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Bette Greene’s 1973 debut novel, about a 12-year-old Jewish girl in rural Arkansas who befriends a German prisoner of war in the early 1940s, was embraced by critics and readers alike, and it’s still a mainstay on school reading lists.

April Snellings








Brothers Russell and Ron Mael in Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers (2021).

Over the past 50 years, brothers Ron and Russell Mael—a.k.a. musical duo Sparks—have been on the forefront of popular music trends, from glam rock to power pop to electronic music to new wave and beyond. Now they're the subject of Edgar Wright's first doc

Chelsea Spear




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If you think you've been stung by a bee, you should act fast. Here's how to remove the bee stinger and treat the sting.

Michele Debczak


An illustration from the September 17, 1899 issue of Le Petit Journal depicting the events on the Medusa raft.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And sometimes, when survival is at stake, that means human flesh is on the menu.

Lucas Reilly


The Bugatti La Voiture Noire.

Even if you have millions of dollars to spend, you may have trouble getting your hands on one of 2021's most expensive cars.

Michele Debczak






Grass: nature's torture device.

The inviting green stuff is supposed to bring us closer to nature. Instead, grass creates a stinging, itchy sensation. What gives?

Jake Rossen


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The glossy pages of most catalogues and magazines can be recycled along with the rest of your paper products.

Michele Debczak
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Fifty years ago, Congress consolidated all of America's passenger train service into one entity: Amtrak. Here are a few facts about the nationwide rail network.

Karin Crompton