This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth, which commemorates the day the last group of enslaved people found out they had been freed. Long a holiday in the Black community and now ...

The original 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle with a script by Alex Garland, chose to actually reveal where the Rage Virus originated. In the years since, some of the best zombie-themed movies ...

Today is Friday the 13th, an occurrence that happens only a couple of times a year. The day has come to be associated with superstition, luck and magic, though it has some surprising origins.

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