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While Arrested Development helped launch (or re-launch) the careers of Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, and Will Arnett, those stars weren't alone. The cult series also featured several actors in small roles who would eventually find success in TV and movies.
Rudie Obias|
The two prefixes are not equivalent.
Arika Okrent|
Matt Soniak|
Yikes.
Rebecca OConnell|
Here’s what people thought of “colderizing,” "air chilling," “mechanical weather,” and being “cooled by refrigeration” in its early days.
Erin McCarthy|
We all know at least one: That friend who complains incessantly about his fickle girlfriend, and yet keeps going back to her, even though most of the time she doesn’t treat him well. It’s frustrating for his friends, who must wonder if their buddy, despit
Erin McCarthy|
For the fan, the future was good.
Nick Greene|
We’ve covered word nerds; now, follow a few twitter accounts that will satisfy your historical curiosity.
Erin McCarthy|
The military has been using musical instruments for strategic purposes ever since Joshua made those walls at Jericho come a-tumblin’ down.
Kara Kovalchik|
Right around the same time that French postcards were predicting lots of aerial and aquatic activities in the year 2000 as part of the 1900 Paris Worlds Fair, a German chocolate company decided to get in on the future-telling business with a crafty market
Hannah Keyser|
Here are a few notable instances in which directors and designers have approached this challenge with creativity, resourcefulness, and absurdity.
Emma del Valle|
You may think you've never heard of the Disney classics 'King of the Jungle,' Lady,' or 'Moving Buddies,' but trust us—you have. Before they hit the silver screen, some of Disney's greatest hits had very different names.
Stacy Conradt|
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 130th installment in the series.
Erik Sass|
One thing is for sure: It’s not because we find it funny. In fact, many people find tickling very unpleasant. So why does it make us laugh?
Erin McCarthy|
No matter how many times you’ve defeated M. Bison with a devastating spinning bird kick, you can always learn something new about Street Fighter.
Sean Hutchinson|
Confidence artistry requires both a tricky scheme and a victim to fall for it. In observance of the grand history of clever lies and chicanery, here are eight crafty con men who pulled off some bizarre yet impressive deceits.
Heidi Redlitz|
Hannah Keyser|
Meet the miniature antelope so nice, they named it twice.
Amanda Green|
Road rage is hardly a new phenomenon. In fact, Britain’s first speeding laws were enacted in the early 19th century to stop horse-drawn carriages from “furious driving.” But what is it about roads that turn law-abiding Jekylls into bird-flipping Mr. Hydes
the mag|
The government guidelines for place names on product labels can be quite complex.
Arika Okrent|
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