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Quick Tips For Making Flowers Last

Bloomin' great advice.... READ ON

These Five Comma Types Can Make or Break a Sentence

Commas are pretty important. (They are also pretty, important.)... READ ON

Watching 'Mocha Diffusion' Pottery Get Made Is Hypnotic

It looks as if it has a mind of its own.... READ ON

We All Know a Refugee

Refugees are a part of the fabric of the American experience.... READ ON

The Fascinating and Miniature World of Bonsai Trees

Each Bonsai Tree Tells a Story... READ ON

These Marble-Glazed Cakes Are Mesmerizing

Watch and drool.... READ ON

Here's How British and American Spelling Parted Ways

A colourful tale of dictionaries, politics, and national identity.... READ ON

The Woman Behind the 1888 PR Stunt That Helped Launch an Auto Giant

How a trip to mother's house introduced a famous luxury brand to the world.... READ ON

These Cookies Put a Delicious Twist on Graphic Design

Desserts that look like they belong in a frame, not on a plate.... READ ON

The Man Who Tunneled Through a Mountain Just to Help His Neighbors

One person really can make a difference, but sometimes it takes 22 years of grueling work.... READ ON

The Cheapest Toll Ever Paid At the Panama Canal

It's a record that will likely never be broken.... READ ON

Some Common Words Secretly Contain Whole Phrases Within Them

Our language can be more economical than you may realize.... READ ON

The One Thing You Will Never See While Driving in Vermont

The scenery has little to compete with.... READ ON

What Those Symbols on Your Dashboard are Trying to Tell You

The answers are rather illuminating.... READ ON

Green Bay is Known for More Than Just Football

Trust us, you're thankful for Green Bay's contribution to the world of hygiene.... READ ON

The 'Cob' in 'Cobweb,' and Other Mysterious Word Parts, Decoded

And who's the "Luke" in "lukewarm"?... READ ON

Kentucky Has More Barrels of Bourbon Than People

It's a state crowded with the spirit.... READ ON

The Michelangelo Sculpture that Melted Away

Some materials aren't as durable as marble.... READ ON

Bigfoot is a Protected Species in Parts of Washington State

Texas, however, has different ideas.... READ ON

Six Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts

Including the legality of wearing a suit of armor in the Houses of Parliament.... READ ON

The Pioneering Female Baseball Player Who Would Not Be Denied

What happens when you combine talent and persistence? You get Toni Stone.... READ ON

When Bill Gates Did a Little Bit of Everything at Microsoft

The tech founder had a hands-on approach to customer service.... READ ON

What Was the Slowest News Day in History?

Feeling inundated by news lately? You would have loved April 11, 1954, when almost nothing happened.... READ ON

The Gross Thing Drivers Did Before Windshield Wipers Were Invented

Can you even call this "cleaning" your windshield?... READ ON

The Fascinating Way Trees Communicate With Each Other

The wood wide web is more than just a play on words.... READ ON

How Brain Freeze Works! (And How to Quickly Fix It)

The scourge of ice cream eaters everywhere, this headache doesn't have to last long.... READ ON

Here Are Some Iditarod Rules, Just in Case You Forgot Them

Yes, doggy booties are required.... READ ON

Is 'The New York Times' Slogan False Advertising?

Do they really publish "All the News That's Fit to Print"?... READ ON

The Greatest Flea Market Find In History?

How to turn $4 into $2.4 million.... READ ON

How William Henry Harrison Spent His 31 Days in the White House

He attended too many parties for his liking.... READ ON

The Man Who Saved Batman

The Caped Crusader was thought of as a joke in the '80s.... READ ON

Indoor Skydiving Got Its Start As a Late-Night Bad Idea

Office shenanigans are a little more extreme when you're working on the Apollo space program.... READ ON

Lesser-Known Names for Baby Animals

You know the names for baby dogs and baby cats. But what about a baby alpaca?... READ ON

How Socks Invented for the Military Became Water Balloons

When Edgar Ellington's invention didn't turn out quite the way he had planned, he found a much more lighthearted use for it.... READ ON

Look For These in the White House

Why did a high-ranking White House official stock the place with 50 super balls? There's a perfectly good explanation.... READ ON

The Great Irony of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Written by Francis Scott Key, the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" couldn't be more American. The tune, however...... READ ON

The Earth Has a Second Moon

In 2016, scientists discovered that Earth has pulled a "near-earth companion" or "quasi-satellite" into its orbit.... READ ON

The Physician-Artist Who Saved Paintings From the Taliban

In 2001, Dr. Muhammad Yousef Asefi came up with a brilliant plan to prevent the Taliban from destroying priceless works of art they considered "idolatrous."... READ ON

4 Female Architects Who Shaped the World

Female architects are changing landscapes across the globe—literally!... READ ON

One Thing the U.S. and USSR Could Agree on During the Cold War

The U.S. and the Soviet Union had plenty of differences during the Cold War, but they were like birds of a feather on one particular topic.... READ ON

The Greatest Musical That Was Never Made

Any rock opera written by David Bowie would have been great. But Bowie + this classic novel would have been mindblowing.... READ ON

Author Jade Chang On Writing New Kinds of Immigrant Stories

In her debut novel, "The Wangs vs. the World," Jade Chang takes on the American Dream. Set during the financial crisis of 2008, the novel tells the story of the Wangs, a wealthy Chinese-American family, who lose their fortune and take an adventure-filled road trip across America.... READ ON

The Chicago River Flows Backwards

Until 1900, the Chicago River flowed into Lake Michigan—but it didn't work out well for Chicagoans.... READ ON

Why the "Terrible Twos" Should Be Renamed the "Terrific Twos"

According to a recent psychological study on toddlers, that "terrible" moniker may be undeserved.... READ ON

That Time America Tried to Outlaw War

War! What is it good for? "Absolutely nothing," said France and the United States during the 1920s. So, they made it illegal. Spoiler alert: It didn't work out.... READ ON

8 Wonderfully Random Facts

What do pugs, IKEA, Dolly Parton, and Q-Tips have in common? Nothing, which is what makes these facts so delightfully random.... READ ON

How Julius Caesar Won a Battle With a Bagpipe

Hey, there's more than one way to torture your enemy.... READ ON

The Truth About Winnie the Pooh's Honey Cravings

Bears do go after beehives—but not for the reason you think!... READ ON

One of the World's Best Writers was One of the World's Worst Spellers

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an amazing writer, but his spelling was, according to one of his editors, "lamentable."... READ ON

Watching Frank Sung Play with Cards is Mesmerizing

The elegant way cardist Frank Sung manipulates hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades will put your riffle shuffle to shame.... READ ON

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