How the Canadian Provinces and Territories Got Their Names
Who would've thought that "Bob" could've been the actual name of a Canada territory?
Who would've thought that "Bob" could've been the actual name of a Canada territory?
There is no “random” at Disney parks. Just like almost all of the other little details you’ll find tucked away at Disney, the names on the windows are there for a reason.
While hyper-real fantasy pictures like Real Steel and Sucker Punch borrow the semiotics/visual vocabulary of Japanese animation, there are some films that lift whole storylines or shots from pretty famous properties developed by our neighbors in the east.
“It was not my first published story, nor my last,” the writer recounted in a 1960 lecture, “but I have been assured over and over that if it had been the only story I ever wrote and published, there would still be people who would not forget my name.”
It is true that some of these things can still be found, either old and faded on eBay or earnestly reproduced on specialty sites like The Vermont Country Store. But these products and deserve more; they have timeless appeal that would suit our 21st centur
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As much as we like to think we're much more advanced than people in the Middle Ages, we’re actually not that different.
Even if you know all the words, do you know what they were about?
There has been a lot of backlash with puppets in commercials lately. That wasn't always the case.
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The assignment "Animals We Love" wraps up June 23; here are 10 incredible images readers have submitted so far.
Here are 10 recipes from stars of Hollywood’s classic era, as found in Frank DeCaro’s book 'The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes from More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen.'
Here are just a few of the world’s craziest roads to either try out or actively avoid on your next adventure.
The museum has a unit devoted to cataloguing its own history, including scientific equipment, old exhibits, and the personal collections of notable contributors to the museum. We got to poke around—under close supervision, of course.
The second edition of Endless Amusement, published in 1820, promises “nearly 400 entertaining experiments in various branches of science.”
Erik Sass has been covering the events of WWI exactly 100 years later. Here's a look back at how we got here.
Even logophiles can improve their vocabularies by following these Twitter accounts.
From Dartmouth style beer pong to on-set head butts, here are 10 things the directors and cast told us about making '22 Jump Street,' out today.
Even if you're not a fan of sports or popular culture, there's probably a podcast out there that's right up your alley.
Johnny Depp isn’t the only actor the ’80s teen crime show turned into a star.
Sometimes Facebook status updates are a little more interesting. And by “interesting,” we mean “criminal.”
We hear a lot of bad stories about cheap tippers and even cruel tippers, but it’s a lot rarer to hear about excessive and genuinely kind tippers. Fortunately, such people are out there.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry didn't come by the phrase "What is essential is invisible to the eye" easily.