8 Facts About Flannery O’Connor
The writer, best known for her Southern gothic style, died at the age of 39 from lupus. Here’s what you should know about her life.
The writer, best known for her Southern gothic style, died at the age of 39 from lupus. Here’s what you should know about her life.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest images of the Horsehead Nebula ever taken.
Supplements that promise to restore your gut health are everywhere. But not everyone can stomach them.
The $295-per-plate dining experience includes seven courses but no costumed characters.
‘Coger’ and the other terms on this list mean something very different in Spain than they do in other hispanophone countries.
For better heart health—and even a longer lifespan—new research suggests one doing simple and accessible exercise regularly: Taking the stairs.
The Allied forces’ Normandy landings on June 6, 1944—an event better known as D-Day—became a pivotal moment in World War II .
The original Luddites were workers whose jobs were threatened by new technology—and who fought back.
The names were put into one of six different categories: ancestral, occupational, geographical, toponymic (or place name), personal characteristics, and patronage.
The oldest joke in recorded history is a fart joke that dates all the way back to 1900 BCE.
You’ve probably grown up your entire life without putting much thought into the nursery rhymes drilled into your head. But there are tales behind each of them—some pretty dark.
‘Les Femmes d’Alger’ (‘Women of Algiers’) isn’t a single artwork, but a series of 15 paintings—though one is more famous than the others.
The 1990 script features Elaine buying a gun and making JFK assassination jokes.
Uncover the unique culinary preferences of foxes, including the differences in what rural vs. urban foxes eat and how red foxes fit into the equation.
In the scope of human history, the wheel is actually a rather young creation. Beer, clothing, and jewelry are much older.
These descriptions are as wild as they animals they talk about. Can you figure out which creatures they refer to?
‘Burnt’ and ‘burned’ are both acceptable, but they serve different purposes (at least, they do in American English).
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
The close quarters of those serving together in war is a perfect Petri dish for slang. From ‘FUBAR’ to ‘fobbit,’ here are some military slang terms you should know (plus, why the military uses so many acronyms, anyway).
In the 1960s, Post and Kellogg's were in a race to bring toasted pastries to the masses. Their inspiration? Dog food.
A simple mistake on social media has turned into an internet event celebrated around the world for more than a decade.
'Baby Reindeer' is the shocking new Netflix series everyone is talking about. But is any of it real?
Was Russell’s dad actually in Pixar’s “Up” all along? This interesting fan theory says yes.
These universities are among the toughest to enroll in. One has an acceptance rate of just 1 percent.