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Fifteen characters—including a more modern Mickey Mouse—will enter the public domain in the next 15 years.

All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts.

Study up on this breaking terminology so you know what you’re talking about you’re watching the sport at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, both 'pursuit' and 'happiness' had secondary definitions that change the meaning of the iconic quote.

Hitting the road this summer? Consider putting one of these rest stops on your travel itinerary for when you need a break.

You’ll need to be a generalist rather than a specialist to ace these questions.

As brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie on ‘SCTV,’ actors Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas made ‘hoser’ popular—and there are plenty of theories about the word’s origin.

From Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel #2” to Jesse Jo Stark’s “Chelsea Hotel,” these songs capture the mythos of the inimitable Hotel Chelsea.

Make sure to put these easy-to-forget locations around your home on your cleaning to-do list.

OldMapsOnline revamped its capabilities to map famous people, rulers, battles, and more through time and geography.

In adapting George R.R. Martin’s Targaryen history for the small screen, showrunners have made some major changes, from aging up certain characters to showing others getting frisky.

Theodore Roosevelt called his domestic agenda of 1903 a ‘square deal.’ Let’s dig into the origins of the famous phrase.

You probably remember Barack Obama’s “Yes, We Can.” But do you remember Herbert Hoover’s campaign slogan? How about FDR’s?

Chris Evert’s tennis bracelets made tennis bracelets a thing. But the origin story gets mistold quite often.

These gripping documentaries on Hulu, Max, and Netflix offer a real slice-of-life experience, allowing viewers to delve into worlds unlike their own.

This cheeky euphemism was kicking around years before Bart ever used it on “The Simpsons,” but it prompted some significant backlash in the early ‘90s.

Losing an animal is a stressful situation, but it’s important to stay calm, act fast, and prepare a comprehensive plan of action. Here are nine things you should do if your pet ever goes missing.

The allergy-inducing mountain cedar may be the most hated tree in Texas.

The late ‘Jeopardy!’ host is being honored in a Forever stamp sheet. The current cost of a Trebek Forever Stamp is 73 cents; a sheet of 20 is $14.60.

Travel costs, attractions, and safety make these states worth a summer road trip.