The current world's longest domestic flight as of 2020 occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flight goes between Papeete in French Polynesia and Paris in Metropolitan France, traversing a distance of approximately 15,700 kilometres (9,800 mi; 8,500 nmi)…

Tetraethyllead (commonly styled tetraethyl lead), abbreviated TEL, is an organolead compound with the formula (CH3CH2)4Pb. It is a petro-fuel additive, first being mixed with gasoline beginning in the 1920s as a patented octane rating booster that allowed…

Check out nine facts about the complex that the U.S. Department of Defense calls home.

Tommy G. Thompson was once one of the greatest treasure hunters of his time: a dark-bearded diver who hauled a trove of gold from the Atlantic Ocean in 1988, dubbed the richest find in U.S. history.

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I came to know Johanne Fronth-Nygren first as the translator of my fiction into Norwegian, then as a friend, an occasional coach in the Norwegian language, and finally author of some short texts of…

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

The institution took decades to come to grips with the trauma of the killing of four students 50 years ago

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In the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the BBC was so intent on erasing its original programming that employees could wipe a show with just three words on a generic form: "no further interest."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former senator and vice presidential nominee John Edwards could face prison time if convicted of violating campaign finance laws, but he is smiling in a mug shot released on Wednesday by federal officials.

district in Brazil, established by Henry Ford