MF EXPLAINS IT ALL

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

It's no secret that most fast food "secret sauces" are a riff on Thousand Island dressing.

‘For Pete’s sake’ originated around the early 20th century, but the Pete in question may have lived long before that.

‘Of course’ is one of the most versatile ‘yes’ synonyms we have. But what does it actually mean?

The difference between bugs and insects comes down to more than just semantics. Both terms have scientific definitions.

A baby corn plant and a corn plant are one and the same.

We’re all familiar with the feeling of having an idea or subject stuck in your head that makes it difficult to think about anything else. But why (and when) did we start comparing that experience to a bee buzzing around in your hat?

Pluralizing a last name can seem confusing—and it gets even more confusing when you want to make a name both plural and possessive. Here’s how to correctly do both.

How can warm water in the Pacific Ocean affect the weather thousands of miles away? Everything is connected.

The big red triangle should only be pushed in case of emergency. (And no, double-parking doesn't count.)

Here’s why some homophone examples also work as homograph and homonym examples.