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Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

Music helps us better remember the stories we’re told, so if a film wants to become a Christmas classic, it needs a ...

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In “Night of the Meek,” Henry Corwin, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic, is making a few extra dollars as a department store Santa ...

The book Four Past Midnight is actually a collection of novellas, published in 1990. It’s one of his most popular collections ...

There’s a myth that swimming can cause periods to stop, but this is utterly untrue. It’s also untrue that menstrual blood ...

96.5 inches of snow are recorded each year in the city of Lander in central Wyoming—at least partly due to the city standing over 5,300 ft above sea level. The nearby city of Casper, Wyoming, records ...

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There are certain quotes that will always stand out when it comes to classic holiday movies. Can you finish each of them in ...