MEDIA

The documentary '44 Pages' takes a deep dive into the history of the beloved children’s magazine.

Bureaucracy works in mysterious ways.

In 1967, the magazine printed a $3 bill as a joke—but change machines in Vegas thought it was the real thing.

Say hello to Erica.

Benjamin Franklin missed out by just a few days.

In the summer of 1835, New York's 'The Sun' newspaper confirmed there was life on the lunar surface—including bat-people—and readers believed it.

Is "All the News That's Fit to Print" false advertising?

The nicknames are supposed to be a tool for helping catch crooks, but it seems as if they’re really cooked up to keep special agents amused.

Here are five storytelling terms to store away for movie trivia night.

Mind reading used to belong to the realms of sci-fi books and comic strips. But in 2011, a team of scientists from UC Berkeley discovered a way to construct YouTube videos from a viewer’s brain activity.

When Sesame Street debuted in 1969, many producers, teachers, and government officials from different countries contacted the Children’s Television Workshop about airing versions of Sesame Street within their own countries.

It makes sense that R.E.M., a band whose lyrics are often cryptic, would find inspiration for a song in the mysterious circumstances surrounding a physical attack on newsman Dan Rather.