According to the Oxford English Dictionary, dive bar was preceded by dive, a colloquial term for “an illegal drinking-den, or other disreputable place of resort, often situated in a cellar, basement, ...

People vigilant about shielding their skin from harmful UV rays usually reach for sunscreen when heading outdoors. But fewer take precautions while driving on the assumption that car windows block the ...

Country music has dominated searches for decades. The genre took over all of the Midwest, Southwest, a significant portion of the South, and much of the Northeast. Among the most famous country ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, usage of through thick and thin was “apparently originally with reference to ‘thicket and thin wood.’” Some sources have taken this to mean that the ...

Psychiatrists could be thought of as headshrinkers not because they reduced a patient’s physical size but because they ...

The medieval masterpiece—embroidered on a 230-foot piece of linen—depicts a royal betrayal that changed history.

Couch potatoes, word lovers, and anyone who’s ever turned on a television all have what it takes to succeed at this quiz. It features synonyms for the titles of 16 famous TV shows, from beloved ...

When officials in Skamania County, Washington, passed Ordinance No. 69-01 on April 1, 1969, they took pains to assure the ...

Here’s where hit-and-run accidents are most likely to happen—and the two states where every driver avoided them.

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One of the most brutal and significant examples of this occurred in November 1581. As the story goes, Ivan reportedly fell ...

Many folks love to be scared; there’s even a scientific basis for the craving. If you count yourself among the moviegoers who ...