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Another day, another unconfirmed 'Star Wars' spoiler.

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Though Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska are both clearly influenced by the Joker, the show's producers been adamant that neither brother is the famous Batman villain.

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Nobody's perfect.

A scene from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).

More than four decades after its release, the film's status as one of the ultimate cult classics shows no signs of fading.

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Science says so.

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The graceful game was responsible for enough royal deaths to make an executioner jealous.

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You do not want to be a projectionist in Iowa.

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News outlets aren't their only customers. Sometimes attorneys buy their work, too.

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It's an innovative—and hands-free—way to let drivers (and pedestrians) know you're coming.

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7. He'd love for Tom Hardy to be his Wolverine successor.

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That's what she said.

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Bidding ends, fittingly, on Halloween.

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He was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly.

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He said it was more nerve-wracking than going on stage.

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Your tax dollars at work!

Eleanor Roosevelt holds a Spanish-language version of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

On Eleanor Roosevelt's wedding day, then-President Theodore Roosevelt walked her down the aisle. Read on for more surprising facts about the first lady and diplomat.