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10 Perfect Gifts for The Pop Culture Connoisseur in Your Life

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10 Perfect Gifts for The Pop Culture Connoisseur in Your Life

The Meanings Behind 25 Common Acronyms and Initialisms

Remember POGs?

The Meanings Behind 25 Common Acronyms and Initialisms

Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy

A pasta vendor in Naples during the late 19th or early 20th century.

Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy

11 Things You Might Not Know About Reindeer

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer live in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park.

11 Things You Might Not Know About Reindeer

A New Book by J.R.R. Tolkien Contains Previously Unpublished Essays About Middle-Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien photographed circa the 1940s.

20 Best Gangster Movies of All Time

Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (2007).

Why Do We Celebrate Christmas on December 25?

If Jesus wasn't born on December 25, does this rule still apply?

How It's a Wonderful Life Went From Box Office Dud to Accidental Christmas Tradition

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Why Your Christmas Lights Always Get Tangled, According to Science

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10 Bizarre Elf Fan Theories

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Starbucks Is Giving Free Coffee to Frontline COVID-19 Workers All Month Long

Starbucks is saying thank you in typical Starbucks fashion.

The Library of Congress Needs Help Transcribing More Than 20,000 Letters Written to Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt would want you to transcribe these letters.

Coronavirus News Digest

"See you when the pandemic's over!"

7 Fascinating Facts About Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe performs at the State Theatre in Minneapolis in 2018.

65 Years Ago, a Bus Driver Had Rosa Parks Arrested. It Wasn't Their First Encounter.

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The Reason McDonald’s Doesn’t Sell McRib Sandwiches Year-Round

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