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Watercolor drawing of the leg of a patient, age 50, who had scurvy for 12 months' standing. Scurvy has been called “the plague of the sea,” a dreaded disease associated with epic voyages, bad food, and pirates. Its symptoms were recognized by ancient Greek physicians, and effective treatments discovered by the 1750s, but scurvy’s mysterious cause wasn’t identified...

Maya Angelou at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 2010. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images In Congress’s Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the U.S. Mint was authorized to develop a new series of quarters that highlighted important women from U.S. history. The first coins in this American Women Quarters Program have now officially shipped, The...

When heavy snowfall hits your neighborhood, sometimes even a trusty shovel isn't enough to get the job done. For these bigger types of clean-up jobs, a snow blower—a machine that's designed to remove big piles in minutes—is a better option. While these devices typically cost upwards of $400 to $500, right now on Amazon, you can get one...

Kevin Costner and Neal McDonough in Yellowstone. Emerson Miller/Paramount Network Conventional wisdom has it that no linear TV series can capture a huge audience in the age of streaming. “Nah,” says Yellowstone. The Kevin Costner-led drama about a Montana ranching family just aired its fourth season finale on the Paramount Network, and according to Deadline, it crushed it....

Michael Keaton walked away from the Batman franchise after director Tim Burton was replaced. Shannon Finney/Getty Images Before the MCU or even Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, the first Batman movie—directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader—was the dominant force in the superhero genre. In 1992, the duo came back for Batman Returns, which...

Buffy is just as confused as you are. Warner Bros. The powers that be recently published a calendar based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the ’90s-era supernatural action drama that put The WB (now The CW) on the map. Buffy had a pretty ardent fandom back in the day, so it's not surprising that some fans wanted a...

The Ramones—Johnny, Joey, Marky, and Dee Dee—in 1979. David Tan/Shinko Music/Getty Images Douglas Colvin, John Cummings, Thomas Erdelyi, and Jeffrey Hyman aren't famous names, but everyone in the world knows the Ramones. Dee Dee. Johnny. Tommy. Joey. These four men came together to change the face of music forever, ushering in an era of fast, no-frills songs that...

People have apparently been saying cold slaw since the 18th century. Ajwad Creative (speech bubble), iStock via Getty Images Plus // VeselovaElena (coleslaw), iStock via Getty Images Plus When Malachy McCourt (brother of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt) was a kid, he misheard the line “Blessed art thou amongst women” from the Hail Mary prayer as “Blessed art...

They're really just resting. piola666/iStock via Getty Images Every February 2, Punxsutawney Phil appears at Gobbler's Knob, a tourist attraction in Pennsylvania. With the help of his “Inner Circle,” (which he speaks to in the language of Groundhogese, of course) he announces whether he has seen his shadow, thus predicting when winter will end. It’s a bit of...

The box office at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. skodonnell/iStock via Getty Images The box-like nature of many old-fashioned box offices—enclosed, detached booths situated just outside theaters—seems like a fitting origin story for the term box office. But that doesn’t mean it’s accurate. The actual origin of box office most likely involves a different type of...