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Scots Wikipedia is notorious for its inaccuracy, and a recent Reddit post traces thousands of mistranslations back to a single teenage editor in the U.S.
Tiny people giggle at everything from tickling to peek-a-boo to silly faces. But do they really have a sense of humor?
'Game of Thrones,' the epic HBO fantasy series based on George R.R. Martin's books, answered a lot of questions in its 2019 finale. It also left a few puzzles behind.
Few people today know the names Mrs. Henry Wood, Charlotte Riddell, or Maria Edgeworth—yet these women all wrote immensely popular, best-selling Victorian novels that allowed them to command top dollar.
It’s a stage adaptation of an episode from season three, and Aaron Sorkin is on board to write new material for it.
The National Park Foundation is using 23 grants to give influential women and their stories a place of prominence at National Park Service sites across the country.
It’s literally about a mighty king’s love affair with a commoner, but it’s figuratively about Operation Desert Storm.
Marsha P. Johnson was present at the Stonewall Riots of 1969, but that’s just part of her very important legacy.
It took University of Texas grad student Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to write a proof that solved the famous Conway Knot.
Pumpkin spice might be the reigning champion of dessert seasonings, but Cinnadust could steal the title.
Two asteroids are projected to swing by Earth in the coming months, but the odds of them causing a problem are very low.
It’s been a long year waiting for season two of ‘The Mandalorian,’ and you deserve a Baby Yoda succulent.
The universal language never quite changed the world, but enthusiasts and Duolingo users are doing their bit to change that.
In 1925, an article appeared in a Paris newspaper about the decaying condition of the Eiffel Tower. There was a passing comment in the piece about how the French government had considered that it might be cheaper to tear down the Eiffel Tower than to fix
From the plague to the novel coronavirus, myriad animal viruses have caused problems for humans—and many others haven’t.
Queen Elizabeth II’s purported favorite painting—a portrait by Rembrandt—will be included in the display.
A new study demonstrates that cows who had fake eyes painted on their rear ends were protected from lions who were fooled into thinking the cow had spotted them.
Earlier this year, American Girl asked kids to nominate people they know who have risked their lives and served their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic for its Heroes With Heart contest.
When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left a small sum of money to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia with one condition: That they not spend it in full for 200 years.
'Miami Vice' star Don Johnson parlayed his fame in the 1980s and recorded a surprisingly well-received album.
The SS 'Portland' vanished into the Atlantic during a storm of the century, but we still don’t know exactly why it sank.