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Not a lot of American moviegoers knew who David Beckham was when the film was released 15 years ago. Even fewer had heard of Keira Knightley. The movie became a hit anyway.

In today’s social media-driven world, where everyone’s got a camera on their smartphone, celebrities know that it’s impossible to get away with anything.

Most received perfect ratings, of course.

It erodes at a rate of one inch per year.

"I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking."

Going back to the beginning of Netflix’s badass superhero.

It's a free alternative to Global Entry.

The sassy orange tabby cat pre-dated Garfield by five years.

A chunk of the Whitechapel fatberg on display at the Museum of London.

The art project already weighs a ton.

It's that time of year again ...

It took a slow-but-steady climb for 'The Wire' to emerge as a cultural phenomenon, but the show that challenged every cops-and-robbers television trope has permeated just about every corner of our culture.

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In 1998, the Supreme Court had to step in.

The $13 gloves used thermochromic ink to make images "appear" when the temperature dropped below 40 degrees.

For decades, the only way to read Vita Sackville-West's 'A Note of Explanation' was by really, really squinting.

Cutting-edge tools that will help us understand the most unexplored regions on Earth are the focus of a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.