The Golden Gate Bridge tops the U.S. list. The towers of the span slice through the fog above San Francisco Bay—and they’re painted a shade known as “International Orange” that’s highly visible even ...

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 ...

Music is a necessary part of many people’s lives. It has the power to evoke nostalgia, sadness, chills, and plenty of other ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to play: All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

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

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

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here’s a ...

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

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 ...

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

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