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In this episode, we’ll meet Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, two adventurers with completely different backgrounds and temperaments who formed one of the most enduring and successful partnerships in the history of exploration. But there were also disappoi

Kat Long


Holding a bingo game without the correct permit in North Carolina could get you in trouble.

Have you handled fish in "suspicious circumstances," or kept your prescription medication in something other than its prescription bottle? Depending on where you are, you might have broken one of many strange laws on the books.

Jason Serafino
















Vintage illustration of Thomas Edison and the phonograph.

You may know that Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor who revolutionized the electric light bulb. But have you heard about his creepy talking dolls?

Mark Mancini


Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower photographed in 1957.

Ahhh, the marriage proposal. Never has a tradition been surrounded by so much anxiety, planning, and the potential to be embarrassing and, well, even downright cringe-worthy.

Erika Wolf




Meryl Streep and Albert Brooks find romance in the afterlife in Defending Your Life (1991).

While there are some people who dismiss the romantic comedy genre outright, we'd argue that almost everyone can find at least one rom-com that resonates with them. If you haven't met your rom-com match yet, read on for 20 of the best of them.

Matthew Jackson