Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander; c. 208 – 19 March 235) was Roman emperor from 222 to 235, and the last from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his cousin Elagabalus upon the latter's assassination in 222. His own assassination marked…

CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique, a study said on Monday.

There is no stretch of blacktop in the entire American Interstate highway system with a longer gap between services than the 106 miles on I-70 in Utah between the towns of Salina and Green River.

The death of Gram Parsons occurred on September 18, 1973, in room eight of the Joshua Tree Inn, near Joshua Tree National Park. Encouraged by his road manager Phil Kaufman, Parsons again visited the park after completing his latest recording sessions. Earlier…

Thanks to a 1917 Canon law and the success of Apollo 11, the moon is a part of the Diocese of Orlando, FL.

Students claim they managed to pass off a pineapple they bought for £1 at a supermarket as a work of art, after leaving it in the middle of an exhibition at their university, Ruairi Gray, a business

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Georgian swimming comprises several styles unique to Georgia: “Lazuri” (Free Colchian), “Hands and feet bound Kolkhuri” (Military Colchian), “Apkhazuri” (Abkhazian), “Okribula”, “Iberiuli” (Iberian), “Takhvia” and partly “Khashuruli” and “Kizikuri”. More…

An Austrian zookeeper has been fired after it was discovered that he was secretly growing a cannabis plantation in the rhinoceros enclosure he was managing.

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Charles Joughin was one of the disaster's most unlikely survivors and he did it thanks to industrial amounts of liquor

Madurai: Living up to the fabled tale of Tamil King Pari — one of the seven great patrons (kadai ezhu vallalgal) of the Sangam era who abandoned his g.

As Google boss Eric Schmidt urges North Korea to enter a new age of digital freedom, details have emerged of the few friends the "hermit kingdom" already embraces on Twitter.

Charles Manson’s philosophy was influential and confusing, but what role did Scientology play in the cult leader’s view of the world? Details inside.

Some of the common Japanese phrases have no direct equivalent in English and other languages. Nonetheless, they are very useful when trying to get your point across in Japan. This article introduces a selection of untranslatable Japanese phrases and what…

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Kin punishment is the practice of punishing the family members of someone accused of a crime, either in place of or in addition to the perpetrator. It refers to the principle of a family sharing responsibility for a crime committed by one of its members,…

Tackling a migration enigma, scientists are getting a grip on where these slithery fishes call home.

New research suggests that the seemingly useless appendix may actually provide a safe haven for good bacteria.