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Here are the details about the new ‘Magic: The Gathering’ set featuring the famous Ninja Turtles.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

They’re so-called minimalist modern farmhouses, painted white, with black roofs, window frames, and railings, seemingly adrift from architectural context. Where did the big black-and-white look come from, and why is it so popular?

Euphemisms allow us to discuss some grim or controversial topics employing a more palatable turn of phrase. These expressions were coined to disguise everything from capital punishments to diseases, death, slavery, and cannibalism.

Your search results page is about to get a lot less cluttered.

Find out what everyone is searching for to perfect their spook-tacular looks this Halloween.

The flying mammals aren’t nearly as scary as these myths suggest.

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

Cats have attracted a lot of different superstitions over the years—some easier to believe than others.

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What do the terms “busser” and “busing a table” have to do with public transportation? Nothing, it turns out.

Critics might have panned the film—Roger Ebert said it was “made of artificial bits and pieces”—but audiences loved it, and now it’s a beloved cult classic. Ahead of its 30th anniversary in October, here’s what you need to know about ‘Now and Then.’