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The PG-13 Rating was Steven Spielberg's Idea

It Takes About as Long to Become a Certified London Cab Driver as it Does to Earn a Doctorate from Oxford

The Fittingly Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Roald Dahl's Steamy Spy Career

People from Wales Don’t Call it ‘Wales’. That Means ‘Foreigner’ in Old English; and, Why They've Got a Big Red Dragon on Their Flag

That Time the Former President of the Soviet Union Starred in a Pizza Hut Commercial

How the Liberty Bell Got Cracked So Bad

Lady Gaga Got Her Stage Name from a Queen Song

That Time Jimmy Carter Saw a UFO

The Novella That Foretold the Sinking of the Titanic

Before Bruce Willis, The Die Hard Producers Asked Frank Sinatra to Play John McLane

How We (Most Likely) Got 6 Familiar Idioms and Phrases