We all get bored at some point. One survey found that the average American adult experiences 131 days of boredom per year.

The humble fig is very likely one of the first plants cultivated by humans. Indeed, evidence of this soft, teardrop-shaped ...

Can rainbows form in a circle? – Henry D., age 7, Cambridge, Massachusetts The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden ...

Captions are meant to provide context to a photograph. However, some images evoke a strong sense of curiosity that even the ...

Today, as the subway marks 120 since opening, we celebrate that system's vibrancy, diversity, and innovation by taking a deep dive into our archives and exploring 100 of our favorite fun facts and ...

Although it wasn’t necessarily included on the hypothetical tracklisting for Pacific Blue, there is one song, in particular, that Del Rey seems keen to cover: Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’. “It’d be so ...

I'm a big proponent of making your own Spotify playlists, and custom cover art can take them to the next level. However, not everyone wants to fire up Photoshop for a simple playlist cover.

As polling day draws close, we decided to devote our cover and a 16-page special report to the remarkable performance of the American economy. Our message is not only that it has left the rest ...

Large respiratory droplets can travel up to eight feet, making it easy to spread germs to people around you if you don't cover your mouth. It’s better to let your cough out rather than holding it in, ...

Here are some fun facts about the player consider to be the GOAT. Messi has won a record eight Ballons d'Or throughout the course of his career - as many as Zinedine Zidane, George Best ...

Jack Antonoff scored some major hits with the band Fun., but the overall experience was one big miss. In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Antonoff, 40, opened up about the shifting ...