Not the entire family -- Led by producer Wes Farrell, a group of hired studio musicians actually created the Partridge Family sound. Interestingly, lthough David Cassidy was originally cast with the intent to lip sync with...Read More

In Irish pubs, inexperienced travelers who want to order a small beer should know to ask for "a glass". If they request "a beer, please" in Ireland, they'll get a full pint.

Bottle caps, or "crowns," were invented in Baltimore in 1892 by William Painter. Painter proved his invention's worth when he convinced a local brewer to ship a few hundred cases of beer to South America and back and they ...Read More

One hundred years ago, visitors to Cave of the Winds in Colorado carried candles and lanterns along ghostly, dark halls that seemed to have no end. Today, cave enthusiasts can spend an hour or more with an authentically ...Read More

Centipedes, or members of the class Chilopoda, always have an uneven number of pairs of walking legs, varying from 15 to more than 171 pairs. Common house centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrato) have 15 pairs of legs.

A leisure suit is a fashion of the 1970s, consisting of a shirtlike jacket and matching pants. Frequently the fabric used was double knit polyester though not all fashions using this fabric are automatically leisure. In ...Read More