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Adorable Arctic foxes will eat anything they can catch on the snowy tundra.

When “Midnight’s Children” was released in 1981, The New York Times pronounced that “the literary map of India is about to be redrawn.” Here’s what you should know about the novel that introduced the authorial voice of Salman Rushdie.

In 1781, William Herschel looked through his telescope and saw Uranus.

Some states try to look out for workers. Others actually set minimums below the federal rate.

You may not have given it much thought in the past, but you've most definitely seen a single shoe hanging around the side of the road. How did it get there?

Idioms like Mandarin’s ‘take your pants off to fart’ make no sense to English speakers—at least, not English speaker who haven’t read this list.

Smokey Bear’s first ad slogan wasn’t quite as catchy as “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.”

From ‘kibosh’ to ‘niche,’ these words can trip up even the most meticulous English speakers.

The act of bringing another person into the world comes with a whole host of things you might not have anticipated, from a phenomenon called “lightning crotch” and disappearing belly buttons to unexpected excrement and so much more.

There are three red flags and two beige flags hidden in this chaotic packing scene. See how long it takes you to spot them all.

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

In 2002, the two powerful world leaders were invited to settle their differences the old-fashioned way: Combat.