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Like a game of Russian roulette for your taste buds.

From rotten eggs to stinky socks, the most bizarre Jelly Belly flavors often seem to come out of nowhere. Here’s how the brand actually creates those weird jelly beans.

Erin McCarthy


Join 'Jeopardy!' champion/co-host Ken Jennings for an all-new Kennections quiz. All five answers have something in common. Can you figure it out?

Ken Jennings






Painting of Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea.

If you know anything at all about Sacagawea, you probably know she was a guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (also known as the Corps of Discovery) to explo

April Snellings


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Before he was a Hollywood A-lister, Oscar Isaac worked as a hospital orderly where his glamorous tasks included "bringing the deceased down to the morgue."

Natalie Zamora