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A type of tick whose bite causes humans to develop alpha-gal syndrome, a bizarre, potentially fatal allergy to red meat, is spreading northward in the U.S. But experts say that a household item that ...
Brownsville, Texas, (population 185,000) bucks the trend of the 10-year collision average; typical drivers there go 14 years ...
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 ...
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.
Few things are more annoying than the build-up of an incoming sneeze—especially when it disappears at the last second without relief. Though it’s unpleasant, there are some occasions when you ...
Adult fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda), which live in the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian peninsula, are the smallest species of true fox with one of the animal kingdom’s largest ear-to-body ...
A Bitcoin-promoting console. | Joe Raedle/GettyImages One highly publicized report from Bloomberg back in November 2020 stated that researchers at Flipside Crypto found that 2 percent of accounts ...
‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ is a fairy tale with a long history. But Goldilocks as we know her didn‘t originally appear in the popular children‘s story.
For such a small thing, the button has been prolific in terms of vocabulary. The archaic phrase it is in a person’s buttons means “it’s in someone’s capacity to do or achieve something ...
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 ...
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 ...