The gas station doesn’t know how much fuel you’re going to buy when you pay at the pump. To make sure you have enough funds ...

Japan’s geisha are experts in their field, but they’re often treated like tourist attractions. See why Kyoto officials have had to crack down on tourist photos.

Click to enlarge. CouponBirds // CC by SA 4.0 Because the study ranked each attraction based on the total number of “expensive” reviews rather than the proportion of its reviews, the analysis ...

Regarding the best countries for campers, the United States comes in second with 78.99 points out of 100. Australia is at the top of the international list with a score of 82.25. You can read more ...

Filling in the blanks of your historical knowledge would probably be easier if you could readily visualize when and where events occurred in relation to other events. Fortunately, there’s an ...

The origins of the teddy bear involve President Theodore Roosevelt, a bear hunt, a political cartoon, and the owner of a candy shop in New York.

The line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” from Jaws (1975) has gone down as one of the most iconic quotes in movie history. Spoken by Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) moments after the eponymous ...

Whether you believe a customer is always right probably depends on which side of the counter you’re on. For shoppers, having a merchant who’s quick to rectify mistakes and listen to concerns ...

There's a fancy term for forgetting a word—'lethologica.'The word is ‘soup.’ | (Silhouettes) Malte Mueller/fStop/Getty Images; (Soup) peanutpie/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images ...

Josephine Baker. | Estate of Emil Bieber / Klaus Niermann/GettyImages As one of the most famous figures of the Jazz Age, American-born singer, dancer, and entertainer Josephine Baker may seem an ...

Do you often mix up antiques, memorabilia, and collectibles? If so, it‘s about time you learned the difference.

The Meaning of Cold, Hard Cash According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase hard cash or hard money can be traced back to the 1600s, when merchants demanded tangible money in exchange ...