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Transgender bathroom bills technically force men into women's bathrooms. How ironic.

The business of GIFs: Then and now

Late sleeper? Blame your genes.

When carmakers taunted horses

Meet this year’s youngest Spelling Bee competitor

The real secret to sushi isn't fish

Why Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history

Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump

Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time

When running was for weirdos

The bad map we see every presidential election

How highways wrecked American cities

Hope Solo is done being told the wage gap isn't real

Motherhood, explained by the experts: our moms

The world's greatest internet troll explains his craft

Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.

Why Donald Trump can't become "moderate"

How big government helps big dairy sell milk

Vikings never wore horned helmets. Here's why people thought they did.

Americans feel passionate about abortion but don't know much about it

The most famous baboons on the internet

Prince, remembered in 11 songs you might not know he wrote

Yellowface is a bad look, Hollywood

Why you're safer on a bike share than a regular bike

We called random Swedes. They told us about … foraging?

New York turns up for a lot. Just not to the ballot box.

How a TV show gets made

How deterrence is changing, explained by Defense Secretary Ash Carter

A brief history of America and Cuba

The pneumatic tube's strange 150-year journey

Our sterile homes might be giving us seasonal allergies

The Panama Papers, explained with piggy banks

How much do conservatives dislike Trump? We put them to the test.

Justin Trudeau on feminism, fatherhood, and Ryan Gosling memes

When the BBC won April Fools' Day in 1957

Comedian Lauren Lapkus’s oddball characters, in 3 minutes

The burden of war falls on fewer Americans than ever before

We’ve hit peak lens flare. Here’s how it started.

Justin Trudeau is pretty sure you won't move to Canada

How "the robot" became the greatest novelty dance of all time

Why ISIS attacked Brussels

Why over-the-counter birth control is so necessary

28 times TV winked at its favorite films

Proof of evolution that you can find on your body

Donald Trump’s message is violent to its core

The kiss cam, behind the scenes

Stop taking antibiotics to treat your cold

Why the Wingdings font exists