Scare crows may deter crows and blackbirds, but you'll have to make some modifications for them to really work.

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The dent (or “punt”) in the bottom of a wine bottle served an important function centuries ago, but it’s there for different reasons today.
You’re watching a scary movie or the music swells during your favorite song—the shiver up and down your spine is your body responding to a range of emotions.
Their (often literal) blood feud is a relatively modern creation. So how did vampires and werewolves end up at each other’s throats?
To find the easternmost point in the United States, look west.
You know planes cover hundreds of miles per hour. So why doesn't it look like they do?
Some denim devotees never wash. Others find that disgusting. The head of Levi's weighs in.
If you were an 18th-century settler in Australia with no knowledge of marsupials, you just might decide to call a koala a ‘bear,’ right?
Are you not up to snuff when it comes to knowing the origin of ‘up to snuff’? We can help you with that.
Among nicknames like “The Athens of America,” “The Cradle of Liberty,” and “The Hub of the Universe,” “Beantown” sounds very out of place.
A bacteria-related food recall is troubling but understandable. It’s a little weirder when one involves golf balls.
Is your 'tortie' a sassy monster? You're not alone.
What is an Irish goodbye—and why is it called that?
Some communities have ordinances banning teens from knocking on doors. But are they justified?
Cats and “Pspsps” go together like toddlers and the crinkling wrapper of a candy bar that you were trying to eat in secret. What gives?
By the late 1700s, laborers adopted the insult to refer to workers who wouldn’t join a strike, a union, or take part in organized labor and undermined their fellow workers.
The shape of an animal’s pupils is a clue to its place in the food chain.
We’re currently living in the year 1725, not 2023. At least, that’s what adherents of the Phantom Time Hypothesis would have you believe. The historical conspiracy theory alleges that the years spanning from 614 to 911 CE never actually happened.