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President Theodore Roosevelt, the youngest U.S. president.

Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Bill Clinton are among the youngest U.S. presidents.

Rayne Beau the cat made an incredible journey.

This cat proved that love knows no distance when he traveled hundreds of miles to be with his owners.

Raking leaves is annoying—and totally unnecessary.

Good news for anyone who hates raking their lawn: You don’t have to.

These books were banned for silly reasons.

Each year, the American Library Association complies a list of books that are challenged and banned. There are some books that get banned because of insensitive material; however, others get banned for completely ludicrous reasons.

Put your spelling skills to the test.

The crescent wrench has helped DIYers for decades.

A Swedish immigrant changed the face of wrenches forever.

From a weeping statue to painting that moves on its own, the stories behind these supposedly haunted pieces of art are downright spooky.

In honor of Banned Books Week, the ALA published its list of 2023’s most contentious titles.

The Stephen King prison fable has become a modern classic—but it initially disappointed at the box office.

All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

Members of Earth, Wind & Fire performing in 1978.

“Do you remember the 21st night of September?” Earth, Wind & Fire first asked the question in 1978. And in the years since, the date has taken on new meaning online.

Little brown bats like this one are at risk from white nose syndrome.

The deadly fungus has decimated bat populations across North America. But recently, scientists have found reasons to hope their efforts to save bats are working.

From ‘skeletons in the closet’ to ‘graveyard shift,’ here’s how five eerie idioms came to be.

The first horror film was already using a castle as the setting.

'Le Manoir du Diable' has some pretty sweet special effects for the 19th century.

This green frog could be contemplating a big change.

In the animal kingdom, it’s not that unusual to start out as one sex and end up as another.

Get ready for spooky season with this Halloween-themed brainteaser.

Not everyone experiences funny-smelling urine after eating asparagus, but it's common enough that it poses one very big question: why does it happen in the first place?

Some cities are better for coffee drinkers than others.

Coffee enthusiasts might consider relocating to one of these caffeine meccas.

Microsoft's Windows 98 comes off the packaging line.

A decade before fans started lining up outside Apple stores for the release of each new iPhone model, computer users were eager to get their hands on Windows 98.