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

The phrase throw down the gauntlet isn’t reserved for life-or-death challenges today. However, someone who did this in the 16th century wasn‘t playing around. To understand why knights were tossing ...

Pixar movies hold a great deal of nostalgia for many people. From Toy Story, which kicked off the animation studio’s historic ...

Shark attacks are extremely rare. But they do occasionally happen, and some species are more likely to be behind the kill ...

Not all myths began as fiction. Before unicorns decorated Lisa Frank’s art, explorers like Marco Polo insisted they were real ...

One possible explanation comes with the slang term for food. Spud was used to describe a potato as far back as the 1800s. The ...

From its initial title to its real life inspirations to its disastrous, misconception-causing English translations.

While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of ...

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

Monkey bread—a sticky pull-apart pastry that’s typically made from canned biscuit dough —is a sugary, cinnamony treat.

Zinc levels show the giant shark ate more creatures than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about its behavior.

What innumerable media outlets have fittingly dubbed “ the Kate effect ” refers to a fashion phenomenon surrounding the ...