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10 Clever Moments of TV Foreshadowing You Might Have Missed

Spoiler alert! Sometimes TV shows shock their audiences with mind-blowing twists and surprises, but TV writers are often clever enough to foreshadow these events with very subtle references.

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4 Ideas From Linguistics to Help You Appreciate Arrival

The most exciting thing about Denis Villeneuve’s new sci-fi space-encounter movie isn’t the aliens or the spaceships or the worldwide panic they bring on. It’s the fact that the hero is a linguistics professor!

11 Twisted Facts About ‘The Far Side’

For 15 years, "The Far Side" added a dash of irreverence to the funny pages. Offbeat, macabre, and sometimes controversial, Gary Larson’s trailblazing cartoon was a gigantic success.

15 Colorful Lyrics from National Anthems Around the World

The world's national anthems are a mixed bag of patriotism, poetry, and the peculiar.

Some of the international names for the @ symbol are downright cute.

15 Names for the @ Symbol Around the World

In the United States, the @ symbol is called an “at.” But not everybody else uses that name—in fact, some of the international options are downright cute.

11 Newsworthy Facts About Network

Every outrageous thing this Sidney Lumet classic predicted has happened.

14 Fascinating Facts About Sling Blade

John Ritter's backstory for his gay convenience store manger involved the 'Happy Days' gang.

15 Brainy Secrets of Jeopardy! Winners

It's all about learning how to time that buzzer.

10 Creative Recipes to Make With Your Thanksgiving Leftovers

Go beyond the traditional turkey sandwich this year.

9 Unusual Last Wills

One was called "the legacy of bitterness."

All the Presidents' Pardoned Turkeys

The turkeys pardoned this year are named "Tater" and "Tot."

11 Brilliant Ways to Holiday Shop Without Breaking the Bank

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12 Turkey Cooking Tips From Real Chefs

When it comes to cooking a juicy, flavorful turkey, America’s chefs aren’t afraid to fly in the face of tradition.

16 Heavy-Hitting Facts About the Rocky Movies

If it were up to studio executives, Burt Reynolds might have been Rocky, and he would have died in 1990.

15 Shimmering Questions About Glitter, Answered

Where does glitter come from? Why does it exist? And how in the name of all that is good can you get it off the upholstery?

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9 Famous People Supposedly Killed by Food or Drink

Don't be surprised if this makes dinner seem a little ominous.

12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets From the Cast and Crew of Fantastic Beasts

Revelio!

8 Movie Theater Gimmicks That Flopped

"While odors are wafted through the theatre, as the picture is going on ... the accuracy of these odors is capricious, to say the least, and the flow of sensations from the 'smell-track' is highly irregular."

The original designs for the Imperial Stormtroopers by artist Ralph McQuarrie, who would provide concept art throughout the original trilogy.

8 Changes From the Original Star Wars Trilogy Drafts

The galaxy far, far away could have looked much, much different. Here are a few ways the original Star Wars trilogy changed from the earliest script drafts.

15 Magical Gifts for Unicorn Lovers

Colorful and magical gifts for the young at heart.

How 7 Places Around the World Celebrate Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving seems like a holiday that's as American as apple pie, or pumpkin pie for that matter. But actually, there are variants of this day all around the world.

11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory

Whether you want to be a Jeopardy! champion or just need to remember where you parked your car, here are 11 things you can do right now.

15 Intense Facts About Cape Fear

In 1991—long before everyone was making gritty reboots—Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro teamed up to make a gritty reboot of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 thriller.

15 Stimulating Facts About the Playboy Mansion

When Hugh Hefner couldn't make a party, he made sure his cardboard stand-in was there for guests.

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