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There's much more to the Wyoming landmark than what you saw in ’Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’

If peeling potatoes with a peeler takes too much of your precious time, try this trick for removing the skins quickly using only your hands.

‘Do, Re, Mi’ can help people learn to play the piano.

Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

Furby was a toy sensation for ’90s kids, but these chatty, distinctive-looking fluffballs are still captivating youngsters to this day.

Ahead of the release of Ridley Scott’s biopic, ‘Napoleon,’ here are 11 facts about the woman who once stood in the emperor’s shadow.

Dropping that ‘t’ sound is an example of what linguists call glottalization, or replacing a sound with a pause in the vocal cords.

Imelda Staunton, Olivia Colman, and Claire Foy play Queen Elizabeth II at various ages in 'The Crown.'

Netflix’s 'The Crown'—a royal family drama, and one of the most expensive TV shows ever made—is coming to an end.

David Letterman receives the 2017 Mark Twain Prize.

The honor for comedic excellence has been turned down a couple of times and rescinded once.

Audiences thought the actor reprised his role as George McFly in the ‘Back to the Future’ sequels. But Glover had never stepped foot on set.

Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights.’

The Garden of Earthly Delights is a piece so ripe with symbolism that it inspires intense curiosity more than 500 years after it was painted.

It’s possible to sing the chorus to Hanson’s 1997 smash “MMMBop” over the chords to Taylor Swift’s 2012 hit “22.”

James Gandolfini and Edie Falco star in 'The Sopranos.'

From ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ these TV shows capture all the things you love (or hate) about Thanksgiving.

The tool kit, which was lost during a spacewalk, is visible from Earth.

Nearly a quarter of the people at this table would rather not save room for any pumpkin pie.

According to a new survey, many Americans would be happy to skip the turkey altogether on Thanksgiving—but that's not their most hated dish.

You’re not the only person who has Googled “NPC meaning” of late.

Right on red might not be around much longer.

The standard traffic practice is under increased scrutiny.

Some stores are refusing to let Black Friday overshadow Thanksgiving.

Don’t leave your Thanksgiving grocery shopping to the last minute this year. Aldi, Publix, and Trader Joe’s are among the businesses giving employees the day off on the fourth Thursday in November.

The massive megafauna of the Ice Age / Getty / VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SPL

In this episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd thaws out a few myths about the ice age, from the idea that Earth was once frozen solid to what actually caused the mammoths’ extinction.