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In 1999, Hot Wheels released a desktop computer that zoomed into obscurity almost as soon as it appeared.

Podcaster and YouTuber Simon Whistler has cracked the case of who responds to Sherlock Holmes’s fan mail. (Spoiler: It's not Dr. Watson.)

Why didn't humans tame zebras and ride them across the savanna?

While many filmmakers have attempted to capture what it was like to be a high school student in the ‘80s and ’90s, few have managed to do so as realistically as Josh Burdick.

This short video dispels a few common myths.

The popular video rental store chain may be (almost) extinct, but its legacy of late fees and bans on long hair for employees will live forever.

The only winning move is not to play (because the game is rigged).

"Everybody wanted to know about what kind of makeup I was taking up," Sally Ride said about the questions she was asked ahead of her historic flight into space. "They didn’t care about how well-prepared I was to operate the arm or deploy communications sa

You can thank this thing for your GPS.

A new BBC special takes viewers behind the scenes of Jerry Lewis' controversial (and still-unreleased) Holocaust film.

An unexpected moment at the 1992 tribute concert became one of its most memorable.

NASA chemists keep the space travelers’ urine samples in a special sealed bunker.