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Before people had hundreds of channels, if they wanted to watch surgery or gawk at celebrity babies, they had to actually leave the house.

Arthur Chu captured national attention for becoming an 11-time Jeopardy! champion and is now shamelessly extending his presence in the national spotlight by all available means.

A clear and fascinating way to get in touch with the linguistic history of our continent.

While Brain Candy is a cult classic, it lost a bunch of money and marked the beginning of a four-year hiatus (read: breakup) for The Kids in the Hall.

When it's not slathered on the skin of Major League pitchers, what's the point of pine tar?

Being the life of the party was hard in the early 20th century. Here are 10 tips directly from 1904 to help the uninteresting.

Much like “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!”, “I’m not a _________, but I play one on TV” became a catchphrase that outshone the original product it was designed to promote. Sure, most of us remember hearing the “I’m not a doctor” line, but how many of us

The idiom “you are what you eat” takes on a whole new meaning when your own tail is what’s on the menu.

The Easter Bunny is a beloved springtime character, but look deeper and you’ll realize nobody gives away that much chocolate unless they’re hiding something.

They may not be on Instagram, but certain animals are surprisingly social. Check out these 10 animals that might have more of a social network than you.

The world is made up of wondrous chemicals that sometimes do pretty out-of-the-ordinary things. Here are seven places where minerals, carried by water, by heat, or by the actions of Mother Earth herself, left us with strange and wonderful sights.1. Pamukk

Every month on the 11th, we run a bunch of lists of 11. Rudie Obias gets us started.

The history hoaxers are at it again. On the heels of “Life in the 1500s”—the viral email filled with phony phrase etymologies—comes another popular email loaded with even bigger whoppers. This time it’s called “Little History Lesson” and it purports to tr

Who ever said Mr. Fix-it had to be human?

In 2001, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) determined that English would, from then on, be the standardized language of air travel, and issued a directive that stated that all aviation personnel—pilots, flight crews, and air traffic con

You can customize by choosing particular word lists to work on, and while many of the lists are organized around sober, practical topics—SAT prep, current events, historical documents, great books—there are a number of lists that are just plain word fun.

When it comes to adapting stories for the big screen, novels and comic books aren't the only things to get love from Hollywood.

Miller's latest series, Deadbeat, follows hapless medium Kevin Pacalioglu as he helps ghosts while trying (and failing) to get his own life together; Hulu will drop its first season on April 9. We talked to Miller about the benefits of binge watching, the

The man otherwise known as Ron Swanson took to Reddit today to answer anything, often in his delightfully dirty way. Here's what we learned about Offerman, his facial hair, and woodworking, among other things.