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15 Ways to Upgrade Your Peanut Butter Sandwich

Few foods are more nostalgic than a peanut butter sandwich, but your culinary skills need a serious upgrade if you’re still making the same basic recipe you enjoyed as a kid.

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15 Old-Fashioned Ways of Keeping Time

Humans once had to rely on shadows from the sun, the melting of a candle, or even the smells of incense to find the time.

10 Attempts to Build Better Mousetraps

With thousands of mousetrap patents in the United States, it seems people can’t resist innovating new ways to slay vermin.

10 Winning Facts About Hoosiers

2. Jack Nicholson really wanted to play the coach, and thinks the film would've been bigger had he starred in it.

10 Surprising Facts About Disney's Controversial 'Song of the South'

Here's why you probably haven't seen 'Song of the South'—Disney’s most controversial production ever.

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10 Natural Landmarks That No Longer Exist

Many of our ancient natural landmarks have taken a hit in the last century

25 Fun Facts About Your Favorite Nintendo NES Games

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

12 Facts About Breaking the Waves

Lars von Trier's Oscar-nominated drama was released 20 years ago.

14 Ethereal Secrets of Skywriters

Typos are their biggest fear.

13 Freaky Facts About Disney's Tower of Terror Ride

The Imagineers at Disney implemented some Hollywood magic and sophisticated tech to bring this terrifying elevator to life.

16 Celebratory Facts About Party Down

Are we having fun yet? 'Party Down'—not to be confused with reality show 'Party Down South'—is a hilarious sitcom that ran for 20 episodes between 2009 and 2010. But it's about to come back.

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10 Unusual Observation Towers From Around the World

Sometimes, the building you're looking out of is as interesting as the view itself.

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7 Unattractive Facts About Blobfish

They don't look half bad underwater.

7 Fictional Characters Who Ran for Office

In 1974, Mr. Peanut entered the Vancouver mayoral race and walked away with nearly 3000 votes.

11 Filibusterous Facts About Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Boy Scouts of America wanted no part of the film. Neither did American politicians.

8 Things You Might Not Know About Vowels

There's more to these workhouse members of our linguistics inventory than you might think.

5 Fast Facts About Dana Carvey

The beloved former SNL star is back with a new Netflix comedy special, 'Straight White Male, 60.'

10 Facts About the Miranda Warning You Have the Right to Know

Not being read his rights didn't allow Miranda to go free.

12 Hair-Raising Facts about Troll Dolls

While children of the '90s might remember topping their pencils with the miniature wild-haired figures, children of the '60s were all over that trend too.

The Boss hated "Born to Run" so much that he threatened to give up and not release it at all.

13 Musicians Who Hated Their Own Albums

From Bruce Springsteen to Jay-Z, uncover which famous musicians actually hated some of their most celebrated albums.

10 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Zoos

Don't tap on the glass, or the zookeepers might follow you.

10 Heartwarming Facts About Father of the Bride

6. The wedding cost a whopping $249,323.

15 Perfect Metaphors Hidden in Word Etymologies

It's human nature to conceive of abstract ideas through more immediate, concrete experiences—which is to say, through metaphors. Most of the words we have for abstract concepts began this way.

12 Oversized Facts About JNCO Jeans

JNCOs were quintessentially '90s jeans, worn largely (at least at first) by skaters and nonconformists and known for mega-wide leg openings—and now, the brand is back.

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