Renowned gambler Billy Walters writes in his book that Phil Mickelson wagered more than $1 billion in the last 30 years

The father of French impressionism paid a gardener to dust his water lilies.

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

A conlang is a constructed language, where someone has intentionally created its grammar, vocabulary, and phonology. Here are five you can learn.

There are plenty of obscure English words you can turn to when the current dictionary just isn't cutting it.

You can’t spell ‘hearty’ without ‘heart,’ or ‘hardy’ without ‘hard.’

In 1937, "Doc" Noss found billions in gold in a New Mexico mountain peak. The only thing stopping his family from a windfall? The U.S. Army.

The mutiny on the 'Bounty' has inspired multiple movies, but the 'Hermione' revolt was way bloodier.

Nicknamed Ötzi the Iceman, the mummified man was around 40–50 years old when he died in the Copper Age. Here are 13 surprising facts about him.

Hip-hop has been an integral part of social and racial justice movements

In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New York City, it has spread around the country and the world

Vocal fry describes a specific sound quality caused by the movement of the vocal folds—and it’s nothing new.