Unfortunately, the answer isn’t that exciting—there isn’t any Daniel Dozen who inspired the term due to his obsession with ...

With Halloween now in the rearview, we’re all free to turn our gastronomic focus from candy corn and M&M’S to the heavier-hitting spoils of Thanksgiving. And by that we mean ALDI’s Thanksgiving dinner ...

Born Berta Hummel in 1909, Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel was both an artist and a nun from the Third Order of St. Francis. In 1933, Hummel and her fellow sisters of the Convent of Siessen staged an ...

Pair the commander-in-chief with their delightful middle name.

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Parliament canceled Christmas in Scotland in 1640. All that festive cheer had to go somewhere, so the Scots shifted their energy over to New Year. And although the ban was lifted in 1712, the Church ...

Ha Jin got the idea for Waiting from his wife. Jin (whose real name is Xuefei Jin) was visiting his in-laws for the first time when his wife told him the story that would inspire Waiting. As they were ...

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

In other words, a presidential term is exactly four years long, down to the hour. In the three cases where January 20 fell on a Sunday (since the 20th Amendment went into effect), the president took ...

Thanks to smart watches and smartphones, analog clocks aren’t quite as common a sight as they once were. One that still ...

Fans of the American remake of The Office (2005–2013) find a satisfying discomfort in watching Dunder-Mifflin paper czar ...

The results were then mapped to pinpoint what are apparently the most overpriced attractions in the United States—from the ...