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From picture books to chapter books, we went and asked the staffs what their favorite reads as children were.

Mail-order mattress companies make solemn oaths that consumers can return purchases. The problem is that the companies can't accept them. So what happens next?

There's an excellent reason why pharmacy locations like CVS and Walgreens make you walk all the way through the store before picking up your antibiotics.

Mini shopping carts keep kids busy on shopping trips, but that’s not the only reason grocery stores have them.

IKEA, the beloved Swedish home furnishings chain, has a coherent naming strategy that its non-swedophone customers are missing out on.

It’s a clever trick that retailers use to make consumers think items cost less than they actually do.

From coming-of-age dramedies to moody psychological thrillers, here are some of our favorite TV shows streaming on Netflix right now.

Here are Twitter’s best packing tips and tricks to help you save space, money, time, and your sanity on moving day.

Although the screen time for many of the following bipedal, humanoid creatures was often quite limited, children and collectors alike have always shared an affinity for these curious aliens.

Want to erase the guilt you feel when you buy something and then discard it after only a few months of use? The website Buy Me Once is here to help.

From J-horror remakes to great white sharks on a quest for vengeance, discover the worst horror movies of all time, according to their scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

This weed slang originated in the 1960s and yep, you can thank Humphrey Bogart for it, but not for reasons you might expect.

A recent study claims that the pyramids of Giza were constructed alongside an almost 40-mile long artery of the Nile river that no longer exists today.

‘The Jinx’ is back—and with it, a whole new round of speculation about what Robert Durst may or may not have done.

Furby was a toy sensation for ’90s kids, but these chatty, distinctive-looking fluffballs are still captivating youngsters to this day.

They wish you would stop using them as your doctor.

When U.S. Army Corps bombardier Max Spencer Adler was shot down over Europe and imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II, it’s not likely he dreamed of one day becoming the czar of penis-shaped lollipops and lava lamps.

Before his death in 1990, Jim Henson gave very clear instructions about what his memorial service should look like: no attendees should wear black and a jazz band should be in attendance.

Here's some helpful information about where chipmunks and squirrels live, what they eat, what sounds they make, and how to tell them apart visually.

Just as juicy as summer’s many berries, stone fruits, and melons are the far-flung, surprising, and often obscure origins of their names.