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[ad_1] If you’re into hidden image brainteasers, you’re probably familiar with Gergely “Dudolf” Dudás, a Budapest-based artist creating work that’s as challenging to the brain as it...
[ad_1] For all its very logical and sensible legends and traditions, Christmas has quite a few strange ones too (like, say, gravity-defying reindeer). Some rare bits of Christmas...
[ad_1] So you read the book before you saw the movie. Congrats! Unfortunately—as these examples prove—that doesn’t always make you an expert on what, exactly, is...
[ad_1] The Christmas tree may have German roots, but the twinkling lights adorning them each December are distinctly American. From Thomas Edison’s ingenious marketing strategy to...
[ad_1] To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, comedy isn’t dirty words—it’s words that sound dirty, like mukluk. He’s right, of course. Some words really do sound like...
[ad_1] For well wishes on all occasions, from general holidays like Halloween and Valentine’s Day to personal milestones like anniversaries and birthdays, English speakers are happy...
[ad_1] Let’s not look at grammar as a cold, harsh mistress. She can also be a fun, kooky aunt. Here are some tricks you can do...
[ad_1] The origins of some nicknames are obvious. It’s easy to see why Ed is short for Edward, Nick is short for Nicholas, and Ally is...
[ad_1] A light-year is the distance traveled by light in a single year—5,878,499,810,000 miles, or 9,460,528,400,000 kilometers. So, despite how it sounds, when we talk about things...
[ad_1] The word gross has been in English for hundreds of years. We got it from French, where it means “big, thick, coarse.” It took on...
[ad_1] Most people have heard that Christmas is literally the “Christ Mass” of the Christian church, and that Santa Claus takes his name from a corruption...
[ad_1] Some Christmas themes are universal: be good, and you will be rewarded. Misbehave, and you’ll wish you hadn’t. Here in the United States, that reward...
[ad_1] The brown-clad United Parcel Service workers deliver more than 24 million packages a day to more than 220 countries and territories around the world; they...
[ad_1] Often spinning over 100 miles per hour, a tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the Earth and clouds that can...
[ad_1] Ever been told to “mind your p’s and q’s”? Unless you were working a mechanical printing press at the time, chances are you were fairly...
[ad_1] The concept of a road trip is as American as apple pie, and yet, devising the “best” U.S. driving route is a bit of a...
[ad_1] Few statues are as enduring and iconic as Michelangelo’s David (which found itself in the news in 2023 when a Florida school principal was asked...
[ad_1] Who wouldn’t want a teacher like Ms. Frizzle? Brought to life by children’s author Joanna Cole—who died on July 12, 2020, at 75 years old—and...
[ad_1] The tradition of sitting down for a family meal at the end of the day is as American as meat and potatoes—or sloppy joes and...
[ad_1] Cryptozoology is the study of creatures whose existence has yet to be—or else cannot entirely be—proved or disproved by science. These creatures, known collectively as...