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What Would Your Wizarding Career Be?
Answer 25 personality questions and discover whether you're destined to be an Auror, Healer, Professor, Curse-Breaker, Wandmaker or another wizarding professional.
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10 of the Most Recognizable Careers in the Harry Potter Wizarding World
From Aurors and Healers to Hogwarts professors and Quidditch players, explore 10 of the most recognizable jobs in the Harry Potter Wizarding World.
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Exosquad at 33: The ’90s Cartoon That Treated Space War Like It Mattered
Thirty-three years after its premiere, Exosquad remains a remarkably ambitious animated war epic built on serialized storytelling, political consequence and unforgettable E-frames.
Then and Now
The Technology Graveyard: 25 Gadgets We Thought Would Last Forever
From VCRs and pagers to PalmPilots and portable DVD players, revisit 25 once-essential gadgets that technology left behind.
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10 Cartoons to Watch If You Loved Exosquad
Loved Exosquad? These 10 animated series capture its mix of military sci-fi, mecha warfare, space battles and serialized storytelling.
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How Well Do You Remember 1980? Take Our 15-Question Trivia Quiz
Pac-Man, The Empire Strikes Back, the Miracle on Ice and “Who shot J.R.?” How much do you remember about 1980? Test yourself with our 15-question trivia quiz.
By The Numbers
America Has Less Cropland Than at Any Time Since 1945
America still produces enormous amounts of crops, but it is doing so with less land classified as cropland than at any point since 1945.
By The Numbers
Who Owns America? A Look at the 2.27 Billion Acres of U.S. Land
Who owns the land in America? See how 2.27 billion U.S. acres are divided among private owners, the federal government, states, tribes and America’s largest landowners.
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The Companies Building the Most Homes in America
D.R. Horton and Lennar dominate U.S. homebuilding. See the 20 companies that closed the most homes in 2025—and how wide the gap is at the top.
Exosquad
What a Live-Action Exosquad Remake Could Look Like
See Exosquad’s Season 1 opening reimagined as a photorealistic live-action space epic, from E-frames and Able Squad to massive fleet battles.
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The 20 Retail Companies With the Most Stores in America
See which retail companies have the most stores in America, led by Dollar General, plus the largest U.S. chains in pharmacy, grocery and more.
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The Cell Phones Everyone Wanted Before the iPhone
Before every phone became a large glass rectangle, cell phones had personality. There were tiny candy-bar phones, flip phones that snapped
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When AOL Instant Messenger Was How America Talked Online
Before texting became constant, before Facebook Messenger and group chats followed us everywhere, there was AOL Instant Messenger. AIM, as everyone called
Then and Now
Things That Were Completely Normal in 2000 but Feel Strange Today
The year 2000 does not feel that long ago. The internet already existed. Most homes had computers. Cell phones were becoming common.
The Year Was
The Rise of the Nintendo Wii: How Nintendo Got Everyone Playing
When Nintendo released the Wii in November 2006, the video game industry seemed to be moving in one clear direction: more power,
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The #1 Movie of Every Summer Since 1980
Daily Rivet • By the Numbers From The Empire Strikes Back to Lilo & Stitch, these were the biggest movies of the summer
When 30 Million People Watched the Same TV Show Every Week
There was a time when a television show did not need a championship game, a series finale, or a viral moment to
Features
10 Songs That Were Never Supposed to Be Hits — But Became Huge Anyway
Some hit songs are carefully crafted for radio, polished for months, and released with a major promotional campaign behind them. These weren&
The Year Was
The Most Memorable TV Theme Songs of the 1980s
From Cheers and Miami Vice to Knight Rider and The Golden Girls, revisit the television themes that made 1980s opening credits unforgettable.
The Year Was
The Year Was 1981: MTV Changed the Way America Discovered Music
On August 1, 1981, a new cable channel signed on with footage of the Apollo moon landing and the words, “Ladies and
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The Rise and Fall of Saturday Morning Cartoons
For generations of American kids, Saturday morning had a routine all its own: wake up before your parents, grab a bowl of
The Year Was
August 24th 1995 - Windows 95 Made the PC Mainstream
In 1995, personal computers were already finding their way into American homes, but they still had a reputation for being complicated machines
Quizzes
Name That Skyline: Can You Identify 15 Iconic Cities In The United States?
We turned the skylines of America’s 15 largest cities into a quiz. Can you recognize all 15 without seeing the city name?
By The Numbers
America’s 20 Largest Public-Company Employers
America’s largest companies don’t just generate billions of dollars in revenue—they also employ millions of people. Looking at approximate
Then and Now
The Technology in a Typical 1995 Home—and What Replaced It
A 1995 home was filled with CRT TVs, VCRs, landlines, CD players and dial-up PCs. Today, much of it lives inside a phone or the cloud.
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Name That Landmark: Can You Identify These 15 Famous US Landmarks?
From towering monuments and famous bridges to natural wonders and historic sites, see how many of America’s most recognizable landmarks you can identify.
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The Best-Selling Album Every Year of the 1980s
From Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson to Whitney Houston and Bon Jovi, these were the albums that ruled America year by year.
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The TV Networks That Ruled the 1990s
NBC had Friends, ABC had Home Improvement, CBS had 60 Minutes and Fox had Bart Simpson and the NFL. Here is who truly ruled 1990s television.
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Can You Name the Sitcom From Its Living Room?
You’ve spent hundreds of hours in these living rooms—but can you recognize them without the characters standing in them?
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Name the U.S. State From Its Shape
How well do you know the map of the United States? Each of the 50 states has a distinct outline, from familiar
The Year Was
The Day Nickelodeon Changed Cartoons Forever
On one Sunday in August 1991, Nickelodeon debuted Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show—three wildly different cartoons that helped define a network and a generation.
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Can You Name the US City From Its Iconic Food?
From New York to New Orleans, can you match all 15 iconic foods to their cities?
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Rivet Rally: Race Through the Daily Rivet Newsroom
Collect gold rivets, dodge flying newspapers and chase a high score in Daily Rivet's fast-moving newsroom challenge.
By The Numbers
The Biggest Christmas Toy Every Year of the 1980s
Cabbage Patch Kids caused shopping chaos, Transformers took over toy aisles and Nintendo changed childhood forever. These were the toys that defined every Christmas of the 1980s.
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The Most Expensive Video Game Consoles Ever, Adjusted for Inflation
A $599 PlayStation 3 seemed expensive in 2006. Adjusted for inflation, several earlier consoles cost the equivalent of $1,000—or far more.
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How Well Do You Know Seinfeld?
Think you know Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer? Test your Seinfeld memory with 15 questions covering the show’s most iconic characters, moments and running jokes.
The Year Was
The Year Was 1994: What America Watched, Played, Bought and Listened To
From Seinfeld and ER to Donkey Kong Country, Power Rangers and “The Sign,” 1994 was a year when American pop culture seemed to fire on every cylinder at once.
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How Well Do You Know Exosquad?
Test your Exosquad knowledge with 15 questions about Able Squad, J.T. Marsh, Phaeton, the Neosapiens, E-frames and the animated series.
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