modern anthologies of riddles published in the English language, The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus, from 1598.

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Hughes in 1951, not long before he withdrew from public view. | University of Southern California/GettyImages “He cleaned up the image of Las Vegas,” Hughes employee Robert A. Maheu told The ...

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

Per the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase dead weight can be traced back to the 1600s and is defined as the “weight of something which does not move by itself; a heavy, inert weight.” A ...

Unfortunately for the locals of Charlotte, North Carolina, they came out on top not only with the worst branch of the DMV in the country (with just over 30 percent of online reviews considered ...

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There are many reasons why horses might need shoes. There’s pretty much only one reason why cows don’t.

Japan’s geisha are experts in their field, but they’re often treated like tourist attractions. See why Kyoto officials have ...

A traditional monkey wrench. | Amazon Another intriguing explanation exists. When the monkey wrench first emerged, it was in contrast to another tool called a “key wrench”; some took to ...