Anthony Comstock would stop at nothing to rid the world of explicit photos, birth control, and anything else he deemed a ...

In 1904, the American author George Schorb published a lengthy collection of Riddles and Drawing-Room Magic, containing several hundred word games, parlor games, card tricks, and lateral thinking ...

One old theory suggests that they are completely unrelated names. Since Jack sounds a lot like Jacques, the French version of ...

In 1927, the American author (and a former dean of Harvard University) LeBaron Russell Briggs published a collection called Riddles in Rhyme: Charades Old and New. The book contained over 120 ...

What exactly is a flop? To us, it’s something that arrived with great fanfare and big expectations, then ate pavement—hard.

After two successful ‘Jaws’ movies, Universal wanted to satirize them in the form of a National Lampoon feature titled ‘Jaws ...

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

For the most part, the late film critic Roger Ebert (1942 to 2013) reserved his war of words for verbal sparring partner Gene ...

A 6-foot-tall Ceratosaurus fossil is going up for auction at Sotheby’s this July. Find out what makes this dinosaur so rare and valuable.

Let’s face it—traveling expenses are through the roof. When you consider the cost of plane tickets, food, and activities, ...

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into ...

Sometimes, getting free air is less about your state and more about which business you frequent. Chains like Discount Tire and Firestone offer free air pressure checks and air at no charge; ...