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See which pet costumes people are most excited for this Halloween.

If you held on to an original copy of "Super Mario 64" from the 1990s, you could be rich.

All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

A live Halloween special in 1987 had viewers convinced that a magic trick had just gone very wrong.

It turns out vultures are excellent, accidental collectors of history.

Disney designers use a brilliant trick to keep you immersed in the fantasy.

'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Roderick Thorp inspired a great movie. Do you know which one?

Answering the same question over and over and over again can get grating. But there are important developmental reasons behind why kids love to ask "why."

How well do you know the macabre motifs of Halloween's favorite writer?

The ultra-online Generation Z is still getting hoodwinked by text scams.