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His son asked him one question at the kitchen table, and Andrew McCarthy couldn't answer it: "You don't really have any friends, do you, Dad?"

His son asked him one question at the kitchen table, and Andrew McCarthy couldn’t answer it: “You don’t really have any friends, do you, Dad?”

The question came at the kitchen table, the way the hard ones usually do. Andrew McCarthy’

On Mercury, a single day lasts longer than the entire year. Not a riddle. Not a rounding trick. The actual arithmetic.

On Mercury, a single day lasts longer than the entire year. Not a riddle. Not a rounding trick. The actual arithmetic.

Stand on Mercury and wait for the sun to come back up, and by the time it does, you will have lived through

This frog freezes into a block of ice every winter. Heart stopped. Not breathing. Then spring comes and it hops away.

This frog freezes into a block of ice every winter. Heart stopped. Not breathing. Then spring comes and it hops away.

Here is a sentence that is completely true and sounds completely false: there is an animal in North America

Television offered to make her the highest-paid actress on it. She said no, walked off the biggest show in the world, and built something that made far more.

Television offered to make her the highest-paid actress on it. She said no, walked off the biggest show in the world, and built something that made far more.

For eight seasons she was Pamela Barnes Ewing, and if you were alive in the early eighties you did not

For forty years, strangers had opinions about her body. At 66, Valerie Bertinelli stopped stepping on the scale — and she says she's never been happier.

For forty years, strangers had opinions about her body. At 66, Valerie Bertinelli stopped stepping on the scale — and she says she’s never been happier.

She was fifteen years old when America decided who she was. In 1975, Valerie Bertinelli walked onto the

Eight boats. Forty-eight people. Six different organizations dropped everything they were doing that morning. All of it for one two-year-old dolphin.

Eight boats. Forty-eight people. Six different organizations dropped everything they were doing that morning. All of it for one two-year-old dolphin.

The water off Florida’s central west coast is shallow and green and busier than it looks.

She told the she had a sister she'd never met. The girl who'd sat beside her all semester went white.

She told the class she had a sister she’d never met. The girl who’d sat beside her all semester went white.

The prompt was written on the whiteboard in blue marker, and it stayed there all semester because the

Roman concrete has been standing for 2,000 years. In 2023 scientists finally worked out why: the stuff heals its own cracks.

Roman concrete has been standing for 2,000 years. In 2023 scientists finally worked out why: the stuff heals its own cracks.

Start with the thing that should embarrass us. A concrete highway bridge built today, with steel inside

They met on a movie set in 1991 and went their separate ways. Thirty-four years later he proposed on a Christmas Eve walk. And there's still no wedding date.

They met on a movie set in 1991 and went their separate ways. Thirty-four years later he proposed on a Christmas Eve walk. And there’s still no wedding date.

Start with the walk, because that’s the part everybody wants. It was Christmas Eve. Reba McEntire

We came home from the hospital with our newborn, and my mother-in-law had already "fixed" the nursery. Then I found the receipt in the recycling.

We came home from the hospital with our newborn, and my mother-in-law had already “fixed” the nursery. Then I found the receipt in the recycling.

Four days. That’s how long Kayla was gone. Four days, one C-section, one seven-pound daughter named Nora.