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7. Hasbro recently trademarked the scent.

The re-release marks the film's 30th anniversary.

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The unique design was an early prototype of New York City's Guggenheim Museum.

3. Only six awards were handed out at the first ceremony, and one went to a ventriloquist.

The facts feeding this freaky follicular phenomenon.

If you've considered adopting a pet, now's the time.

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Television can be a hotbed of creativity (or mediocrity, depending on who you ask). But it's not just characters and storylines writers are coming up with—they also coin words.

The deal ends today.

The persuasive ads can run afoul of FDA regulations and may not be telling you the whole story.

Over its decades-long run, the Beetle became one of the most recognizable cars on the road, thanks in part to Disney, hippies, and Ted Bundy.

The man named his son Kal-el. Give him the cape already!

Awwwwww.

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For a small percentage of the population, buttons aren't just a clasp for clothing. They're a nightmare.

3. Benedict Cumberbatch has Reddit to (partly) thank for the Emmy-nominated role.

With the arrival of low temperatures and the slowdown of the farming season, thousands of Amish people in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania will pack their bags and head south to "The Amish Las Vegas."

While moviegoers await the latest installment in the Predator series, we're looking back at the hit sci-fi thriller that started it all.

It launches September 21.

When software engineer Jonathan Abrams arrived in Silicon Valley in 1996, the internet was known for three things: vast amounts of information, pornography, and anonymity.

Sixty million cigarette butts have been collected from oceans since the 1980s.

Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield star in Caddyshack (1980).

Here are a few things to look out for the next time you watch the Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield golf classic, 'Caddyshack.'

A world without Roald Dahl would be a world without Oompa Loompas, Snozzcumbers, or Muggle-Wumps. And who would ever want to live in a world like that?

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