The Most Popular Horror Shows on TV Right Now
Horror films have existed for nearly as long as movies have. The first example is considered to have been the 1896 silent short “The Haunted Castle,” made by French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès. Ever…
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Cities Where Murders Are Falling the Most
Preliminary data from 2022 suggests that murder cases may be declining in the United States. Based on reports from police departments in dozens of major U.S. cities, homicides are down by about 3.8% compared…
States Where Car Deaths Are Increasing the Most
An estimated 9,560 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the first three months of 2022, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is the highest first quarter total of any…
Best Restaurant for Pasta in Every State
From delicate ribbons to chunky tubes and everything in between, pasta comes in countless shapes – over 350, according to some sources. Every Italian restaurant offers it, of course, but so do many other…
States With The Most Post Offices Per Person
The U.S. Postal Service is facing what could become an existential threat in the coming years. It typically operates at a loss in the era of electronic communications. The situation worsened after 2006, when…
Every Major TV Revival Ranked Worst to Best
Like their counterparts in the motion picture industry, television programming executives have often relied on reboots and revivals. For both forms of entertainment, the challenge has been to appeal to audiences who have a…
Cities Where Murders Are Up the Most This Year
There has been a near 30% surge in homicides in the United States in 2020, the largest one-year increase ever recorded. Homicides increased once again in 2021, but by a smaller, 6% margin. Preliminary…
Foods You Should Always Buy Frozen
Working as a fur trader in Labrador, Canada, in the early 20th century, Clarence Birdseye noticed that locals often froze their food to ensure that they’d have plenty to eat when fresh fare wasn’t…
New Menu Items at America’s Favorite Chain Restaurants
One of the great appeals of chain restaurants has always been consistency. The Crunchwrap Supreme you get in Walla Walla is going to be pretty much identical to the one you get in Tuscaloosa.…
The Most Beautiful Caves in the World
The world is full of amazing places. Though most people travel to see such sites above the earth’s surface, many are actually beneath it. Caves contain their own ecosystems that would not be sustainable…
The 20 Car Accidents Americans Get in the Most
There are millions of auto accidents across the U.S. each year. Over the last decade, there were more than 6 million auto accidents on average per year. While even minor bumps or scratches can…
America’s Most Violent and Peaceful States
Violence is more commonplace in the United States than it is in much of the rest of the world. Using several key measures – including military assets and spending, crime rates, and political stability…
Every Billion Dollar Weather Disaster in the US After 2020
After two years of frequent and costly weather disasters, the United States might make it to the end of this year with significantly fewer costly storms. To find every billion-dollar weather disaster in the…
The Best Chocolate Brands on the Market
There is chocolate, and then there is bean-to-bar chocolate. While many reputable chocolate companies use a standardized blend of cacao from numerous countries, bean-to-bar chocolates tend to contain cacao from a single bioregion. As…
States With the Most Health-Conscious Residents
In 2016, a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings culled data from the 2003 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using data from 5,000…