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Consider this our love letter (with expedited shipping of course) to the very best pop culture postal icons.

The first photo of Nessie was taken in 1934. But the first mention of the lake-bound monster? An account of a sighting back in 564 CE.

Science is making text that hasn't been visible for hundreds of years reappear. Here's how.

The trope's origin story is actually kind of sweet.

Here's what went down when William F. Buckley interviewed the literary giant.

You used to get a lot more bang for your buck at airports—like courtesy cars and coin-operated TV chairs.

Now on display at the Smithsonian, the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta has a crazy and colorful past.

These days it seems like every campaign slogan is just a series of political buzzwords. But it wasn't always this way.

Tonight marks the first Saturday in 53 years that the Univision juggernaut won't air an episode.

In November, it will be moved from museum storage to the castle where she died in 1938.

The Russian Orthodox Church wants to conduct additional tests on Romanov family remains before declaring them holy relics.

Edward Leedskalnin spent nearly 30 years building this stone monument to the fiancée who jilted him.

Crowds came to see a limbless man deal cards, fire a gun, and conjure live birds. Could he deliver?

Money talks if you know how to understand it.

Despina Makai was born in the 1700s, and filmed by her grandsons over 100 years later.

Yours doesn't even come close.

The flowing dresses signified education, refinement, and leisure.

In the 1960s, the ugly little car became an international phenomenon—and changed advertising forever.

What would the world be without the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum?

Some scholars have dedicated decades of their lives to cracking the code.

Are you ready for some football? How about a trip down musical memory lane to rediscover the many Monday Night Football theme songs?

The one-bedroom apartment in Providence, R.I., boasts large bay windows, in-building laundry, and an impressive literary legacy.

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