From crafts to video games, these are the hobbies people around the U.S. are using to stay busy during quarantine.

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If you find a tick on your body, don't panic—removing it the right way fast drastically reduces your chances of contracting any diseases it might be carrying.
How did the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, survive the sinking of its mother ship? We’re about to find out.
Alexandre Dumas’s action-packed adventure novel is definitely a classic, but the inspiration behind it isn’t very well-known.
Embrace your geekiest interests with these 'Dungeons & Dragons' dice designed to look like the fossilized mosquitoes from 'Jurassic Park.'
There's an excellent reason why pharmacy locations like CVS and Walgreens make you walk all the way through the store before picking up your antibiotics.
Jeanette Epps has dreamed of being a NASA astronaut since age 9, and her first-ever spaceflight will make history.
HearHere is a new app backed by Kevin Costner that offers short audio stories of the places and landmarks you're curious about.
From antimicrobial cases to UV light chargers, these OtterBox products will make you feel better about how much you touch your phone.
For anyone who’s used the phrase “too pretty to eat,” we have a new benchmark for you: amezaiku, the ancient Japanese art of sugar sculpture.
From horror films to musicals, everything is fair game for copying ... with varying degrees of success.
Your cat's habit of sleeping all day isn't a sign of laziness—it's a survival instinct that's baked into their genes.
Homemade face masks can look cute, but feeling like you’re breathing in stale air isn’t exactly fun.
Season 2 of 'The Mandalorian' premieres on Disney+ in October 2020, which means it's time to start planning your Baby Yoda Halloween costume.
The new Mississippi flag design, featuring a mosquito silhouette surrounded by a ring of stars, has become a surprise hit with the public.
Every year, fall seems to come earlier and earlier. At least it does if you're spending any time at Starbucks.
Topics include global immigration, race in U.S. history, justice and human rights, genocide and mass violence, and more.
To celebrate the launch of their new Finnish course, Duolingo partnered with the website Very Finnish Problems to find out which words make the people of Finland happiest.
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.
'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.