A report [ PDF] prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notes that 850,318 cars manufactured by Ford ...

Next time you’re in New York or certain cities in Europe, pay attention to the curved shape of the window bars around you—they’re there for a reason.

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 ...

Peggy isn’t the only seemingly random sobriquet for Margaret. There’s also Daisy, which, like Peggy, turns out to have a ...

Though the 1975 original film is legendary, the ‘Jaws’ sequels actually get pretty weird—and here are the real reasons why.

Before the creation of synthetic plastics, patent leather was made by glazing animal hides with layers of resin-based varnish ...

The timing of a mow also matters—not just to the grass, but to you. Mowing in the morning or early evening avoids the ...

Sequels don’t necessarily get the bad rap they once did. In addition to achieving success at the box office, many cinematic follow-ups are met with critical acclaim. Two out of the 10 Best ...

Thanks to the proliferation of Starbucks, independently-owned coffeehouses, and expensive home machines, getting your hands on a “regular coffee” has become somewhat outdated. There’s a ...

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.

The reclusive billionaire couldn't sleep and didn't have anything to watch. His solution was to buy a TV station.