When Did Vampires and Werewolves Start Hating Each Other?
Their (often literal) blood feud is a relatively modern creation. So how did vampires and werewolves end up at each other’s throats?
Their (often literal) blood feud is a relatively modern creation. So how did vampires and werewolves end up at each other’s throats?
You know planes cover hundreds of miles per hour. So why doesn't it look like they do?
Some denim devotees never wash. Others find that disgusting. The head of Levi's weighs in.
If you were an 18th-century settler in Australia with no knowledge of marsupials, you just might decide to call a koala a ‘bear,’ right?
The answer lies in their chromosomal makeup.
If linguistics is any indicator, it would appear that everybody in the spirit realm speaks Scots English.
The origins of the phrase (indirectly) involve smelly cabbage, Donald Duck, and several Canadian journalists.
Nowadays, we use jones to express an intense craving for something. But it used to refer specifically to drugs.
Earth may be the most precious place we have, but it isn't priceless. We know because one scientist did the math.
As is often the case when you look back into history, there’s more than one possible answer. But one of the leading contenders has a fairly predictable culprit: the Puritans.
Prepared horseradish and horseradish sauce aren’t the same thing.
Technically, it’s not. Connecticut’s “official nickname” is the “Constitution State.”
Are you not up to snuff when it comes to knowing the origin of ‘up to snuff’? We can help you with that.
Cars used to sport exquisite pieces of art on their hoods. What happened?
A bacteria-related food recall is troubling but understandable. It’s a little weirder when one involves golf balls.
The moon-made-of-cheese rumor may have started with a hungry wolf and a crafty fox.
What is an Irish goodbye—and why is it called that?
Your dog’s instinct to furiously dig at their bed before falling asleep would make a lot more sense in the wild.
Some communities have ordinances banning teens from knocking on doors. But are they justified?
Cats and “Pspsps” go together like toddlers and the crinkling wrapper of a candy bar that you were trying to eat in secret. What gives?
Tin foil and aluminum foil are not the same thing.
The shape of an animal’s pupils is a clue to its place in the food chain.
“10-4” isn’t any quicker than saying “OK.” But it is a storied trucker tradition.
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.