The Temple of Pythons in Benin is a sacred site deeply connected to Vodun beliefs, where pythons are revered as symbols of ...

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The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will ...

According to a 2024 study from the market research company Talker Research, the average American far exceeds recommended intake levels when it comes to their daily sugar consumption. The survey ...

Ram is really thumping its chest with the return of the V8 to ensure anyone with hurt feelings is seeing the Hemi love fest. The 2026 Ram 1500 Ram 1500 brought back the Hemi V8 as an option, and the ...

Our culture embodies mutually exclusive beliefs in tribalism and individual exceptionalism. Tribalism used to depend on family; over the past millennium, it increasingly has come to depend on wealth ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail has to be one of the most quotable movies ever made. There are some scenes where it’s impossible not to quote along. For me, it’s the sea of insults thrown upon the ...

This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle, began showing up on plastic containers across America in the ...

First introduced in 1996, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format was developed to replace the array of proprietary cables and connectors used by devices to connect to personal computers of the era. In ...

You've seen it pretty much every day now for decades, and you've interacted with it just as many times, but have you ever wondered why the power symbol looks the way that it does? There's a joke that ...