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Robert De Niro and Chuck Low in 'Goodfellas' (1990).

The late Chuck Low, who most famously played wig salon owner Morrie in 'Goodfellas,' wasn't an actor. He was a landlord. Robert De Niro's landlord, as it happened.

The "National Razor" was in use far later than you probably think.

Mark Twain provided the perfect character description.

It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's perfectly normal.

A live webcam in the world-famous recording studio is trained on the famed zebra crossing 24/7.

Turns out there are six of them.

Animals are under threat around the world, but there are some great comeback stories, too. Here are eight species that beat the odds and are no longer considered endangered.

Sometimes, the desire to get close to the famous continues even after the celebrity has died.

The next time you’re feeling less than brave, remind yourself you’re already one of nature’s great success stories.

2. It once had an imaginary friend called Vulcan.

Fear ye not, stargazer.

Laurinemily via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.5

So why doesn’t the world look that way?

It's not only aircraft that break the sound barrier.

Depending on where you're from, you might consider pigs, chimney sweeps, or knocking on wood good luck.

Sometimes, the most unexpected guest shows up.

What if a well-known author wants to write something completely different without alerting their fans? That's where pseudonyms come in.

Sometimes, when Google Earth stitches its images together, it doesn't quite go according to plan...

If you lived in Holmfirth, England, in the 1940s, there's a good chance you would've found a tiger like this one wandering around town.

Long before the reign of the Tiger King, the Overend family owned Fenella, a tame tiger was permitted to run wild in the fields around the English village of Holmfirth.