For the most part, the late film critic Roger Ebert (1942 to 2013) reserved his war of words for verbal sparring partner Gene ...

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We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

A 6-foot-tall Ceratosaurus fossil is going up for auction at Sotheby’s this July. Find out what makes this dinosaur so rare and valuable.

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Tampa’s mayor wanted Peter Benchley’s bestseller off store shelves. The cover had been deemed obscene by authorities.

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Like a lot of our most bizarre phrases and expressions, beat around the bush was once referred to something entirely literal: ...