List of All Articles with Tag 'big questions'

Despite what people often claim, the Gros Michel isn't to blame.

Tennis’s U.S. Open has only been an “open” since 1968. Here’s why.

You may have been taught the old cowboy trick of applying a tourniquet and using a blade to cut the bite wound to suck out the poison. It looks dramatic, but does it really work?

The barrels we see around St. Bernards' necks in paintings and cartoons is the invention of an artist named Edwin Henry Landseer.

All fried chicken tenders qualify as fingers, but not all chicken fingers are tenders.

You may have noticed these weird phone numbers while watching reruns of your favorite ’50s-era TV show—and though they look like gibberish to modern phone-users, they were perfectly normal at the time.

According to string theory, there are at least 10 dimensions of space, most of which are impossible for humans to perceive.

There are a few reasons why manhole covers around round. Here's how to answer if it ever comes up.

Here’s a brief history of Canada’s national day—which celebrates the joining of the three original provinces—and how you can celebrate.

Apple's iconic logo is rumored to have been inspired by Eve's bite into the apple of knowledge, Newton's discovery of gravity, and Alan Turing's untimely end. Are any of these stories true?

Shrimp and prawns are two tasty crustaceans that are often confused with one another. We examine the differences.

Everyone liked “Y.M.C.A.”—except the actual organization.