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See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

We ran the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translated them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

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‘Boo’ didn’t originate as a ghostly saying.

If linguistics is any indicator, it would appear that everybody in the spirit realm speaks Scots English.

Lucas Reilly


Humphrey Bogart.

No, he wasn’t the Gerber baby, but he did serve as a model for another brand of baby food—and 19 other facts you need to know about this Hollywood heavyweight.

Lana Schwartz