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Director John Carpenter once purchased one of the city's bridges for a dollar.

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In a city where everyone drives, how much parking is needed?

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The actor talks about how he "was not excited about being Officer Clemmons at all," and how all that changed.

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In 1887, Louis and Ivan Thoen stumbled upon an object that throws the entire timeline of Black Hills gold discovery into question.

Custard and ButterBurgers are the backbone of Culver's dairy-based menu.

The truth is out there. Here’s what you’re really looking at.

“I thought we’d give you a lift,” he told one surprised airman.

Moose antlers are deciduous—meaning they are meant to be shed. But that doesn't make it less shocking when you see one fall off!

The poet regularly visited Civil War soldiers in the hospital.

The Tennessee chain where you buy burgers by the sackful has had a devoted following since the '30s.

In his personality test, Hoffman talked about his acting career and aspirations as well as his difficulties in Hollywood.

They may not have been able to articulate it, but people have been trying to get their eyebrows on fleek for thousands of years.

If you were born in 1991, not only do you have something in common with the World Wide Web, the Honeycrisp apple, and the Jerry Springer show, you got to grow up with these words that have their first Oxford English Dictionary citations in 1991.

1. If you’re a weatherman in the Air Force, you’re probably a battle-hardened commando.

Tiger, moon, and buttonhole are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to words you probably didn’t know could be used as verbs—so why not try dropping some of these into conversation?