I did not know that yesterday!

I always thought you could only trade between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., but the practice of buying and selling stocks after official trading hours...

Discounting Otis, the beloved town drunk from "The Andy Griffith Show," and Robert Downey, Jr. , we'll go with Henry Ear l .  ...

You blow your nose, out comes snot. Five seconds later, you're stuffed-up again. Where is all this mucus coming from? When it comes to s...

Yes, we became aware of this trend while examining the medicine cabinets of friends and neighbors. Right next to the antifungal cream, there...

Metaphorically speaking, an old dog is apparently incapable of learning new tricks. Just witness the thousands of lame sitcom jokes about ha...

Tarot's origins are perhaps as misunderstood as the mystical symbols on the cards themselves. The promotional images and text on some of...

The German Shepherd fact page on Yahoo! Pets notes that these dogs have long been valued for their strength and intelligence, two important ...

It doesn't matter if you're driving a luxurious Lexus or a sensible Fiat, all new vehicles come with "new car smell" free ...

/!\ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT /!\ I running against Cancer. Earlier on this year, a friend of mine sadly passed away from cancer in just a couple...

Cut off your mattress tag already! Don't worry, you won't get locked up. As a consumer, it's perfectly legal to remove the tag f...

The word "picnic" is especially interesting because many believe it originally referred to a horrifying and racist act. A popular ...

We find nail polish to be a good enough reason for having them but thought you might be looking for a more scientific answer. We set out to ...

Contrary to the sworn testimony of tobacco executives in 1994, nicotine is highly addictive. According to the National Institute on Drug Abu...

The Christian Science Monitor likens an icebreaker ship to a blocker on a football team -- the icebreaker plows through the defense to get t...

While researching this question, we happened upon a word that made us feel old: vintage. It's hard to believe that our trusty math buddy...

There are a few theories, though -- like this one from the MadSci Network . The post argues that girls often have neater handwriting becaus...

Negotiating the value of your dead body would be a strange process. Would you get more money if you have an interesting mole or unique eye c...

The official Play-Doh web page wasn't very helpful, so we poked around the "Corporate Info" section of Hasbro's web site. ...

Most folks believe mucus causes a stuffy schnozz. But according to Medline Plus, inflamed blood vessels are the real culprit. They cause swe...

Maybe Americans are more in tune with the cosmos. Perhaps aliens want to chat about "American Idol" with real Americans. Whatever ...

Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, is generally considered to be the oldest university in the world. It was founded roughly the same time ...

While most folks consider DJ Kool Herc to be the "father of hip-hop," other sites credit Afrika Bambaataa as the first rapper. Old...

It's the darnedest thing. We were all doing just fine before cell phones came along. But now that they're here, nobody can live with...

Your skin is comprised of two layers -- the epidermis and the dermis. The epidermis produces an oily protein called sebum, which is effectiv...

The American icon Uncle Sam was in fact based on a real man, albeit a rather short, pudgy, beardless one. A businessman from Troy, New York,...

Some fish drink the water they swim in, while others absorb it through osmosis. It just depends on whether the fish lives in freshwater or s...

Searching Yahoo! using the keyword "Velcro," we found the Velcro Industries' home page. There we anxiously devoured The Story ...

Sudoku is a numbers-based game. The rules are simple -- players attempt to fill in a nine-by-nine grid before going completely insane. Not s...

Pirates are still around today. However, unlike the charming and lovable Jack Sparrow from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, t...

In a Christmas-day cover story last year, "New York Magazine" cited one of the "Reasons to Love New York" as "Becau...