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Regardless of their reasons for polar plunging, thousands of Coloradans jump in frigid water and come out shivering, grinning and ready to return next year.

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear on our pages. This year, tidbits about plastic recycling, whale sharks and crab Rangoon enlightened and ...

“It’s a Wonderful Life” has become a Christmas tradition for generations, airing year after year and drawing viewers back to Bedford Falls. The 1946 classic, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, ...

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While we tend to think we know ourselves pretty well, the human body still has all sorts of ways to surprise us. The truth is that we’re pretty complicated organisms, where a lot can go wrong (or ...

Thanksgiving and NFL football go hand-in-hand today, but when did the tradition of football on Turkey Day even start? As it turns out, the NFL – technically, its direct predecessor, the American ...