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The Explorers Club keeps some odd artifacts in its collection, including a stuffed whale penis.
Let’s peer in the windows of mysterious clubs, from not-so-secret societies like the Freemasons to lesser-known groups like the Bullingdon Club.
Should you watch the Marvel movies in order of release or chronological order? And what about those Marvel TV shows? Here’s everything you need to know.
Here’s how to pepper your next argument with Shakespearean insults.
From Manhattan to Beverly Hills, these are the most exclusive ZIP Codes in the country.
There’s a good chance you’ll end up wanting to wear these flashy, funny ugly Christmas sweaters all year round.
From Nicolas Cage to Jean-Claude Van Damme, plenty of Hollywood stars have performed on screen as fictionalized versions of themselves.
They're the most famous chess pieces in history—but much of their story is still unknown
With more twins being born than ever, it should be no surprise that a handful have royal blood. In Europe, four ruling families of Europe currently have a set of twins.
Britney Spears’s songs, music videos, and live performances defined an era and inspired an entire generation of future pop stars.
One of the paintings in the series was stolen from a museum and held for ransom. Another sold for a record-breaking price.
We’ve used the term ‘rat’ to refer to an informer since approximately 1910. But criminals have had many more names for snitches over the years.
They may not be as “precious” as diamonds or emeralds, but these scarce gems are just as valuable—if not more so.
“Wriggly, Squiffy, Lummox, and Boobs: What Makes Some Words Funny?” analyzed an existing list of 4997 funny words and recruited 800 survey participants to whittle down the collection to the 200 words the people found funniest.
Voters in the U.S. may head to the polls on Tuesdays, but the rest of the world prefers to save its votes for Sunday.
Louis Wain sketched, painted, and even animated cats throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Whether you like bundling up in your coziest gear or are counting the days until spring, you’ll enjoy these facts about winter weather.
When Octavia E. Butler wrote her science fiction novel ‘The Parable of the Sower,’ she vowed to include only things that could actually happen.