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See if you can decipher this twisted tune.

We ran the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translated them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?

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‘Boo’ didn’t originate as a ghostly saying.

If linguistics is any indicator, it would appear that everybody in the spirit realm speaks Scots English.

Lucas Reilly


Humphrey Bogart.

No, he wasn’t the Gerber baby, but he did serve as a model for another brand of baby food—and 19 other facts you need to know about this Hollywood heavyweight.

Lana Schwartz














The 1795 time capsule buried at the Massachusetts State House was innocuous. But others were not.

Time capsules are buried, found, and opened fairly commonly. But when they were first gaining popularity at the start of the 20th century, their purpose was often far more nefarious.

Lorna Wallace