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Details are still slowly emerging about the bizarre case of three young women who were allegedy held hostage by Ariel Castro and his two brothers for 10 years in Cleveland, Ohio. Here are the stories of five other kidnapping victims that, like the Clevela
Kara Kovalchik|
Everyone has heard people say that they are “bad at remembering names,” or maybe you are one who claims it. If so, you're not alone. “Most people are bad at remembering names,” says Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of
Karina Martinez Carter|
Stacy Conradt|
Rudie Obias|
Though the fruity juice powder is now best known for the “Oh yeah!” of its Kool-Aid Man mascot, the recognizable anthropomorphic pitcher came along much later, after Kool-Aid was already a popular product.
Caisey Robertson|
You can't judge a book by its cover. Sometimes you need an actual court of law.
Amanda Green|
You never know what hidden talents your teachers might have. Just look at all of these famous former teachers.
Ethan Trex|
May 7 marks National Teacher Day, part of a weeklong celebration for educators who work tirelessly to make certain we can still function in the event the Internet happens to break.
Jake Rossen|
Noise-canceling headphones seem like an oxymoron: a piece of audio technology that creates silence, rather than noise. They’re useful on planes, in crowded offices, and for light sleepers trying to catch some shut-eye in a thin-walled apartment, but how c
Roma Panganiban|
In 1984, ice cream truck driver Michael Larson won a record $110,237 on the game show—and he did it by gaming the system.
Chris Higgins|
Henry David Thoreau is a man of many titles. In addition to being widely-revered as one of America's great writers, he also sharpened his credentials as an accomplished abolitionist, naturalist, and philosopher over the course of his brief life. But "yogi
Mark Mancini|
Sometimes what we need, in our age of relentlessly positive inspirational quote sharing, is a refreshingly discouraging breath of stale air. So here are 15 anti-inspirational quotes from John Ploughman's talk: Plain Advice for Plain People.
Arika Okrent|
There's a major difference between your body and your environment.
Matt Soniak|
Erik Sass|
Iron Man 3 opened in theaters Friday. Here's what you need to know about high-tech hero Tony Stark and his armored alter ego.
Rick Marshall|
This week, NBA center Jason Collins announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports Illustrated. In other words, he "came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality seems natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the out
Arika Okrent|
We may think of the inability to get or maintain an erection as a problem reserved for the ruggedly handsome 50-year-old millionaires joyously piloting their yachts in the background of Viagra commercials. But there has never been a time or place where me
Therese Oneill|
On April 11, 1961, the trial of war criminal Adolf Eichmann was the first to be completely televised. Here are 11 of the most-watched since then.
Jennifer M Wood|
The European science organization wants to remind the world that, 20 years ago, it gave us the World Wide Web for free
The Week|
Here are five famous writers who, mostly for marketing reasons, changed genders for their bylines and book covers.
Zac Bissonette|
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