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How to Tell If Eggs Are Bad

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Eggs might just be nature's perfect food. But they don't last forever. Do you know how to tell if eggs are bad?

Paprika Is Way More Than Just Deviled Egg Dust

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Paprika comes from the Capsicum annuum variety of red peppers, and can range in flavor from very hot to sweet.

Murder! Money! Power! Art! Meet the Medici Family

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This wealthy banking dynasty of Florence rubbed shoulders with Michelangelo, Botticelli and Galileo. How did they get so wealthy and powerful? And how did they lose it all?

Shallots Are Onions' Cute Little Cousins

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Belonging to the same family as onions, leeks, scallions and garlic, shallots look like small, elongated onions but with a sweeter, milder flavor.

The McRib Is Back at McDonald's for the 'Last' Time

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Say it ain't so. The cult-favorite McRib is back for the last time. Or this is just more of the "McPlan" that's worked so well for decades?

Tiny Capers Pack a Big, Flavorful Punch

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Capers are actually the flower buds of the caper bush. So where does all that flavor come from?

Did Nikita Khrushchev Really Bang His Shoe in Defiance at the U.N.?

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Ask many what they know about the man who succeeded Stalin and ruled the Soviet Union for a decade, and they'll tell you it's the shoe.

A Greenland Shark Living Today Could Have Been Alive in 1620

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This denizen of the frigid deep not only lives a crazy long life, it also can grow up to 24 feet in length and eating its flesh can make humans "shark drunk."

The Scoville Scale: How Hot Is That Pepper?

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Is that pepper too hot to handle? See where it falls on the Scoville scale.

Yes, the Bobbit Worm Is Real and Somewhat Terrifying

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Yes, this terrifying worm was named after the infamous Bobbitt case. And with good reason.