If you’ve ever walked out of an eye exam clutching a fresh prescription, wondering what all those numbers and abbreviations mean, you’re not alone. Eye prescriptions often look like a jumble of pluses ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

Ermenegildo “Gildo” Zegna is succession planning. On Monday, the Zegna Group chair and CEO announced a new leadership structure for the group and its namesake brand, effective January 1, 2026. Gildo ...

If you're anything like us, you’re already glued to the new season of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here. And the camp dynamic has shifted once again. Late arrivals Vogue Williams and Tom Read ...

Why are cricket scorecards backwards in Australia? On Australian television, cricket scores are presented in the opposite way to what they are in England and most other countries. For example, a score ...

Does a pickle have to bounce to be a pickle? Why can’t my hairdresser hum while they cut my hair? There are a few laws or town ordinances dating back to the early 1900s that you would be surprised ...

Simon Cowell has revealed the wellness procedure he undergoes that he claims mean he has “aged backwards.” The music mogul, famous for his appearances on The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, has ...

Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell claims he has managed to “age backwards” by having his blood “rinsed” and “filtered”. The 66-year-old record executive said he had also been eating better and ...

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry." The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ...

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The books that moved and delighted us, sparked conversations, and opened our minds All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert The Antidote by Karen Russell ...