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The author of 23 pint-sized titles, including 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit,' perfected the character licensing template decades before 'Star Wars' or Marvel.
The children's advisory board of this popular DIY stuffed animal destination is made up of actual children.
How do they spend those massive profits? The online retailing giant has a giant Ice Age cave bear skeleton in their Seattle offices.
What began as a single store that sold jeans and records ballooned into a multi-billion-dollar fashion brand with more than 3500 stores in 43 countries.
A pair of movie tickets and a tub of popcorn cost more than the lowest-grossing movie on this list made.
The Golden Arches used to serve peanut butter sandwiches and chili instead of Chicken McNuggets and McRibs.
The popular retail chain has lots of iconography, from the red bullet logo to the dog. But "Alex from Target" isn't from Target anymore.
Pizza has helped prevent several crimes: In 2008 when a pizza delivery man in Florida was confronted by robbers, he threw the hot pizza he was delivering at them and escaped harm. (It's also pretty delicious.)
A Facebook user claims that he and his friends invented the beloved chicken sandwich, but Publix begs to differ.
We've all read about the current climate crisis and have wondered what we can do to prevent it from getting worse. East London pub owner Randy Rampersad is doing his part in a big way.
The famous coffee chain has undergone some facelifts since its inception as a regional Seattle franchise. For one thing, the mermaid used to be a nudist. But, hey, it was the '70s.
The online streaming service that obliterates productivity once sent its DVD subscribers a lot of Chinese pornography.
In 1901, after being rejected by six publishers, Beatrix Potter used her savings to privately print 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit.'
Under the previous policy, many of the items returned to Amazon went to waste. Now, the retailer is making it easier for third-party sellers to donate unwanted goods.
This year, Olive Garden is offering a Never-Ending Pasta Pass that's truly never-ending. For $500, you can get unlimited pasta, soup, salad, and breadsticks for life.
For diners who want to reduce their waste while eating out, California just passed a law that makes it safer to use personal containers for restaurant leftovers.
In a digital era, the company hopes that being sold to a private investor and getting store facelifts will make for a happy ending.
You can find Taco Bells in Finland, Romania, and Japan—but none in Mexico. That isn't for lack of trying on the Mexican-inspired fast food chain's part.
Desperate to take a dip but want to avoid the chaos of the public pool? With Swimply, you can rent an entire backyard swimming pool for $25 to $150 an hour.
The Cheesecake Factory has never been known as a restaurant to skimp on the size of its menu or the size of its portions.
It can take weeks to process a passport application. But if you're in a pinch, there's a way to get one in as little as 24 hours—but it's going to cost you.