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American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with ‘Flag.’

Children who run amok at Toccoa Riverside Restaurant might earn their parents a fine.

Jupiter at opposition is the best time of year to see the solar system’s largest planet in the night sky.

His innovative alphabet brought literacy to a nation.

Everyone has a preferred way to laugh online, whether it’s an acronym like IJBOL (“I Just Burst Out Laughing”), a reaction GIF, or a crying laughing emoji. Which one do you use?

Pigeons aren’t known to be particularly talkative birds.

November has been proclaimed Native American Heritage Month for more than 30 years, but the movement to honor Indigenous cultures started long before that.

Take a look at these 13 names from across the world that describe sleep paralysis and the demon once believed to cause it.

Remove the risk to your teeth and do some good at the same time by donating your leftover Halloween candy.

The 2015 low-budget horror flick became a massive word-of-mouth hit, and now has its very own spin-off.

There's new insight into the reasons we're not down with clowns.

Here’s your introduction to this legendary, (maybe?) extinct avian—and a look-alike species that might be the source of all the rumors.

The Great Flood of 1889 killed more than 2000 people, swept away 1600 homes, and caused $17 million in damage. And it wasn’t the last time Johnstown would flood.

Forget about the funny pages. If Kay Powell wrote for your paper, you dove straight into the death notices.

John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ isn't the only good horror remake worth watching. This season, you can scare up something better for your next marathon with these killer picks.

The kids‘ TV classic is reinventing itself after more than a half-century on the air.

Whether you call it Mischief Night, Devil's Night, or something else, it all means one thing: wanton destruction of property.

The origin of ‘towhead’ has roots in 14th-century England, when ‘tow’ often referred to textile fibers.

Weird but fascinating facts about everything from the guy who dragged cars with his nipples to frogs shedding (and eating!) their own skin.

If you've got $250 million, Bel Air has the home for you.