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Travelers arriving in South Korea from the U.S. have had a Trader Joe's staple confiscated from their bags.

Where you live definitely affects how much you can potentially make, as certain states have higher average incomes than others.

Cricket chirps can reach 100 decibels. So why do we use them as a byword for ‘silence’?

Let’s hope no one tells you, “Eres tan feo/a qué hiciste llorar a una cebolla” on your next trip abroad.

These early audition tapes show why these then-unknown actors—from Scarlett Johansson to Aaron Paul—became household names.

An anonymous note left on Richard Simmons’s car window changed the soon-to-be-superstar’s life forever.

Sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer—who passed away on July 12 at the age of 96—used television, radio, the written word, and the internet to speak frankly on topics relating to human sexuality.

From dystopian sci-fi classics to recent Oscar contenders, the best movies now streaming on Max run the gamut.

The Black track star smoked the competition to win a record-setting four gold medals, making a mockery of Adolf Hitler’s belief in Aryan supremacy.

While many of these hallowed halls have gone through changes over the years, they remain among the oldest universities still operating.

The study by Bored Panda analyzed 30 million geotagged posts on X (formerly Twitter), and counted the number of times the posts expressed laughter in either emoji or text form.

‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ is a fairy tale with a long history. But Goldilocks as we know her didn‘t originally appear in the popular children‘s story.

Unsurprisingly, engineers dominate the list.

You’d be laughed out of the wedding party for suggesting garlic for a bridal bouquet today, but it used to be pretty common.

From ice skating comedies to wrestling tragedies, Tinseltown skillfully draws upon the world’s biggest sporting spectacle.

If you thought the fluorescent marker balls had something to do with increasing visibility, you were right.

Jack London amassed more than 600 rejections and endured a frigid Yukon winter before he found success thanks to ‘The Call of the Wild’—which also got him accused of plagiarism.

The ultra-rare event puzzled scientists for more than a year—but a new study suggests that “polar rain” and a lack of solar wind caused the ginormous aurora.

The light-up sneakers were coveted by ’90s kids, but some adults considered them a public health hazard.

Han shot first.