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Jurassic Park Topped This Weekend's Box Office—27 Years After Its Release

The Steven Spielberg dinosaur blockbuster is still drawing crowds nearly 30 years after it originally opened.

8 Surprising Facts About Chuck Norris

Celebrated martial artist Chuck Norris set his sights on Hollywood at the urging of Steve McQueen. He's also an honorary Texas Ranger.

Eugene Debs ran for President of the United States five times from 1900 through 1920.

Eugene V. Debs, the Five-Time Socialist Candidate for President Who Once Campaigned From Prison

Eugene Debs was a union leader, a Socialist, and a presidential candidate who ran for office from behind bars.

A "Pole of Cold" monument commemorating Verkhoyansk as one of the coldest places on Earth.

It Was 100 Degrees in Siberia This Weekend—The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic

A “heat dome” is partially to blame, but climate change has been causing alarmingly high temperatures in Siberia for months.

A Massive Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Doomed the Roman Republic

Research shows that a volcanic eruption in Alaska triggered a two-year cooling period in the Mediterranean—possibly destabilizing an already volatile Roman Republic.

Richard Simmons, now in motivational toy form.

This Richard Simmons Action Figure Will Motivate Your Other Toys

The 8-inch figure made by NECA sports the fitness guru's trademark tank top, shorts, and white sneakers. Deal-a-Meal cards not included.

Children's Robitussin and Dimetapp Cough Medicines With Mislabeled Dosing Cups Pulled From Shelves

Children's Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and Children's Dimetapp Cold and Cough have been recalled due to faulty dosing cups.

Joseph Lee: The 19th-Century Black Baking Pioneer Whose Bread-Crumbing Machine Revolutionized Hotel Kitchens

Joseph Lee was sick of seeing slightly stale bread get tossed in the trash, so he found a way to give it a second life.

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Hold Onto Your Butts: The Story Behind Samuel L. Jackson’s Famous Jurassic Park Line

Before Samuel L. Jackson said "Hold onto your butts" in 'Jurassic Park,' 'Back to the Future' director Robert Zemeckis said it and made movie history.

There's no law requiring you to spend every other holiday with your in-laws.

Why Do We Call Our Spouse's Relatives 'In-Laws'?

It all started as a reminder about which relatives the Catholic Church prohibited you from marrying.

Yvonne Orji and Issa Rae in HBO's Insecure.

The Most Popular HBO Comedies In Each State

HBO has a large library of TV titles, but two of the premium cable network's shows in particular are proving to be favored by most of the country.

Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison devoted his life to opposing slavery.

The Boston Public Library Needs Help Transcribing Anti-Slavery Letters

The letters shed light on how leading abolitionists were protesting slavery during the Civil War era.

Flushing a Toilet Could Create a Cloud of Coronavirus-Contaminated Droplets

Toilets have always sent contaminants into the air, but the coronavirus pandemic is giving new urgency to the practice of closing the lid whenever possible.

Google Calendar Makes Juneteenth an Official Holiday

This year marks the first time Juneteenth—the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.—will appear in Google Calendar.

14 Feel-Good Movies You Should Stream Right Now

Movies can and do serve different purposes in our cultural diet: some are educational, some are inspiring, others shine a necessary light on injustice or tragedy, and some just make you feel good.

Oregon came up with a combustible solution for their dead whale problem.

The 1970 Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon's Exploding Whale

On November 12, 1970, a dead beached whale in Oregon needed to be disposed of. Experts determined the best method would be to blow it up using dynamite. It did not go as planned.

Got $16,000 to Spare? Keanu Reeves Will Call You for Charity

The actor is auctioning off a 15-minute Zoom call to support Camp Rainbow Gold, a nonprofit devoted to supporting patients and families coping with cancer in Idaho.

Aldi is known for its unique cost-cutting measures that allow the chain to have some of the lowest prices for groceries.

11 Secrets of Aldi Employees

The grocery chain's employees walk tens of thousands of steps every day. They're entitled to sit down at the cash register.

An artist’s interpretation of the birth of a baby mosasaur.

This Football-Sized Fossil Egg is the First Found in Antarctica, and It May Have Belonged to a Mosasaur

The 68-million-year-old fossil egg’s mystery mother may have been one of the fiercest marine predators from the Late Cretaceous period.

School book fairs can help create readers for life.

Browsing Through the History of School Book Fairs

The temporary school bookstores stuffed with metal shelves full of paperbacks and sticker books often felt like a kid's only chance to score a deal on 'Encyclopedia Brown' mysteries.

Some DVDs could be worth more than you think.

11 Incredibly Valuable DVDs That Could Be Hiding In Your Movie Collection

DVDs might be slightly outdated technology, but some movies are so rare that they can command a premium price.

5 Facts About the Tulsa Race Massacre

During an 18-hour period between May 31 and June 1, 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the setting of one of the most devastating racial massacres to happen on U.S. soil.

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Merriam-Webster Is Updating Its Definition of Racism to Emphasize Systemic Prejudice

After sending Merriam-Webster a series of emails, Kennedy Mitchum convinced the dictionary to revise its entry for 'racism' to better emphasize the systemic aspects.

Hope in a Box is giving kids the chance to balance out their Brontë with some Baldwin.

This Organization Is Bringing LGBTQ+ Representation to Rural Schools One Box of Books at a Time

Books range from the classic (James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’) to the contemporary (Adam Silvera’s ‘They Both Die at the End’).

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