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Why does the fire department show up for emergency calls if nothing is on fire?

The two dialects have transformed to the point that North Korean defectors often struggle with unfamiliar language when arriving in South Korea—so much that the South Korean government publishes a list of commonly confused words to aid new defectors.

This soy and mirin braised kabocha squash with seaweed butter is both healthy and decadent.

Willis Gibson, an Oklahoma teen, just beat 'Tetris.'

That delicious bowl of cheddar soup is really a big bowl of (good) bacteria.

Listen to inaugural addresses and other speeches from each president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

Deciding to write 'disc' or 'disk' depends on what kind of disc it is. Sometimes.

You may know Austin, Texas, as the Live Musical Capital of the World that’s devoted to keepin’ itself weird—but you might not be familiar with the city’s many slang terms.

Oven mitts allow us to handle delicious hot things, but using one that's not totally dry can result in kitchen mishaps.

The Amish aren't known for their bawdy senses of humor, but try telling that to the couple snapping a photo under the sign announcing they've arrived at Intercourse.

Long gone are the days of graffitied subway cars and cigarette ads in Times Square.

Box office success does not always equal critical acclaim. But many of the biggest hits of the 1990s are still being talked about, and revisited, today.