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The clay empire behind Wallace and Gromit will be making stop-motion magic for years to come.

Leif Erikson's foray into America began over a thousand years ago—long before Columbus's 1492 journey.

Failing to appear can mean a fine, jail time, or being forced to write an essay about the importance of serving.

Price tracking tools can take the guesswork out of holiday shopping.

Before you talk turkey this Thanksgiving, find out what we know about the phrase’s meaning and origins.

The world's longest saxophone note is too risky to attempt. So is the world's longest kiss.

Popovers make a delicious alternative—or supplement—to the classic stuffing and rolls served with a traditional turkey dinner.

Penguin Books commissioned the work in 1965, but the "A Clockwork Orange" author only completed several hundred entries before discarding the project.

These unique gifts for cat lovers, dog lovers, and horse lovers will add some animal-themed joy to your loved one’s life this holiday season.

Those frilly paper caps on your turkey's legs have been called “turkey frills,” “turkey booties,” and even “turkey panties.” Here’s where they came from.

‘Little Women’ author Louisa May Alcott was also an early suffragette who fought against slavery and registered women to vote.

Alex Garland‘s directorial debut contains what might be the most dense, obscure in-joke in cinema history.

This digital art piece from Thomas Blanchard set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op. ,9 No. 2 is oddly soothing.

A little wreath can go a long way.

There's much more to the Wyoming landmark than what you saw in ’Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’

If peeling potatoes with a peeler takes too much of your precious time, try this trick for removing the skins quickly using only your hands.

Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

Ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s biopic, ‘Napoleon,’ here are 11 facts about the woman who once stood in the emperor’s shadow.

Dropping that ‘t’ sound is an example of what linguists call glottalization, or replacing a sound with a pause in the vocal cords.

Netflix’s 'The Crown'—a royal family drama, and one of the most expensive TV shows ever made—is coming to an end.