Before the creation of synthetic plastics, patent leather was made by glazing animal hides with layers of resin-based varnish. The coating protected items like boots and carriage parts from wear and ...

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 ...

Getting that campfire smoke smell out of your clothes isn’t as hard as it might seem, thanks to these tips and tricks.

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.

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

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 ...

From pop royalty to prog-rock gods, here are the household names who decided against showing up to the pop cultural ...

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 ...

The term ball peen hammer first saw print in 1874, when a mechanic’s dictionary referred to it as a “metal worker’s hammer ...