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Impress Your Family With These Thanksgiving Facts

Impress your family this week with these Turkey Day fun facts.

The Best Floats In This Year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Check out this early look at some of the floats in the 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Meet the Biggest Dinosaur of the Jurassic Period

Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new species of a giant dinosaur called Ledumahadi mafube, a plant-eating dinosaur whose name means “giant thunderclap at dawn.”

Sept. 11 is Patriot Day, honoring those lost in the 9/11 attacks

Never forget. Sept. 11 is Patriot Day, honoring those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others when four planes were crashed

The 5 Most Impressive Holes on Earth

Here are five of the most impressive manmade holes in the world. Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah The largest manmade excavation in the world, the Bingham Canyon Mine has been producing large amounts

7 Very Famous People With Very Cool Hobbies

Into a specific hobby? You’re in good company. Some of history’s most famous people were avid hobbyists. Here are seven of the coolest. Teddy Roosevelt The 26th president enjoyed hunting, boxing, horseback riding, hiking, reading

What’s the Oldest Message In a Bottle Ever Discovered?

A recently discovered 132-year-old bottle takes the top prize.

Celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

Everything you need to know about one of America’s greatest presidents.

Stonehenge Is Actually Bigger Than We Ever Realized

Thanks to intricate digital mapping we’ve discovered the Stonehenge site is much bigger than imagined.

What’s Inside the Mysterious Void In the Great Pyramid?

With unexplained origins, amazing engineering and plenty of surprises, Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has been puzzling scientists for centuries. And it just got even more mysterious. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown void inside