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The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381 . The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the…

Most people think Mt. Everest is the highest point on Earth, but this is not so. Owing to Earth's peculiar shape, it's actually Mt. Chimborazo

Tall, dark, goggle-less and, most crucially of all, moustached, Mark Spitz is one of the most instantly recognisable Olympic athletes of all time. At the Munich 1972 Games the swimmer won seven gold medals in a scarcely believable seven world-record times.…

Japanese American actor

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In the spirit of ``March Madness,'' let us consider prime time's tallest - and most effective - team: the Night Court (8 p.m., Ch. 2) ensemble.
Up front are a pair of 6-foot, 4-inch forwards: Harry Anderson as maverick judge Harry Stone and John Larroquette…

Once a week or so, sloths climb down from their trees and poop on the ground. It feels so good, they do a little dance. But this time of pleasure is also a time of peril.

Enda Kenny has received support from the most unexpected quarter after his Michael Collins gaffe – with the Russ...

Every Windows user must be familiar with Minesweeper, the simple but addicting logic game, that first made it appearance on Windows 3.1 in 1...

The supermodel was at Busch Gardens Williamsburg to celebrate its then-newest roller coaster, Apollo's Chariot. He took a front seat inaugural ride... but ended up with a face of feathers and a bloody nose in need of stitches.
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American actor and comedian (1964-1997)

Memorial at the Bebelplatz in Berlin (Germany)

[imgbelt img=montana-coal-mapfix530.jpg]The Northern Cheyenne have thus far refused to permit coal mining on reservation lands, but some members of the tribe are willing to risk disruption for jobs the industry may bring.

Cherokee silversmith and creator of the Cherokee syllabary

Dunkin' Donuts' scentastic "Flavor Radio" brings ad targeting to the human senses.

Touron is a derogatory term combining the words "Tourist" with "Moron" to describe any person who, while on vacation, commits an act of pure stupidity. The term is considered park ranger slang that describes how some tourists act when entering a national…

And what's Jerry Springer got to do with it?

Clennon Washington King Jr., the first African American to attempt to attend the University of Mississippi and the first black man to run for president of the United States, spent five decades fighting for civil rights as a controversial and eccentric professor…

Carnivorous plant that captures prey by quickly closing its leaves into a jaw-like trap