In terms of famous roads, it’s all but impossible to top Route 66. The two-and-a-half-thousand-mile highway stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles has earned its place in the history books, with songs and even a TV show named after it. But even on this most famous of roads, there’s one stretch that stands out. That’s …

There are times that you might want to stand out. Some of those times include job interviews, high school reunions, and trying to get the attention of a mascot with a t-shirt cannon. And other times, blending in is probably for the best. Some of those times include when the IRS is looking for volunteers …

Attention, puzzle pros! Online motherhood community Channel Mums has designed a brainteaser that is sure to get you feeling festive for the holiday season—and seriously test your smarts, too. Here’s the challenge: Hidden somewhere in this crazy conglomeration of dinosaurs, rocket ships, teddy bears, and yo-yos is a single doll. But only the most eagle-eyed …

You can read the whole thing here, but if you don’t think this monstrous moniker should be considered a real English word, you’d find some support from linguists. As a technical scientific term, the full name of titin doesn’t appear in any dictionary—not just because it would take 12 full pages to wrangle the 190,000-odd …

It’s hard to believe these odd-looking critters actually evolved to look this way. Here, the new book WTF, Evolution?! critiques some of Earth’s wackiest creatures. Pignose frog Really, Evolution? You’ve had 130 million years to work on the pignose frog, and this is the best you could do? Did you maybe boil it too long? …