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The father of French impressionism paid a gardener to dust his water lilies.

All fried chicken tenders qualify as fingers, but not all chicken fingers are tenders.

The fast talking, coffee-loving mother-daughter duo became a pop culture sensation when 'Gilmore Girls' premiered in the early 2000s.

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

A conlang is a constructed language, where someone has intentionally created its grammar, vocabulary, and phonology. Here are five you can learn.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

Vocal fry describes a specific sound quality caused by the movement of the vocal folds—and it’s nothing new.

For at least 500 years—and maybe more—pigeon fanciers have bred wonderfully bizarre-looking pigeons.

First dance songs, wedding reception songs … This list has a little of everything.

It's no secret that most fast food "secret sauces" are a riff on Thousand Island dressing.

The world is heating up, and things are often on fire—literally. As we do what we can to squelch the flames, check out some old and obscure words people of the past used when they wanted to talk about all things fire.

‘Barbie’ is a certifiable box office phenom. How high can it rise?