The Gen Z idol has been in the spotlight ever since her break-out role on Disney’s "Shake It Up." / Emma McIntyre/GettyImages As we follow Zendaya’s meteoric rise in real time, here are nine ...

Queen Elizabeth II sometimes went by Sharon. / Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images (Queen Elizabeth II), belterz/E+/Getty Images (name tag), Nugroho Ridho/Moment/Getty Images (background) But those ...

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They’re both in the camel family and live in South America, but alpacas and llamas aren’t the same species. Alpaca on the left, llama on the right. / Mike Hill/Stone/Getty Images (alpaca ...

These memorable quotes from LGBTQ+ leaders—on everything from intersectionality to being an ally—will ring true all year round.

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The sales managers at Doubleday stared at the screen. Projected from a slide was the proposed cover art to Jaws, a forthcoming thriller novel from an unheralded author named Peter Benchley about an ...

Break out the dictionary and start counting. / Daniel Grill/Tetra Images/Getty Images (dictionary page), Jon Mayer/Mental Floss (background) Figuring out how many words there are in the English ...