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One technological breakthrough left the common pencil in the dust.

While it was author J.K. Rowling who ultimately suggested the alternative title, she still regrets the decision.

He wrote a <em>Three Stooges</em> script before they got famous.

Put your Willy Wonka skills to the test.

Nathan’s Famous is a staple of Coney Island.

Nathan's hot dogs are as American as, well, Nathan's hot dog eating contest.

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It's very different from dizziness.

Enjoy the festivities of the Fourth wherever you live.

Whether you’re a fan of his films or not, there’s no denying that Tom Cruise is the epitome of a Hollywood movie star.

Not everyone agrees.

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It is one of the most enigmatic stories of all time, with an opening sentence that’s unparalleled in literature. 'The Metamorphosis' is the novel that birthed the adjective 'Kafkaesque.'

On June 30, Flightradar24 broke their record for most flights tracked in a single day.

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights ...

When it opens in 2021, Svart will be the world's first 'energy-positive' hotel.

If you begin frequenting a new place, you probably stop going to another, keeping your total number of haunts constant.

Before he became the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall was already a powerful civil rights pioneer.

The baby planet is a few times bigger than Jupiter.

A 2016 reconstruction of Pӧmmelte, a henge-like structure in eastern Germany that was originally constructed about 4300 years ago.

Researchers found the dismembered bodies of 10 women and children who appeared to have been thrown into burial shafts.

There's a trick to doing it right.

Most of us just know to light the fuse and stand back.

The Stephen King adaptation about an evil 1958 Plymouth Fury that possesses its owner, which turns 35 this year, remains a beloved cult classic.

You may not know its name, but you've likely seen it before.

You can bet your back bacon that Canadians enjoy some special products only available in the Great White North.

1. Margaret Mitchell wrote the book out of boredom.

Some foods only a local could love.

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