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From tragic factory fires to toxic food scandals, some safety laws we may take for granted today actually have some pretty unsettling backstories.
Surprise: Milky Way wasn’t named after our home galaxy. Let’s take a brief stroll down the etymological candy aisle and discover how these confections got named.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Tales of Dunk and Egg, the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel novellas that inspired HBO’s upcoming adaptation.
Talk about a historic find.
This riddle comes from a book published in 1868—can you figure out the answer?
King’s sophomore novel left out a scene deemed too horrific to leave in.
This multiple-choice quiz challenges you to match the hit 1980s song to the movie it was made for.
The belief in real-life vampires predates Bram Stoker’s legendary novel ‘Dracula.’
We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?
There is a good reason why baby carrots tend to be slimier than their full-sized counterparts—and it has to do with the white stuff you sometimes see on the outside of them.
The macabre practice is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy, and the motivations behind it include everything from punishment of criminals to doctors wanting symbolically meaningful covers for their medical tomes.
Test your knowledge of the best and worst Halloween candies in this timed quiz.
Historical cures for insomnia were sketchy at best and outright dangerous at worst. Fortunately, modern medicine has discovered a few techniques that can help those suffering from insomnia.