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7 Things You Should Know About Sign Language

A person signs "welcome" in American sign language.

7 Things You Should Know About Sign Language

What Is the Jersey Devil?

The New Jersey Devil mascot steals the show during a game against the Montreal Canadiens.

What Is the Jersey Devil?

35 Facts About Bruce Springsteen

Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation

35 Facts About Bruce Springsteen

5 Wacky Moments from Olympic Games Past

Jessie Tarbox Beals, Missouri History Museum, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

5 Wacky Moments from Olympic Games Past

The Latin Versions of 12 Modern Stories

When it was translated into Latin, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets became Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum.

11 Questionable Suggestions for Raising the Titanic

Watch out for that iceberg

5 Things You Didn't Know About John Tyler

George Peter Alexander Healy, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

20 Obscure Words to Describe Collectors

If you or someone you know collects postcards, there's a word for that.

11 Notable Presidential Pardons

Ollie Atkins, White House photographer, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

How 14 Car Companies Got Their Names

Jose Mueses, Pexels

11 Controversial Stamps

Didgeman, Pixabay

8 Sparkling Facts About Champagne

Cheers to ringing in the new year with these champagne facts.

8 Old-School Diseases Making a Comeback

Gout can cause a most hellish pain.

How the 1789 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty May Help Explain—and Treat—Migraine Headaches

Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sent Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 others adrift in a 1790 painting by Robert Dodd.

5 Great Depression Success Stories

Moviehouses took a hit but, through innovation, came out of the Great Depression stronger than ever.

The Full Names of 37 One-Name Celebrities

Rihanna and Madonna attend the Tidal launch event in New York City.