Big Questions Answered, How and Why

Fine fecal dining, explained.

The ant fortresses you find on your lawn have a number of defenses.

Furthermore, what color is human meat?

Yes, and not just with their tongues.

As it turns out, it’s a relatively new designation.

The story of how department stores taught us about language and prestige.

Playing out of key may not be the most embarrassing thing a guitarist has to endure after all.

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Those ubiquitous Greek-themed coffee cups have an unlikely father: a Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor.

While you’d be forgiven for assuming that UPS tracking codes are generated randomly, those numbers (and letters) actually contain a lot of information.

The presence of the Queen's head, thistle, and portcullis on the pound coin are easy to understand, but a unicorn?

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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 …

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What’s going on here?

Your dog is laughing, you just couldn't tell.

"It's an enigma, wrapped in a pie crust. Every day, it feels a little more lost to history," -Jeff Ruby, co-author of Everybody Loves Pizza.

The cycles that govern hair growth are keeping your eyebrows firmly under control. Although one man has grown his to 18.1cm...

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How did Route 66, the beloved Main Street of America, fall into a state of disrepair and disuse less than 30 years after the height of its popularity? Here's the story.