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Julie Andrews immortalized the charming tale of Maria von Trapp and her musically inclined family in 'The Sound of Music'—here’s how it really went down.

The 'Grey's Anatomy' spin-off series, ‘Station 19,’ also gave a few hundred N95 masks to a Los Angeles firehouse.

The VARDAGEN series from IKEA features mugs and teacups with tiny chips on the bottom. It's not a shipping mishap. It's intentional.

Here’s how left-handed pitchers, batters, and other players sometimes have an edge over their right-handed competitors in baseball.

The developers called the haikus “sometimes fun, often weird, most of the time pretty terrible. Also probably horrifying for haiku purists (sorry).”

Bombs were dropped near Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano to divert the flow of lava in the 1930s and 1940s, and two devices that never exploded have just been discovered.

George R.R. Martin, the man behind 'Game of Thrones,' is using his self-quarantine to work on the long-awaited next book in his 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series.

It's not a myth: William Shakespeare really did write 'King Lear' during the plague. From Edvard Munch to Isaac Newton, here are a few more people who made the most of being isolated.

Cappuccino is often served in a larger, wider mug, while espresso comes in a short, narrow mug. But even avid coffee drinkers may not know why.

In the 1830s, Americans became obsessed with the idea that tomatoes could cure everything from cholera to diarrhea.

From fossilized feces to antediluvian rodent nests, ancient objects are getting their DNA analyzed for clues about the past.

Since 1984, millions of viewers have spent their weeknights having their brain cells challenged by legendary 'Jeopardy!' game show host Alex Trebek.