It’s unclear how exactly butterflies got their name, but some sources claim folklore about butterflies stealing uncovered dairy products is to blame. Even the Old English word for these insects, ...

Spirit Halloween wants to dominate the holiday season. / SOPA Images/GettyImages Depending on your location, there’s a chance that Santa Claus will show up to your closest Spirit Halloween store this ...

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

If you think that the stuff you buy in theaters is significantly better than anything you pop in your microwave, you’re not alone: 83 percent of Americans agree that movie theater popcorn just tastes ...

Researchers at the University of Montreal faced a problem when studying chronic pain in cats. Their furry subjects tended to ...

Godiva dark chocolate ganache hearts came in a strong second, with just under 92 percent of purchasers finding it flawless. The Belgian chocolate has a cream filling and comes in the shape of a heart.

Alongside of is a variant of this issue. Alongside can mean “along the side of,” “beside,” “in company with,” or “in addition ...

Welcome to Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the country’s history of colonization, the most common source nation of local place names in 18 different U.S. states was England. Most of these states were clustered ...

These days, the answer is “not much.” Both are places where we bury the dearly departed, and the words are often used ...

Honolulu, Hawaii, has the second-lowest greenhouse gas emissions and the third-best air quality in America, placing it third ...

The spookiest month of the year has begun, and brands are celebrating with Halloween -inspired items. Krispy Kreme is getting into the spirit with some supernatural donuts. In addition to its ...