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“KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park" was meant to be a big moment for the band, but that's not quite how it worked out.
Some of the equipment that makes New York City's subway system run is hiding in plain sight.
In the Great Depression, during the emergency bank holiday, people in Pismo Beach, California found a good stand-in for regular currency.
Ahead of National Hug a Sheep Day on Saturday, the story of a special treat that farmers in Wales used to make: Sheep-Shearing Cake.
The “jet” in “jet black” refers to a gem. One that’s really, really black.
Today in 1797, the launch of the USS Constitution, the oldest active duty ship in the US Navy’s fleet. And for the last half century or so, a part of keeping “Old Ironsides” in operation is a special US Navy forest.
Today in 1965, there was an unusual visitor high atop New York’s famous Empire State Building: a Ford Mustang. And it took some doing to get it up there.
We’re replaying some of our favorite episodes on the ice this week.
Autonomous vehicles have high-tech systems to see “see” what’s around them on the roads. A project in Germany asks if these cars also need to be listening to what’s around them too.
As a Halloween week prank in 1998, DJs in Tennessee said people had to exchange their old $20 bills for the new ones, or they would become worthless.
