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12 Famous Authors Who Also Wrote for Children
Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.
12 Famous Authors Who Also Wrote for Children
Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.
The Diabolical Motivations of 11 Video Game Villains
In video games, every violent gang and alien race in the known universe (this one and parallel) cannot stand human civilization. Have you ever wondered why, though?
5 Films That Didn't Deserve Their Razzie Awards
11 Obscure References in Classic Songs— Explained!
We've all heard these classic pop and rock hits a thousand times. But even if you know all the words, do you know what they were about?
9 Things to Know About Ender's Game
Based on a book of the same name, Ender’s Game—which hits theaters today—takes place in a futuristic world where Earth has already been attacked by an insect-like alien race called Formics. To prepare for a potential future attack, the best and brightest
11 Fun Facts About Hockey Pucks
What If? 19 Alternate Histories Imagining a Very Different World
Alternate history, long popular with fiction writers, has also been explored by historians and journalists. Here are some of their intriguing conclusions.
45 Amazing Facts Everyone Should Know
Jim Cummings is the voice of Winnie the Pooh. He calls sick kids in hospitals and chats with them in character.
10 TV and Movie Clichés You Never See in Real Life
Only in the movies...
12 Nutty Dungeons & Dragons Media Mentions From the 1980s
In the 1980s, U.S. and Canadian media were up in arms over Dungeons & Dragons and the problem of teen suicide.
11 Gay Book Characters Turned Straight for the Movie Version
When characters are gay or lesbian - or have had some significant same-sex experiences - screenwriters sometimes sidestep those facets of their stories entirely when it comes to the big screen.
12 Common Words That Were Once Considered Terrible Jargon
In 1931, a Western Union official said that "there can be no apology for contact." Six years later, the word was number four on a list of the 10 most "overworked" words.
8 Great Arguments from the Latke-Hamentash Debate
Nobel Prize winners and MacArthur "Genius" Fellows alike have held forth on the metaphysical, philosophical, semiotic, sociological, literary, and historical implications of latkeness vs. hamentashness.
7 Overlooked Thanksgiving Rituals, According to Sociologists
The first major sociological study of Thanksgiving appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research in 1991. Here's what the authors learned.
The Strange Origins of 5 Historical Manias
Delve into the strange cases of dancing plagues, laughter epidemics, and other bizarre manias throughout history.
11 Things You Might Not Know About the U.S. Army
Today the U.S. Army is celebrating its 240th birthday.
10 Fake Photos of Hurricane Sandy That Went Viral
Among the stunning photos of Hurricane Sandy, a number of fakes also went viral.
10 Legendary Monsters of Australasia and Antarctica
You'd think that there are enough scary animals in Australia that monstrous legends wouldn't be necessary. Apparently the deadly creatures that terrorize people on a regular basis aren't scary enough. The continent also includes New Zealand, and I slid a
11 Creative Breakthroughs People Had in Their Sleep
Some people dream about falling off buildings. These 11 creative people, on the other hand, had dreams that changed the world.
11 of the Richest People in History
These men were up there in the 0.001 percent of their time—and they were all just a little bit bonkers.
9 Ways People Used Radium Before We Understood the Risks
Radium was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898. In 1903, the Royal Academy of Sciences awarded Marie and Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel the Nobel Prize in Physics, making Marie the first woman to win the prize. Later, in 1911, she w
12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn't Make the Cut
The road to 50 states was littered with wannabes who couldn't wait to declare themselves—but never quite got to full statehood.