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Actual toy versions of the most memorable characters from 'Toy Story,' photographed in 1995.

How well do your opinions of the best movie franchises measure up to the stats?

Photo Call For Sony Pictures Entertainment's "Goosebumps"

In the three decades since its debut book, 'Welcome to Dead House,' R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series has sold more than 400 million books worldwide.

From Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd, here are classic rock’s 10 best lullabies.

Romance author Barbara Cartland, circa 1990.

These authors have published thousands of books between them, from obscure works to best-sellers.

This omnium-gatherum will turn even oliogoglots into omniloquent charmers.

The horse rings in Portland, Oregon, have a new use.

You can still find reminders of the days when horse-drawn transportation reigned.

Nintendo DS at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo In Los Angeles.

Classic video game consoles like the Game Boy and PlayStation 2 dominate overall sales.

A humpback whale in clear tropical waters

We still have a lot to learn about these beasts of the deep.

From Bing Crosby to Ed Sheeran, these are the chart-toppers from the past 82 years.

Québec slang, as heard in Montréal and elsewhere, is a remarkable 'méli-mélo' (hodgepodge) of ancient French, more recent borrowings from Arabic- and Haitian Creole-speaking communities, and English loanwords.

There's much more to them than their fluff.

There’s a lot you might not know about France’s national dog.

The 2022 vandalization of the 'Mona Lisa' was just the latest incident where famous art was attacked.

The board during a taping of the 'Jeopardy!' Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Tournament.

These Final ‘Jeopardy!’ triple stumpers run the gamut from “Medieval Asia” to “Broadway Musicals.”

Delia Owens's 'Where the Crawdads Sing' is a bildungsroman, a survivalist thriller, a love story, a whodunit, and a meditation on nature all rolled into one.

From Tom Petty to The Eagles, fans have concocted some pretty bizarre—and very, very dark—theories about hit songs.

The cover of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.'

Do you know the meaning behind Harry Potter spells like Expelliarmus and Wingardium Leviosa? How about where Dumbledore’s name comes from, or the debated etymology of horcrux?

An ode to the Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter Cheesecake.

Despite outcry from customers, these Trader Joe's products were pulled from shelves.

Before video games kept kids indoors all season, playing with fire hydrants and catching polio at lemonade stands were all the rage.

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor ruled New York City in the Gilded Age.

For more than a century, the Astors were the richest family in America, and their shrewd marriages linked them to some of the most politically powerful families.