Both the Amazing Facts calendar and the Word Nerd calendar measure 4.6 inches by 4.6 inches, featuring tear-off pages and an easel backer so you can easily prop it up on a shelf or desk. They’re ...

Brownsville, Texas, (population 185,000) bucks the trend of the 10-year collision average; typical drivers there go 14 years ...

This is another riddle taken from one of the very first modern anthologies of riddles published in the English language, The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus, from 1598.

Though the 1975 original film is legendary, the ‘Jaws’ sequels actually get pretty weird—and here are the real reasons why.

If you ever get the chance to sip an ice-cold soda on a warm Hawaiian beach, you might notice something strange about the can it comes in: There are four ridges around the top. The design isn’t ...

Peggy isn’t the only seemingly random sobriquet for Margaret. There’s also Daisy, which, like Peggy, turns out to have a ...

Most decades are easy to name. It takes no thought at all to realize we’re in the ‘20s, and just about every other decade is equally easy: the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s ...

Unfortunately for the locals of Charlotte, North Carolina, they came out on top not only with the worst branch of the DMV in the country (with just over 30 percent of online reviews considered ...

Before the creation of synthetic plastics, patent leather was made by glazing animal hides with layers of resin-based varnish ...

From David Lynch to Queen Elizabeth I, these folks achieved a type of lexical immortality when their names became adjectives.

The line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” from Jaws (1975) has gone down as one of the most iconic quotes in movie history. Spoken by Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) moments after the eponymous ...

According to the study’s findings, Ithaca, New York—home to both Ithaca College and Cornell University—is the best university city in the world. It ranked much higher than the rest in terms ...