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A penguin named Gus captured people’s hearts when he appeared on an Australian beach not long ago. Now he’s ready to go back home.

Northern states, such as Alaska and Minnesota, will likely see snow on Christmas.

These Christmas-themed macarons are worth the effort.

Sleigh bells certainly help make Christmas music sound so Christmassy. But it’s a little more complicated than just that.

Solving the etymological mysteries of 'innocent,' 'disgruntled,' and other prefix-dependent words.

To get to the answer, we need to discuss Latin, wooden stakes, Catherine the Great, and, of course, Shakespeare.

The Chauvet Cave paintings are tens of thousands of years old and depict iconic animals that are now extinct. Even Werner Herzog was impressed.

Looking to buy your way into citizenship? Discover the differences between golden visas and CIPs, plus which countries are easiest to get into right now.

The 20-year-old nest that starred in the state agency’s first livecam was destroyed by a snowstorm. Now, viewers can tune into watch another eagle pair raise their family at a new spot.

There are Christmas tree farms scattered throughout the United States. Here’s which states produce the most of the holiday-favorite evergreen.

The origins of the term come from the Irish word for “ring.”

The holiday toy craze of 1983 inspired a line of counterfeit Kids that were stuffed with flammable rags.

Ditch the dice and grab the Timestop D-20 for your next D&D session.

In its very first season, ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ created the greatest Thanksgiving special about a misguided turkey delivery ever made.

Meta is currently testing a new feature that will give users a fresh start.

Parenting website BabyCenter has reported the latest news on the most popular names for boys and girls in 2024.

English cucumbers have a few qualities that make them superior to regular cucumbers, but one causes some problems, too.

John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago inspired ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

This ancient symbol, also called the Staff of Hermes, depicts two snakes intertwining around a stick that is capped by wings. It’s used as a medical logo, but for almost all its roughly 5000-year history, the caduceus had nothing to do with medicine.

A new study finds that residents of Dublin, Belfast, and Glasgow were better at detecting fake accents than their counterparts in southern areas of England—possibly as a result of long-ago conflicts.