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Culture

'Every breath you ...' what? 5 classic songs where people totally missed the meaning

"Who Let the Dogs Out?" isn't about canines.

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Culture

In 1976, George Harrison joined Paul Simon for a haunting 'SNL' duet of 'Homeward Bound'

The former Beatle channeled his inner Garfunkel.

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Culture

British woman in the U.S. shares her new 'favorite' sayings that she will never stop using

American English is full of positivity if you stop and listen

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Money

Are you a good tipper? Turns out your generation might have something to do with it.

Gen Z, we have some interesting news.

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Culture

Culture expert compares Victorian and modern design to explain how the world got 'so ugly'

Let's make ordinary things beautiful again.

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Family

Which sibling pairs are closer, brothers or sisters? Research answers the age-old debate.

One "gender composition" had the highest levels of "warmth"

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Money

4 frugal habits of older generations that younger people find weird or obsolete

Do people still drive all over town in search of cheap gas?

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Culture

Entering their 40s, Millennials share their regrets so others don't repeat them

Here are five powerful entries

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Culture

Millennials revisit scarily accurate predictions made 13 years ago about life in 2020

"Everything in the dollar store now costs $2"

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Humor

Realtors share the 5 'funniest,' 'weirdest' things they've encountered while showing a house

From pentagrams to naked vacationers.

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Animals

Cat living at Lowe's wanders onto out-of-state delivery truck. Volunteers come to the rescue.

A purr-fectly wild and heartwarming story.

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Culture

In divisive times, Bruce Springsteen says he plays this one hopeful song 'every night'

"It’s kind of a prayer to the country"

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Culture

For investor, Prince 'Purple Rain' musical heading to Broadway realizes a 'lifelong dream'

"He was such an amazing talent, a musical genius," says Craig Shapiro.

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Science

Startling study: People who think they're high-class may struggle to grasp others' feelings

The higher you climb on the ladder, the harder it might get to understand others

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Animals

Jane Goodall's haunting answer for the 'most important' lesson we can learn from chimps

It's all about reconciliation.

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Science

'Cognitive load' crisis? Neil deGrasse Tyson exposes the damage ChatGPT has on learning

"We do not want to make it too simple," says MIT research scientist Nataliya Kos'myna

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Culture

Catherine O'Hara's tear-jerking eulogy for John Candy was a master class in honoring a friend

"God bless dear John, our patron saint of laughter."

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