The painting "Salvator Mundi, done by Leonardo da Vinci, fetched $450 million, the highest ever paid for art, at a Christie's auction in 2017.

On April 6, 1930, James Dewar needed a good way to occupy the Continental Baking Company’s shortcake-baking machinery while strawberries were out of season.

FOOD & DRINK: Which fast-food chain's 1970s jingle began, "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us"?

When making badminton shuttlecocks, the most prized feathers are said to come from a goose's left wing.

Scientists in China have used gene editing technology to create a new tomato variety that smells like buttered popcorn, The Independent reported on Feb. 26.

The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the “octo-” prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol…

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are the best-selling candy in the U.S., with $2.84 billion in sales, and stocked in 97% of grocery stores and 89% of convenience chain stores.

On April 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon, who was known to enjoy the occasional cigar himself, signed legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio.

ACRONYMS: In computer emails, what does the acronym "CC" stand for?

To perform Kermit's early swamp scene in "The Muppet Movie," Jim Henson had to spend a day in a 50-gallon steel drum under a pond.

When a 12-year-old in Monroe, North Carolina, missed the bus to school on Feb. 18, he made the obvious choice to just drive himself.

The comet 3I/ ATLAS is traveling through our solar system at a staggering 130,000 miles per hour, which is the highest velocity ever recorded for a solar system visitor.

On March 29, 1865, the final campaign of the Civil War began in Virginia when Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant moved against the Confederate trenches around Petersburg.

INVENTIONS: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

If the earth doubled in size, trees would fall over and dogs couldn't run without breaking a leg, due to the doubling of surface gravity.

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed new technology to ... yes, it’s true ... count the number of times people pass gas each day.

Photoperiodism is a physiological reaction of plants and animals to darkness and light. Plants are classified according to photoperiods: "short-day" plants, "long-day" plants and "day-neutral" plants.

On March 17, 461 A.D., Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland St. Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland after 40 years of living in poverty…

U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was an avid dog breeder who gave his hunting hounds funny names like "Sweet Lips" and "Madam Moose"?

While inducting Bob Dylan into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen noted that he first heard Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" in the car with his mother…