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A domed lid: Oxygen is released inside the pickle jar when the veggies ferment and go bad. Because that oxygen has no place to go, it causes the lid to bulge and create a dome-like appearance.

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From heart-wrenching memoirs to socially conscious fiction, the list of Barack Obama's favorite books from the past year will definitely add more titles to your TBR pile.

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Lawyer Joseph N. Welch took Joseph McCarthy down a peg, but his famous quote has since taken on a life of its own.

This simple nursery rhyme comes with a number of unanswered questions about everything from its authorship to who inspired it ...

Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here's how to play: All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

This isn't the first time researchers have blamed the classical composer's mysterious maladies on the toxic metal.