BIG QUESTIONS

The Gold Star Family license plate has its roots in a custom that began during World War I.

A room temperature stick of butter is easier to spread. But is it safe?

Yes, they’re synonyms. But there’s a little more to the semantic story of ‘recur’ vs. ’reoccur’ than that.

The woman known as "Jane Roe" left an enormous mark on the nation’s political landscape—one that’s still at the fore a half-century later.

According to Guinness World Records, Marilyn vos Savant's IQ of 228 is the highest ever recorded.

Your credit card probably has a return address in Delaware. That's because the second smallest state in the country has some of the biggest corporate perks.

Infants are typically born with 52 teeth, but it’s not an even split between baby teeth and adult teeth.

You might think your cat puts toys in his water bowl just to be a jerk. We can’t exactly prove that wrong—but there might be another explanation.

Answering “When is Pride Month?” takes one word: June. Why it’s June, on the other hand, is more of a short story.

The difference between light and dark brown sugar boils down to one simple factor: molasses content.

Voyeuristic scientists discovered a “golden” rule when it comes to how—and for how long—animals urinate.

It's not a satellite, it's not GPS, and it's not a camera.