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Unique names are a big part of college football rivalry lore. Let's rank the 25 best, led by the mighty Brawl of the Wild.

I t’s a truism that, the more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know. That mentality holds in most traditional academic disciplines, where humility is a survival strategy that keeps ...

Alongside origin (Type 1) and frequency (Type 5), some phrases qualify by dint of preservation (Type 2). KERFUFFLE, for ...

Connections is the new puzzle game from the New York Times, and it can be quite difficult. If you need a hand with solving today's puzzle, we're here to help.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, for instance, is fairly easy to say, but if you mix in two slightly different ...

Jack McCallum talks about Godfrey Daniels and its founder Dave Fry, once a Lehigh University student with a dream of a more ...

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Made by Josh Wardle, Wordle is one of the finest NYT word puzzle games with millions of fans. Every day this puzzle presents players w ...