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When Iran's President declared Iran free of gays, a photographer set out to discover where they'd gone.

For most people, it's hard to figure out what you want to be when you grow up. For Sumo wrestlers, it's even harder.

In a pinch, you can get some vacation vibes just by opening the dictionary, where a variety of beautiful locations have given us everyday words.

How rare is incredibly rare? Try one in 50 million.

If President Grant were alive today, he'd have quite a few points on his license by now.

We'll say anything to avoid the d-word.

Mostly so they don't die. In 2011, Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas won the first-ever Women’s Division of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest by downing 40 dogs in one sitting. That’s 12,360 calories consumed in 10 minutes …

Here are some ludicrous ways the one percent of the turn of the 20th century spent their money—because, well, they could.

Before reality television or Instagram fame were around to catapult people up the social ladder, here are the often-extreme measures would-be socialites had to resort to.

The Oxford English Dictionary just announced its latest update, adding 500 new words and over 2400 new senses of existing words to its online database. Here are some of the best bits from the new expansion.

Do you dream of someday being able to bring your feet over your head? Or even just to touch your toes?