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Spirit Halloween invades abandoned Toys 'R' Us and JCPenney stores every year. Here are some facts about the spooky pop-up for the next time you visit a Spirit Halloween location near you.

Michele Debczak




The Jim Henson Company

The animated series about diapered Muppets never explained why Kermit and company had been left inside a nursery and with no trace of their parents.

Jake Rossen




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Ted Nugent once called Muzak an “evil force causing people to collapse into uncontrollable fits of blandness.”

Ellen Gutoskey














Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., and Samuel L. Jackson in The Avengers (2012).

Earlier this year, 'Avengers: Endgame' became the highest-grossing movie of all-time worldwide—and turned many of its stars into Hollywood's highest-grossing actors.

Garin Pirnia