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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 150,000 last names and at least 5,100 first names in…
Federal wildlife officials have recently announced the presumed extinction of some 22 animals that formerly existed in the U.S., including…
Indie movies sometimes hit it big. The offbeat 1999 flick “The Blair Witch Project,” which cost less than $500,000 to…
Science fiction is an often undervalued genre, considered lowbrow by many. Why distract oneself with films about aliens or killer…
Disasters caused by human error — oil spills, bridge collapses, forest fires ignited by a carelessly discarded cigarette — can…
The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery. We attach romantic and idealized notions to being a spy, influenced by…
The average lifespan of an independent restaurant in America is said to be somewhere between three and five years. Some…
Pizza got started as food for the poor. It was born in southern Italy and originally involved only the cheapest…
From the 1950s through the late ‘60s, pop music was synonymous with rock ‘n’ roll. After Billboard began listing the…
Some screenplays require actors to go above and beyond when it comes to delivering dialogue. The early films of Woody…
[cnxvideo id=”893003″ placement=”ros”] On a daily basis, we interact with hundreds or thousands of materials that range in complexity from…
As the baby boom generation reaches old age, the number of people who die every year in the United States…
Over 147 million people in America are holding a job. While most jobs are quite conventional, some are definitely less…
In an earlier era, choosing an ice cream flavor was easy. The standard options were vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate, and…
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