A person's name forms a vital part of who they are, serving as how they introduce themselves to others, and is typically the first thing mentioned in conversation. People will seldom share their ...

Sunday, Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a ...

Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it? On Dec. 21, 1913, the New York World, a prominent New ...

View post: Ski Racing Legend Marcel Hirscher Calls Off Olympic Comeback Slide Brook Express, installed in 1995, is a detachable quad that runs a whopping length of 11,012 feet. That’s over two miles!

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

The world’s longest train journey from Portugal to Singapore takes about 21 days. The train travels through 13 countries, and the journey spans 11,654 miles. Credits: Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC ...