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A seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.

“The suction cup holds it fast to anything the cup is stuck to," The New York Times said in 1925.

In the early 20th century, military daredevils soared high.

Including six cubs!

The Times is on it.

He says he has read it at least 25 times.

From the Exotic Pets file.

The classic symbol of an outdoor toilet was probably just made up.

Everyone knows a Nguyen, but how did that come to be?

Well done, Eddie.

Livonian may be extinct as a native tongue, but it's still being used to write poetry.

The reading room's head of circulation has created an informal lending library of coziness.

Our brains don't really crackle and hiss, but on film and TV shows, they must.

An unknown benefactor donated a work by one of Canada's most famous folk artists.

The coin's face value is one million Canadian dollars.

Being listed as "and wife" in a joint passport was just not going to fly.

It failed to sell at auction, even though bidding went to over $438,000.

The government saw Red when looking at William Gropper's painting of the United States.