Some home chefs (and perhaps some commercial chefs) believe that washing raw chicken can help remove pathogens like Salmonella. While that’s possible, it’s totally unnecessary. Cooking poultry up to a ...

Einstein is among a number of historical figures who are often subject to misattribution due to both their fame and perceived wisdom. It’s an easy way for someone—or someone’s meme—to quickly ...

Otto Schmidt worked as a showman at the fair and soon afterwards set up the Chicago Midway Amusement Company to tour these attractions around northeastern states. Traveling carnivals steadily ...

From her status as a Kidz Bop alumna to the real meaning behind her name, there’s probably a lot about the “Dune: Part Two” star.

As is the case with many nursery rhymes, there are a few dark theories about the origin of “eeny, meeny, miny, moe.” One, as ...

The invasive Joro spider is venomous and as big as your palm, but its taste for stink bugs means it could do more good than harm.

In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He ...

Not only was the tragic shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas the biggest fatal event at a U.S. music ...

It was long believed that the Aberdeen Bestiary was published exclusively for the wealthy elite. Details revealed by a high-definition digitization suggest it had a humbler origin.

The origins of this odd equine idiom come straight from the horse’s mouth.

Queen Elizabeth II sometimes went by Sharon. / Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images (Queen Elizabeth II), belterz/E+/Getty Images (name tag), Nugroho Ridho/Moment/Getty Images (background) But those ...

As far back as the early 1600s, Hamburger referred to any person from Hamburg, Germany. The city has a centuries-long history ...