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If you’re in the red on AirNow’s air quality map, you should stay inside.
Canadian wildfires have caused air quality alerts to go into effect across the U.S. Here’s how to stay safe.
Want cleaner air at home? You can get a Winix air purifier for 40 percent off right now on Amazon.
What's the right way to describe a group of worms? A "bunch" may sound like a lazy descriptor, but it's correct.
A new iPhone update will spell the end for everyone’s least favorite autocorrect fail.
The ooey-gooey goodness that is American cheese is delicious ... but what is it?
As with regular toasts, it’s not clear exactly when, where, or why this custom began. But these days, most drinkers will cite one of two common reasons behind it.
Getting through airport security is about to get a whole lot faster if you happen to be traveling through one of these airports.
McDonald’s new milkshake is bright purple, berry-flavored, and inspired by Grimace.
Manx cats can have tails of varying lengths, but only “rumpies” or “rumpy risers” are eligible to compete in the championship classes in CFA cat shows.
Here, in no particular order, are just a few of history’s most influential tomes—and how they made humanity look at things in a new light.
Do you know which author invented ‘factoid’—or what it really means? But more importantly, can you find it in this word search?
If there were an award for most covered artists of all time, The Beatles would undoubtedly be a top contender.
Jim Carrey had a year unlike any other actor in 1994, during which he starred in three number one comedies: 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,' 'Dumb and Dumber,' and 'The Mask.'
Almost every syllabus, teacher, and standardized test requires a No. 2 pencil. Are there other choices out there?
Nearly a half-century after its release, Queen’s classic “mock opera”—a favorite of Wayne and Garth’s—is still regularly cited as one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Like a pineapple-scented sticker on a lunchbox, the scratch and sniff fad wasn’t built to last.
No, spies aren't all focused on national security. Yes, the CIA did deploy a mission called Operation Acoustic Kitty.
Alfred L. Cralle made scooping ice cream a one-hand job with his ingenious patent.
Linguistic illusions—a phenomenon in which your judgment or understanding of a sentence or phrase conflicts with its actual meaning or structure—reveal how we process the world, and remind us that things aren’t always as they seem.
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?