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Study Suggests a Serious Benefit to Being Around Happy People

Watch the Short Film That Launched Vin Diesel's Career

Before he was a movie star, Vin Diesel was a struggling actor and indie filmmaker

Answering Some Burning, Headache-Inducing Questions About Hangovers

10 Disney Characters Who Were Almost Voiced By an A-Lister

Patrick Stewart had so many shots at Disney greatness.

Pictures from La Tomatina 2015

The world's largest food fight!

Why is Seinfeld So Hard to Translate?

The show about nothing never gained more than a small cult following outside the U.S. One translator explains why.

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"Bruh" and "Manspreading" Added by Oxford Dictionaries in Latest Update

14 Bizarre College Donations and the Strings Attached

For most of us, college donations entail little more than occasionally dropping a small check in the mail after receiving repeated pleas for cash from our alma maters. Some people, though, tend to be a bit more individualistic with their generosity. Let

A New Crayfish Species Is Named After Edward Snowden

A new crayfish species is named for the NSA whistleblower.

This Royal Murder Mystery May Soon Be Solved

This historian thinks she can solve one of Britain's most infamous murder cases.

Short Stories Created With Example Sentences From Dictionaries

Designer Jez Burrows strings together example sentences from dictionaries to create beautiful short stories.

Everything You Need to Know to Get Caught Up With Superman Comics

15 Things You Might Not Know About The Blue Boy

The Blue Boy has been using his defiant stare and unique fashion sense to transfix viewers for centuries. But even art fans may not know the story of Thomas Gainsborough’s most iconic work is nearly as rich as the fabric of his subject’s blue britches.

Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane Asylum Patients

If you were committed to a psychiatric institution, unsure if you’d ever return to the life you knew before, what would you take with you?

Patti Lyle Collins, Super-Sleuth of the Dead Letter Office

Today the lost and found department of the United States Postal Service is called the Mail Recovery Center, which isn’t a very evocative name. But it used to be called the Dead Letter Office, and at the turn of the last century, a widow named Patti Lyle C

Two Men Claim to Have Found a Missing Nazi Train Full of Treasure

But they're not revealing its location until the Polish government agrees to hand over a finder's fee.

The Hunt For a 21st Century Treasure Chest

Millionaire Forrest Fenn hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains five years ago. It's still out there, despite thousands of attempts to recover it.

Spain’s “Solidarity Fridge” Gives New Life to Leftovers

Watch 24 Hours of Nonstop Sunlight in Antarctica

For four months every year, the sun never sets.

The Faces Behind 7 Famous Voices

These actors preferred to be heard, not seen.

10 Cheertastic Terms from Bring It On

Ready? OK! Bring It On cheered into theaters 15 years ago this month. So dust off those pom-poms, squeeze into that sweater, and jump into some cheer slang, pop culture references, and the story behind spanky pants.

Whales off the Alaskan Coast Are Dying in Alarming Numbers

The death toll in the past few months is three times higher than normal.

The House from The Goonies Has Been Closed to Visitors

There's goes another childhood dream.

The tunnels were reinforced with metal (Photo: National Trust/Chris Tapley)

There's a Network of Tunnels Under the White Cliffs of Dover

From our friends at Atlas Obscura.

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