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He hatched last and smallest, so tiny the breeders had already given up on his egg. Then a shepherd bred from police dogs took one look at the little owl and appointed himself his bodyguard.

He hatched last and smallest, so tiny the breeders had already given up on his egg. Then a shepherd bred from police dogs took one look at the little owl and appointed himself his bodyguard.

He very nearly didn’t make it into the world at all. There were seven eggs in the clutch, and one

At 100, Dick Van Dyke still hits the gym three days a week. And he says one hundred years isn't nearly enough.

At 100, Dick Van Dyke still hits the gym three days a week. And he says one hundred years isn’t nearly enough.

There’s a good chance the first time you ever saw Dick Van Dyke, he was dancing. On a rooftop with

Remember Charlie from "Top Gun"? Kelly McGillis left the spotlight and went to work at a New Jersey treatment center

Remember Charlie from “Top Gun”? Kelly McGillis left the spotlight and went to work at a New Jersey treatment center

There’s a version of this story everyone expects. A movie star hits the top, loses it, then claws

Kristy McNichol and Leif Garrett Reunite After Almost 50 Years Apart

Kristy McNichol and Leif Garrett Reunite After Almost 50 Years Apart

Some shows just live in the walls of your childhood house. For a whole generation of Americans, “

Scientists bolted living animals to the outside of a spacecraft and opened the hatch. Ten days later most of them woke up.

Scientists bolted living animals to the outside of a spacecraft and opened the hatch. Ten days later most of them woke up.

The animal in question came from a clump of moss. It is about half a millimeter long, which means you

Harvard said yes. Yale said yes. The girl in the floppy hat said no to both, and went and got a real PhD in neuroscience.

Harvard said yes. Yale said yes. The girl in the floppy hat said no to both, and went and got a real PhD in neuroscience.

Everyone remembers the hat. Big floppy brim, a fabric flower stuck on the front, worn by a teenager who

The trucker who stopped for me at midnight laughed at my flat tire and never touched my car. Ten years later I finally understood why

The trucker who stopped for me at midnight laughed at my flat tire and never touched my car. Ten years later I finally understood why

I was seventeen, alone on a black stretch of county road at midnight with a flat tire. A semi pulled

Remember the girl with the pigtails? Punky Brewster never crashed. At 49, here's who she actually became.

Remember the girl with the pigtails? Punky Brewster never crashed. At 49, here’s who she actually became.

Everybody remembers the pigtails. Two lopsided ponytails, a gap-toothed grin, a kid in a Cabbage Patch

His father died ten years ago. When a Florida shelter scanned an old beagle's microchip, it came back with his own family's name on it

His father died ten years ago. When a Florida shelter scanned an old beagle’s microchip, it came back with his own family’s name on it

The dog was never lost, exactly. That’s the part people get wrong when they hear this story secondhand.

"I wasn't the funny guy. I was the straight guy in all the madness." Hal Williams, Smitty from "Sanford and Son," has died at 91.

“I wasn’t the funny guy. I was the straight guy in all the madness.” Hal Williams, Smitty from “Sanford and Son,” has died at 91.

He spent more than 50 years on television and almost never got the punchline. That was the job.