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For two decades, the original copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speech was stashed inside a Harry Truman biography for safekeeping.

The Internet Archive has more than 8500 MS-DOS games online, and they’re playable in nearly any browser. Prepare to kiss your free time goodbye.

Lower your heating bill—and increase your hygge.

Don’t throw money out the (poorly insulated) window this winter. Follow these tips for easy and cheap ways to save money on your heating bill.

A photo of the Bayou Corne sinkhole taken shortly after it appeared on August 3, 2012.

The residents of Bayou Corne, Louisiana, woke up one morning in 2012 and found a gigantic sinkhole devouring their town.

The NYPL shares its most-borrowed titles, including a royal memoir and a fictional romance between video game developers.

In 1975, Bum Farto had it all. A dead body and a drug deal gone wrong changed everything.

How a love of drinking and Britain’s 18th-century Toby jugs might have inspired the slang word for ‘face.’

Though it’s now considered one of Pablo Picasso’s masterpieces, ‘Guernica’ didn’t have many fans when it debuted—one critic even called the artwork “one of the poorest things produced in the world.”

The oldest members of Generation Alpha are officially teens as of 2024.

Generation Alpha—the children of Millennials and the kid siblings of Generation Z—was born the same year the iPad was released.

In 1900, the global average life expectancy was around 32 years old. Today, it's 71. How did this happen?

School's out for the summer. And also Lunar New Year.

Lunar New Year and Diwali are being observed in New York schools in 2024. They also come with some challenges for administrators.

(Left to right) Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, and Jeremy Strong making a meal fit for a king in HBO's 'Succession.'

Heritage Auctions is giving you the chance to own all that iconic 'Succession' fashion.

Find out what book was a best seller the year you were born—and add it to your TBR pile.

Can you guess which author spent the most time on ‘The New York Times’ bestseller list? (Hint: It isn't J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.)

Koala bear, mantis shrimp, maned wolf, and king cobra are all misnomers.

With dolphins masquerading as whales, lizards as toads, and marsupials as bears, it can be tough to keep track of which animals are which.

The definition of a continent isn't as concrete as you might expect, but a few qualities help earn Australia that distinction.

From record-breaking plants and incredible animal news to space superlatives and the awesome power of Taylor Swift fans, here’s the long list of things we learned in 2023.

There's more to the job than meets the eye.

Car salespeople use a number of tricks to make a sale.

'I see, sir. And when did you order the Uber Eats?'

Losing your nose ring in the shower is a bummer. It’s not an emergency.

These unusual animals are in the same taxonomic group as cats, but there isn’t much family resemblance.

Astronaut Kellie Gerardi conducts research aboard the Virgin Galactic spacecraft.

Bioastronautics researcher Kellie Gerardi envisions a future when space is open to all.

Fire trucks are a common sight at ambulance calls.

Why does the fire department show up for emergency calls if nothing is on fire?

The dialects of the two countries have been diverging.

The two dialects have transformed to the point that North Korean defectors often struggle with unfamiliar language when arriving in South Korea—so much that the South Korean government publishes a list of commonly confused words to aid new defectors.

In for 2024: kabocha squash with seaweed butter.

This soy and mirin braised kabocha squash with seaweed butter is both healthy and decadent.

Willis Gibson, an Oklahoma teen, just beat 'Tetris.'

What Happened to the Physical Copy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech?

10 Awesome MS-DOS Games You Can Play in Your Browser

9 Easy Ways to Lower Your Heating Bill This Winter

When a Lake Swallowed the Earth: The Story of the Louisiana Sinkhole

Check Out the Top 10 Most Popular Books at the New York Public Library in 2023

The Legend of ‘Bum’ Farto, the Key West Fire Chief-Turned-Drug Dealer Who Vanished

Why Do We Use the Word ‘Mug’ as a Synonym for ‘Face’?

16 Fascinating Facts About Picasso’s ‘Guernica’

Everything You Need to Know About Generation Alpha—The Children of Millennials

Average Life Expectancies Have More Than Doubled Over the Past 70 Years—Here's Why

New York Schools Are Getting Two New Holidays Off This Year

‘Succession’ Prop Auction Features Waystar Royco ID Badges, One Ludicrously Capacious Bag, and More

What Was the Bestselling Book the Year You Were Born? This Online Tool Tells You

15 Animals With Misleading Names

Why Is Australia Both a Country And a Continent?

100 Things We Learned in 2023

10 Confessions of Car Salespeople

Canada’s Worst 911 Nuisance Calls Include Complaining About a Bad Haircut

8 Close-But-Not-Quite Cats

“Humanity’s Next Giant Leap”: Citizen Astronaut Kellie Gerardi Envisions the Future of Spaceflight

Why Do Fire Trucks Come When You Call for an Ambulance?

13 Words That Differ in the North and South Korean Dialects

Want to Eat More Veggies in the New Year? Start With This Soy-Braised Kabocha Squash

A 13-Year-Old Just Became the First Person to Ever Conquer ‘Tetris’