Hopefully not a TikTok trend: In recent years, some men are getting leg lengthening surgery to become a few inches taller.
There were four main types of wine produced in ancient Greece: red, white, yellow, and black. White was light, yellow was sour, while red and black were sweet.
If you perspire while eating hot, spicy food, your body thinks your mouth is overheating or on fire from capsaicin and the perspiration will cool you off.
The nightingale got its name because it’s one of the few bird species where the female sings at night to attract a male.
If you think Bruce Springsteen sings “wrapped up like a douche” in “Blinded by the Light” then you’ve heard a mondegreen (a misheard word or phrase). The actual lyric is “revved up like a deuce,” which refers to a 1932 Ford deuce coupe hot rod being revved up for a street race.
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This article appears in November 28 • 2025.