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Cell phones have replaced paper maps and printed tickets, and have fundamentally changed the experience of travel—making it easier in many ways, but also harder than ever to truly disconnect.

Find out what Ancient Egyptians ate (and drank) to fuel a day of pyramid building.

Cookies rarely disappear because people stop liking them; they usually disappear because a bakery closes, a lawsuit lands, a private equity firm loads up the ba

Josephine Baker was one of the biggest stars of the 20th century. She used that status to collect information on the Nazis and fight for her chosen home.

Find out whether your state is louder—or quieter—than most of the country.

For much of human history, people's nights may have been separated into two different sleeps.

The 1970s home looked a lot different than it does today. These 12 household staples were once nearly everywhere.

"The teacher asked me, and I said I wanted to be a..."

Test your knowledge of the biggest hits of the '70s by matching these top 40 hits to the artists who created them in this quiz.

Hans Christian Andersen stayed with Charles Dickens for five weeks in 1857, a visit their relationship did not survive.

'Six' has made audiences fall in love with Henry VIII's wives, but its depiction of their lives doesn't always agree with the historical record.

What the artist really thinks of his most famous tune "Brown Eyed Girl" might surprise you.