BIG QUESTIONS

The words ‘fall’ and ‘autumn’ appeared around the same time in Great Britain, but only one of the seasonal names is still used there today.

The idea that garlic repels vampire has been linked to some serious health problems.

To block microwave radiation, all you need is a simple screen.

The reason they’re often associated with the growths goes hand in hand with the same centuries-old superstitions that gave witches an undeservedly bad rap. 

History is filled with figures who were single-handedly—yet often undeservedly—held responsible for epic societal failures. But what do goats have to do with it?

In the U.S., the terms ‘bison’ and ‘buffalo’ are used interchangeably—but they’re actually two different animals. Here’s how to tell them apart.

Dunder Mifflin employees aren't the only people curious about whether that now-iconic DVD logo ever really does hit the corner of the screen.

You may have been taught the old cowboy trick of applying a tourniquet and using a blade to cut the bite wound to suck out the poison. It looks dramatic, but does it really work?

The idiom goes back centuries. And no, it's not 'nipping it in the butt.'

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

Vocal fry describes a specific sound quality caused by the movement of the vocal folds—and it’s nothing new.