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The truth behind the trope.

Joe the Quilter's rebuilt cottage at the Beamish Museum

Joe the Quilter met a grisly end—and his story is being retold centuries later.

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Who decides when our food is unsafe, and what happens next?

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From Han Solo swag to Harry Potter wand cases.

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The numbers don't lie.

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It's calling into question what we thought we knew about the mysterious culture.

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We look into what neuroscience has to say about ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response—one of YouTube's most popular subjects.

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The six rooks pecking at litter within the Puy du Fou theme park in Les Epesses, France, aren't unwelcome pests: They're part of the staff.

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By most accounts, Steve Martin—your favorite wild and crazy guy—is neither wild nor crazy. (Sorry.)

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Need a briefcase? Head to the library.

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A sneaky retail trick to get people to consume more Oreos has been going on for years, and one cookie competitor isn't happy about it.

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Never cut yourself on jagged lids again.

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You'll need some extra hardware.

Annie Oakley was a skilled trick shooter with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

The famed sharpshooter befriended queens, warriors, and famous inventors. She was also falsely accused in the papers of stealing a man’s pants.

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"Dragon gates" are one example of how feng shui has shaped the city.

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George Lucas's iconic ode to the early 1960s arrived in theaters 45 years ago today.

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Load up on tissues. Allergies are here to stay.

Earth as captured from near the lunar horizon by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015.

Let's review why and how we've known for at least 2300 years that the Earth is round.

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Dealerships don't always want to hand over the keys so easily.

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Sometimes it can create "soapy" corpses.