2014's It Follows is one of the best regarded horror films of the 2010s, partly because of the actually super-scary shape-shifting monster that anchors the film. But It Follows is actually about something far more terrifying than a monster. Here's the scariest part of It Follows.
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For every Dothraki chant or Klingon speech you've ever heard, there's been a hardworking linguist who spent years developing a complex language.
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Netflix's Narcos has probably taught Americans more about Colombian history than decades of Discovery documentaries. But it stretches the truth sometimes.
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Cats are famous for their boisterous buffoonery -- running amok and to hell with the decor. But it works for them, because their whoopsies are just so adorable.
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Schindler's List took home a slew of Oscars, but there are things more important than awards and accolades. More important is the true story. Oskar Schindler was very real. How much of his on-screen portrayal was accurate?
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There have been a lot of great rock albums in 2018. What's "good" or "great" isn't always popular or enduring, but perhaps some of the great stuff from this year will last on. Here are the best rock albums of 2018.
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"Anybody can grow up to be president!" That's the story we're fed from the time we're small when we don't know much about the nation's highest office. In reality, you usually have to go to college. But there are actually a few presidents who haven't graduated college.
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When you make it easy and appealing for huge groups of people to give strangers money, the mere fear of being swindled will lead to distrust and backbiting.
Read MoreGreat white sharks are big. Obviously. But divers recently met up with Deep Blue, probably the biggest great white shark ever caught on camera. Here's what we know about the massive great white shark.
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When a sports team wants to sign a player, they'll often add some extra incentives in the contract. Sometimes, though, that little extra becomes extra-crazy.
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Professional wrestling is a dangerous job. Here are professional wrestlers who died in the ring, sometimes with an audience and sometimes without.
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2013's The Purge was a major hit and spawned a horror franchise all its own. But that doesn't mean it's perfect.
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Everybody needs to use the bathroom, but we humans use bathrooms in surprisingly different ways all over the world. Here are some weird things you probably never knew about bathrooms in other countries.
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The Bohemian Club, which meets in Bohemian Grove in California, is an exclusive gathering of mostly rich white men with plenty of power. The members of this not-so-secret cabal run around the California woods annually, mostly drinking and goofing off. Here's what really happens at Bohemian Grove.
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