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"Father" as a word shows how we humans love to extend our metaphors. Did you know it was only relatively... more

Are people from Liverpool really called "Liverpudlians"? Where does the name "Tar Heel" come from? We have the answers to... more

This week, we look at what makes wisdom teeth so smart, how to properly write the name of your degree,... more

Where’d "thou" go? And will it ever make a comeback?

You'll never view spellers in the bee asking questions the same way again after you learn about the schwa from... more

When you say "Go get 'em!" you think that's short for "Go get them," but you're wrong! We look at... more

With her book "Children of Blood and Bone" spending 120 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Tomi Adeyemi... more

Today, we'll talk about some weird nouns that are always plural, and then we'll go two-dimensional and talk about flat... more

The famous NASA "blue marble" image could have influenced people to make blue the color of environmentalism and Earth Day,... more