A widow’s peak is a noticeably v-shaped point to the front of a person’s hairline, with the tip of the v typically aligning with the center of their forehead. As many as a third of people have a widow ...

For a brief but tumultuous time in 1961 and 1962, Americans were consumed by the potential for a thermonuclear interruption of life as they knew it. While that decision was out of their control, there ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings. Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to ...

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September 30, 2025, will be the day AOL finally hangs up its dial-up service. According to the company’s statement, the ...

See how Becky Clapshaw brought her “Animal Crossing” island to life in LEGO form.

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A science fiction writer called it an “artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the ...