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In 1907, an American writer named George Schorb published Riddles and Drawing Room Magic, an illustrated compendium of jokes, puzzles, card games, parlor games, sleight-of-hand tricks, and ...

October 23, 2024, saw the Juno spacecraft’s most recent perijove, or the point where it’s closest to Jupiter. The orbiter’s color camera (the JunoCam) caught detailed views of the planet’s tumultuous ...

If there’s one non-fiction genre that’s really having its moment right now, it’s true crime. The current cultural craze for the genre kicked off with the podcast Serial in 2014. And ever since Netflix ...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once said, “be like the cliffs against which the waves break and break.” Here are the stories of eight nations who stood like cliffs against the might of Rome and ...

In June 2005, an Australian woman landed at Melbourne Airport after a vacation in Singapore and was stopped by customs officials. The skirt she was wearing bulged oddly, and they could hear what was ...

The Wizard of Oz captivated audiences upon its release in 1939. People fell for the film’s loveable characters, whimsical world, and iconic songs, making it a triumph in cinematic history. Fans can ...

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In April 2024, animal control officers in Watertown, Connecticut, discovered two black vultures in bad shape. The befuddled ...

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Born Berta Hummel in 1909, Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel was both an artist and a nun from the Third Order of St. Francis.