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10 Priceless Smithsonian Artifacts You Can Print Out At Home

That Abraham Lincoln life mask you've always wanted is coming soon to a living room near you—all you need is a 3D printer.

Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

12 Post-Potter Revelations J.K. Rowling Has Shared

In the years since the final book was published, J.K. Rowling has talked a lot about what happened to Harry and his friends.

10 Literary Holidays

Bibliophiles know there's no wrong time to fete your favorite book or author. But if you want company—at least among a certain subset of the population—in your celebration, plan a party for one of these delightful literary holidays.

13 Things You Might Not Know About Sleeping Beauty

Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty turns 55 this year.

19 Super Facts for Your Super Bowl Party

The Super Bowl is a really long game. If there's a lull in the conversation, you can toss out some of these facts.

10 Things You Didn't Know About the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Over 100 million people watch the Super Bowl each year ... and some of them don't give a flying pigskin about football. Here are some facts to tide them over until halftime.

16 Things You Can Watch Instead of the Super Bowl

Don’t care about the Super Bowl this year? Lucky for you, there’s plenty of other programming out there.

7 TV Shows That Premiered Immediately After The Super Bowl

The Super Bowl draws in the largest TV viewing audience of the year, so it makes sense that the network that hosts the Big Game takes advantage of the ratings bump by showcasing new or fan-favorite TV shows.

10 Times Seth Meyers Cracked Up At His Own Jokes

Seth Meyers is about to leave the iconic SNL Weekend Update desk, which means he will soon be cracking up at his own jokes on his very own late night talk show.

6 Sneaky Ways Countries Try to Win Hearts and Minds

The spread of propaganda is as old as society itself—but not all propaganda techniques are garish posters or august news reports on television or in print.

11 Awesomely Decorated Casts Worth a Broken Bone

Casts in cool colors or covered in your friends' get well messages are great, but some people take things a step further and turn the pile of plaster and bandages into a wearable piece of art.

8 Super Bowl Commercials From Defunct Companies

Before the dot-com bubble burst, many companies spent millions to air 30-second commercials during the Super Bowl to gain national exposure. Here are a few of them.

11 Insane Movie Props You Can Buy on eBay

Who doesn't have a hundred grand to blow on a Jurassic Park velociraptor cage?

10 Celebrities Who Have Weird Relationships With Academia

Colleges are notoriously weird; celebrities are equally strange. Sometimes, when the two are combined, magic happens.

14 Beautiful Train Stations From Around the World

We’ve looked at some of the most beautiful lighthouses, libraries and museums from around the world. Today it’s time to look at more iconic and beautiful buildings—train stations.

In hockey, he's arguably the greatest player of all time.

15 Facts About Wayne Gretzky

There has arguably never been a more dominant player in any sport than hockey's Wayne Gretzky. Here's why.

19 Scathing Political Put-Downs

For all the talk of how politicians are getting too nasty these days, hammering your opponent is nothing new. Politicians have always been venomous, if some of these zingers are any indication.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller had a turbulent marriage.

10 Tempestuous Writerly Romances

For famous writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, turbulent real-life relationships rivaled the dramas that played out on the page.

11 Super Expensive Airline Routes

Sorry, there won't be any free upgrades to these first-class cabins.

11 Brand Names With Confusing Plurals

Prii? LEGO? Twix?

12 Shapes You Didn’t Know Had Names

We all come into contact with many of these shapes every day. Here's what you can call them.

15 Simply Lovely Asian Museums

We’ve been taking you across the globe to show you some of the most beautiful museums in the world. Now it’s time for a quick trip to Asia to see what architectural marvels are just waiting for you to come explore them.

17 Slogans on Town Welcome Signs You Won't See Anywhere Else

In the land of the road trip, the marking of town borders becomes a matter of town pride. Here are some welcome signs that don't quite fit the mold.

10 Versions of Poe's "The Raven"

Poe's poem “The Raven” has inspired many a creative thinker since it was first published in 1845, so in honor of what would have been his 205th birthday yesterday, here are a few renditions of the chilling classic.

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