The Real Reason We Call The Back Of A Car A 'Trunk'
Ever wondered why we call it a trunk? The answer dates back to horse-drawn carriages, travel chests, and the earliest automobiles.


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Ever wondered why we call it a trunk? The answer dates back to horse-drawn carriages, travel chests, and the earliest automobiles.

Red, yellow, and green seem obvious, but the story behind traffic lights is stranger than you might think.

Trump knows a lot is on the line as House Speaker Mike Johnson has been sounding the AI alarm bells as they relate to the GOP's chances in the 2026 midterms.

Beijing is happy to let others build using its tools.


Trust in media is at an all-time low. Only 8% of Republicans have trust in newspapers, TV, and radio to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. This com…

Oil prices are not higher largely because the world does not want as much oil as it used to - and that's arguably the more troubling story.
The headline is troubling: "More Americans say they are living paycheck-to-paycheck," CNBC reported on Tuesday. The report featured one of the most commonly ci…

Jeff Bezos Says Government Is The REAL Reason Rent Is So High

A huge relief rally was underway in the stock market Wednesday following a two-week cease-fire deal between the U.S. and Iran.
The Real Reason Iran Is Spending Billions on ICBMs

U.S. rivals aren't deterred by norms so much as by the limits of their own militaries.

There's no real reason' for oil prices to rise in 2026

Behind the pushback to global trade is a deep economic anxiety that a meager social safety net has caused in the United States.

One of the worst-kept secrets in the government is that pretty much all of the data we have is really just an estimate, at best. And that estimate is usually w…

Juliet Schor has researched the impacts of a four-day workweek on 245 businesses and 8,700 people.
Digging into restaurant reviews, the Department of Data found that differences between chains seem to disappear within airports. Why is that?
As we predicted a while back, the most irrelevant and low-energy "Pride Month" in the history of "Pride Months" is officially underway as of June 1st. The LGBT…

If America itself was a stock - ticker symbol "USA†- Warren Buffett would like the product, but not the management.
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