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What do Kevin McCallister’s parents do for a living to afford the family such a lavish lifestyle?

Lingonberry jam and cream sauce are included, naturally.

The precocious pachyderm nearly made the cover. Then Pearl Harbor was attacked.

If you want to avoid bad luck this holiday season, don't give knives, hankies, or peacock feathers, but do give coal.

For 25 years, a segment of 'The X-Files' fans have been wondering about the creative origins of a country song that played in the background of a scene in season 6. Finally, they have their answer.

The six-armed alien has come back to Earth with a menu full of energy-boosting drinks and snacks.

These companies were accused (and sometimes convicted) of engaging in alleged pyramid schemes and other scams.

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down in front of his New York City apartment building by an obsessed fan. This is the story of the days leading up to that tragedy.

We often use ‘eldest’ and ‘oldest’ interchangeably, but the words shouldn’t be swapped out so easily. Here's how to use each.

The Boston Tea Party was a foundational moment in American history—and it was not without controversy. Honor its 250th anniversary with these surprising facts.

The period of scientific, artistic, and political revolutions isn’t known as the “Age of Reason” for nothing.

In this 11-minute video, woodworker Frank Howarth makes what he calls an “inside-out Christmas ornament,” complete with a mini-Christmas tree inside.

Charlemagne built one of the greatest empires in world history, but less than a century after his death, it was gone.

Watch up close as one Cape sundew plant uses its tentacles to trap and entomb an insect.

The magazine has named the most newsworthy subjects annually for the past century, with a few surprises.

Just a whiff of Krasnaya Moskva (Красная Москва, or “Red Moscow” in English) is enough to transport Russian citizens to the nostalgia of their childhoods.

The bootleg chocolate bars are prompting health and safety concerns.

Most contractions in English are pretty straightforward. Put it together, and shorten it up. But that isn't the case for ‘will not.’

With Prohibition—which ran from January 17, 1920, to December 5, 1933—came language to describe everything from drinking establishments to the people who made booze to booze itself.

From 'King Kong' to 'Titanic,' these famous movie quotes often get muddled in the retelling.