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10 Facts About Your Favorite Christmas Carols

11 Amazing Sharks You Should Get to Know Better

Pregame Warm-up: World Cup Stories

6 Things You Should Know About Isaac Newton

Book Excerpt: The Physics of Superheroes

James Kakalios is a comic book aficionado. As a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, he's been teaching the very popular course "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned From Reading Comic Books" sin

11 Very Important Things to Know About Cider

By Erika Janik Forget the juice; we're talking about the hard stuff. Here are 11 facts everyone should know about good old-fashioned apple cider. 1. Back in the 14th century, it is believed that kids were baptized in cider since it was often more sanita

8 Things Disney Parks Have Banned

by Alvin WardDisneyland may be the Happiest Place on Earth, but don't think that means you can just waltz in and do whatever you want. In fact, Mickey Mouse's theme parks have banned quite a few things over the years. Here are just a few of the things o

3 Bizarre Cases of Death by Shaving

by Brett & Kate

10 Bizarre Uses for Your Discarded Hair

Ed. Note: Todays' guest blog star (and our good friend) Dr. Michael Reed knows hair care. The Manhattan-based dermatologist and hair loss expert has devoted his life to helping folks keep the locks on their heads. He's even got a new book out on the topic

5 Things You Don't Know About IKEA (But Should!)

by Mac

Brewed Awakenings: The World's 4 Weirdest Coffees

By Gregory Peduto From beans plucked from cat poop to coffee flavored with monkey spit, java aficionados ingest some nutty stuff in the name of finding the ultimate buzz. These caffeine-imbibing daredevils are constantly on the lookout for the most exoti

Yam Wielding Grannies, Plastic Bugs, and Cilantro Ice Cream

This guest post is from North Carolina author and sculptor Joel Haas, who is traveling in Taiwan and taking plenty of pictures. Today's post is the third installment of Joel's travel reports (also see parts one and two), in which he visits Yangmingshan Na

5 Things I Learned By Being the World's Worst Evangelist

We're excited to have author, journalist, and Brown University senior (he's still a senior!) Kevin Roose blogging with us this week. His new book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University is about the semester he spent at

8 Things You Didn't Know About Jerry Falwell

5 Rules from my Semester at America's Holiest University

We're so excited to have author, journalist, and Brown University senior (he's still a senior!) Kevin Roose blogging with us this week. His new book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University is about the semester he spent

4 Presidents (and one VP) Humbled at National Parks

BY BRIAN KEVIN As soon as he became the first director of the National Park Service in 1917, millionaire borax magnate Stephen Mather promoted the parks as the ultimate social equalizers, places "accessible alike to the poor and to the rich." According t