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16 Delicious Facts About American Pie

It’s easy to forget how big 'American Pie' was in the summer of 1999. Shot on an $11 million budget, it made $235 million in theaters worldwide, and spawned three sequels and four straight-to-DVD movies.

Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks, and Kevin Bacon star in Apollo 13 (1995).

13 Surprising Facts About Apollo 13

'Apollo 13'—the dramatization of the 1970 space program crisis that kept the world on its seat—was the third highest-grossing film of 1995, and remains one of the most faithful depictions of NASA operations ever put on film.

16 Dizzying Facts About 'Labyrinth'

Jim Henson's deeply personal tale of a teenage girl losing her baby brother to a Goblin King wasn't a hit when it was first released.

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8 of the Weirdest Things People Have Brewed Beer With

Would you drink beer brewed with bull testicles or beard yeast?

President Richard Nixon with the cast of the musical 1776 after a performance in the East Room of the White House in 1970. Nixon lobbied to have the song "Cool, Considerate Men" removed from the show; he finally succeeded when a prominent campaign supporter of his produced the movie version and had the footage deleted.

10 Star-Spangled Facts About the Musical 1776

The winner of three Tony Awards (including Best Musical), '1776' might be the most improbable hit in Broadway history.

12 Time-Bending Words from Back to the Future

Thirty years ago today, Back to the Future blasted into theaters, sending one Marty McFly back 30 years himself to 1955.

12 Things You Should Know About the United States Postal Service

From its unconventional delivery methods to its crime-fighting prowess, here are 12 interesting facts about the United States Postal Service.

Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays (with Otto) in Airplane! (1980).

17 Fun Facts About Airplane!

Shot on a budget of $3.5 million, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker wrote and directed 'Airplane!', a movie intended to parody all of the disaster movies that graced movie theaters throughout the recently concluded 1970s.

A Victorian mourning brooch made with hair

8 Collections Featuring Hair as Art and Souvenir

Humans have been using hair to create jewelry and artwork for thousands of years. Here's where you can see some of it on display.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984).

25 Indestructible Facts About The Terminator

He told you he’d be back. Before you go and see the newest installment of the 'Terminator' franchise, here are some things you may not have known about the first four movies in the series.

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10 Fascinating Facts About Pangolins

The pangolin looks like a cross between an iguana, an anteater, and a roly-poly. What's the deal with this armored, burrowing creature?

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12 Things You Didn’t Know about Burt of Burt’s Bees

Meet the man behind the ubiquitous lip balm (and other personal care products).

11 Outlandish Ways Aristocrats Displayed Their Wealth During the Gilded Age

Here are some ludicrous ways the one percent of the turn of the 20th century spent their money—because, well, they could.

9 Old-Fashioned Ways to Climb the Social Ladder

Before reality television or Instagram fame were around to catapult people up the social ladder, here are the often-extreme measures would-be socialites had to resort to.

10 Houses Painted in Protest

Spiteful paint jobs are a common way for people to get back at strict city ordinances, historical commissions, homeowners' associations, bigoted neighbors and even banks.

15 Burning Facts About 'St. Elmo's Fire'

It has been nearly 40 years since Rob Lowe taught us about illusionary flashes of light and how to play the sax.

Pizza Tiger / Tom Monaghan and Robert Anderson

11 Facts About Domino's Pizza Founder Tom Monaghan (in 30 Minutes or Less)

#2: He threatened pizza thieves with a meat tenderizer and fisticuffs.

How 30 Chicago Streets Got Their Names

There are hundreds upon hundreds of streets vectoring through the Windy City, and we've selected 30 whose etymologies were begging to be explored.

10 Things Walmart Has Yanked Off the Shelf

Here's what you won't see on Walmart's shelves.

16 Hard Facts About Kickboxer

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John Harvey Kellogg had some particular advice for 19th-century girls like this.

12 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for 19th-Century Girls

Physician (and Corn Flakes inventor) John Harvey Kellogg had a lot of thoughts on how 19th-century girls could be happy and healthy.

Jennifer Beals stars in 'Flashdance' (1983).

14 Facts About 'Flashdance'

In 1983, a welder/exotic dancer inspired a generation of young people to “take your passion, and make it happen.”

15 Post-Harry Potter Revelations from Pottermore

Since J.K. Rowling launched Pottermore in 2012, she's been steadily revealing secrets of the wizarding world.

17 Wild Facts About Horses

Horses aren't allowed to climb stairs on movie sets and other interesting tidbits.

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