Historical figures are just like us: Sometimes, they go to the beach. Whether it’s to kick back and relax, to shoot a movie, or to stay far away from a regime that exiled them—well, that depends on ...

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here’s a hint: This song, which came out in 1999, was the first single from a ...

The Eugenics Record Office thought pseudoscience could make more perfect humans. It led to unspeakable tragedy.

But of all the English language’s possible sources of difficulty, easily confused and muddled word pairs—from there and their to e.g. and i.e. —surely rank among the most troublesome. Now, a new ...

Boston’s Fenway Park is full of criminals. In the state of Massachusetts, it’s technically illegal to swear at or otherwise insult athletes or officials during sporting events. That would make ...

Because basements are partially below grade, or under the ground, an egress window is often installed near a window well, which provides space to maneuver once a person has exited through the window.

Wearing your favorite old pair of camouflage shorts on a Caribbean cruise could put a real damper on your vacation.

A widow’s peak is a noticeably v-shaped point to the front of a person’s hairline, with the tip of the v typically aligning with the center of their forehead. As many as a third of people have a widow ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

But there are a handful of specific airport landings that will have even the most confident flyers filled with fear. The fear factor of scary airport runways can come from a few different elements: ...

Fears of nuclear war led to a fleeting craze for fallout shelters stocked with crackers, body bags, and guns.