Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the term for being afraid of long words. It’s an obvious joke at the sufferer’s expense, though psychologists tend to use “sesquipedalophobia” instead. The word ...

Before PlayStation, Xbox, and modern gaming consoles existed, one man quietly changed entertainment forever. Ralph H. Baer is ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and ...

Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “What is art?” Art is something people make to share ideas or feelings. It can make others think or feel something too. Art can ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, has passed away. Moylan was a Ford interior trim designer who came up with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Innovative ideas are not always appreciated in their time. History is full of examples of people whose work was rejected, vilified ...

Here are five bands who quietly (or not so quietly) invented entire subgenres without ever meaning to. When we look back on music history, genres often get framed around big moments and clearly ...

President Donald Trump alleged that he invented a word that has been officially recognized for centuries. The word has been around since the 1590s. On Monday, December 15, 2025, Trump hosted a Mexican ...

It’s Christmas time, so I’m taking a look at myths related to the holiday. Last week, I focused on myths about Jesus. This week I’m taking a look at that other beloved Christmas icon: Santa Claus, the ...

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Kwanzaa is a nonreligious, secular holiday that is mainly celebrated in North America and the Caribbean. What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili? The word Kwanzaa is derived from the the last word of the ...

Containers move fast. They're created and removed in seconds, but the vulnerabilities they introduce can stick around. Learn 5 core practices to help engineering and security teams manage container ...