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This 3D Human Modeling App Could Revolutionize Online Clothes Shopping

No fitting room necessary.

Some of Your Favorite Movies, Books, and Music Are About to Enter the Public Domain

U.S. copyright law will finally allow you to use, remix, and sell books, music, and films made almost a century ago.

Michael Myers—And His Mask—Will Show Their Age in the New Halloween

He'll wear the mask you remember from the original, but it’s going to have some years behind it.

This Tiny Island in Florida Is Home to America's Wealthiest Zip Code

You can only get there by boat or helicopter.

11 Scientific Benefits of Having a Laugh

Laughter might not always be the best medicine, but humor-associated laughter does have numerous health benefits.

An 88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger May Change What We Know About Human Migration

Humans may have left Africa sooner than we thought.

A New NASA Map Shows Spring Is Coming Earlier Each Year

Warm temperatures mean that national parks are seeing plants emerge from winter earlier.

How Can Live PD Show Suspects' Faces Without Consent?

People stopped by police on the popular A&E program often say they don't consent to be filmed. So how does the show find a way to do it?

Detroit Startup Is Encouraging Residents to Invest In Their Own Neighborhoods

It's kind of like property taxes, except you get to decide how the money is spent.

Facebook Now Blocks Third-Party Apps From Your Data If You Haven't Opened Them in 90 Days

The change may not be enough for some users.

Now's the Best Time to Buy a KitchenAid Stand Mixer

It's hard to find the gadget for any cheaper than this.

9 Innocent-Sounding Words with Surprisingly Naughty Origins

These everyday words look and sound perfectly innocent, but they actually have questionable origins.

This Beatles Poster Breaks Down the Instruments Played in Every Fab Four Song

The long and winding road ...

This Might Be the World's Hardest Jigsaw Puzzle

Do you have what it takes to finish the Black Hell puzzle? Check out what might just be the world's hardest jigsaw puzzle.

Rare Disney Artifacts From Early Imagineer Rolly Crump Head to Auction

The most valuable of the 400-plus lots is the original model for a clock in "It’s a Small World," which could bring in $80,000.

Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (2009)

11 Movies Based on Poems

Roses are red, violets are blue. Comic books get made into movies—and poems do, too.

We've All Been Threading Needles Wrong This Whole Time

Knowing this could have saved you a lot of stress.

The Typo That Helped End World War II

One missing letter led to the Ministry of Defence accidentally hiring a seaweed expert instead of a codebreaker. Turns out that's just what they needed.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Dennis the Menace

Cartoonist Hank Ketcham was inspired to create the strip after his four-year-old son spent an afternoon playing with his own poop.

You Can Now Book a Stay at the World's First Space Hotel

A 12-day trip will cost $9.5 million per person, and reservations for the first four months have already sold out.

People Are Panic-Buying Necco Wafers Before They Disappear From Shelves

The candy everyone loves to hate is suddenly in major demand.

Designer's New Typeface Combines Braille With Written Text

Kosuke Takahashi wants to change the way braille appears in public spaces.

Overcome Your Fear of Embarrassment by Imagining People Reacting to Your Fart

Visualizing yourself as the audience to your own mortifying situation could help you get over it.

Long-Closed Part of Westminster Abbey to Open to the Public for the First Time in 700 Years

The triforium, 70 feet above the Abbey’s ground floor, will be open to the public as a museum in June 2018.

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