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For many years, a baseball team's “manager” wore a player’s uniform simply because he was also a player.
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A group of YouTube-famous domino artists teamed up to fit as many satisfying tricks as they could into one domino fall video.
As fast as popular culture could erect wholesome depictions of American life in comics, television, or movies, MAD Magazine was there to tear them all down.
The idea of red meaning "stop" dates back to British railroad regulations of the 1840s—but for a while, a dearth of fade-proof red materials meant that many American stop signs were yellow instead.
On July 6, 1994, 'Forrest Gump' arrived in theaters and became a box office behemoth (earning almost $1 billion worldwide in today’s dollars).
Entering a vulnerable position may seem like the worse way to get out of an emergency, but "playing dead" can be life-saving for some animals.
The sound of your car's signal used to be a product of the technology, but in many modern cars, it's artificially recreated with computers.
While having the beach at your doorstep may sound like an enviable, expensive luxury, it’s more attainable than you might think.
The colorful plastic watches did more than start a fashion trend in the 1980s. They helped rescue the Swiss watch industry from collapse.
See the satellite photo that just confirmed the existence of an extremely rare lava lake on a remote island.
Sony debuted the Walkman portable cassette player on July 1, 1979. Forty years later, the company is hosting an exhibition examining the device's legacy.
Joe Spangler celebrates every Fourth of July by spending hours writing the Declaration of Independence outside his Indiana home.
Upon hearing a report earlier this week that Warner Bros. was apparently planning a Harry Potter TV series set at Hogwarts and featuring an all-new cast of characters, some Potterheads may have been a little suspicious.
At this point, it seems most fans of 'Stranger Things' agree that Billy Hargrove will become the new monster of season 3. And at least one person believes he'll take Karen Wheeler down with him.
Lots of documentaries spark a conversation, whether it’s about social justice or climate change. These films sparked something bigger—and made a lasting difference.
Now that 'Stranger Things' fans have binge-watched all of season 3, they're trying to come to terms with the facts of what happened on-screen—and how those events could change the series moving forward.
'Paramonovius nightking' was collected in winter, resides solely in one region of Western Australia, and has a hairy coating that kind of looks like a crown.
The Marvel vs. DC debate grows with every new release, but what does the data say? Find out what your state thinks.
Even when two-thirds of their bodies are composed of fungal spores, the host cicadas continue to attempt mating in a drugged-out stupor.