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This comforting butternut squash soup from the Institute of Culinary Education is the perfect way to celebrate the last gasps of autumn.

They may be famous for their aviation feats, but the brothers also made a foray into the bicycle business.

While the club initially formed as a social group for writers of detective fiction, it did have an official purpose: to uphold a rigid set of standards for crime fiction, and weed out any potential members who wouldn’t agree to meet them.

Social media is changing language again.

Buying for a DIY enthusiast doesn't have to be hard. Check out our gift suggestions for someone who likes working with their hands.

A home on Sesame Street may have been affordable when the show premiered, but that's no longer the case.

’Tis the season to learn how to say “Merry Christmas” in many languages.

The Geminids are famous for producing some of the brightest and most frequent meteors of the year.

Save your nap for the cruising portion of your flight.

A very, very specific set of standards can keep books from falling apart. But it's usually too expensive for consumers.

Peek behind the curtains of ‘The Nutcracker,’ Tchaikovsky’s famous Yuletide ballet.

John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson were more prone to giggle fits than the characters they played on ’The Office.’

‘Doctor Who’ has featured hostile aliens using advanced technology to attack Earth since the BBC show premiered back in 1963.

Discover how Sandra Day O’Connor overcame the odds to become the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Rosa Parks changed the world on December 1, 1955, when she stood up for civil rights by sitting down. But who was the bus driver on the other side of history?

The seafood giant promised patrons as much shrimp as they could eat. It turns out they could eat a lot.

James Joyce once famously declared, “The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.“ After 28 years, members of a Venice, California-based book club have come pretty close.

Now’s a good time—so good, so good, so good—to dig into the rich history of Neil Diamond's iconic tune.

The neon orange comfort food now comes in a plant-based version.

The tradition of giving misbehaving children lumps of coal predates the Santa Claus we know and love today.