Plastic bags were invented to save the planet, according to the son of Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin who created them in 1959.  The bags were developed as an alternative to paper bags, which

The feature that distinguishes the Big Cats from the rest of the Felidae family is their ability to roar. Cheetahs make more of a chirping sound.

Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert (August 29, 1912 – January 7, 1987) was one of the first African American female pitchers in professional baseball history. At seventeen she was Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball…

A recent documentary presented new theories about the coal burning fire onboard Titanic. Parks Stephenson gives his view of the fire and how it affected Titanic. Senan Molony and Parks Stephenson, two of our hosts, are on Titanic's center stage!

Since early 2016, the European nation has had a law in place requiring grocery stores to donate food to food banks rather than tossing it.

"The Soup Nazi" is the 116th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was the sixth episode of the seventh season. It first aired in the United States on November 2, 1995.

The personal life of Marcus Tullius Cicero provided the underpinnings of one of the most significant politicians of the Roman Republic. Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist, played a critical role…

An Olympic diploma is a paper certificate awarded to the top eight finishers in competitions at the Olympic Games. While the top three finishers have received medals since the 1896 Olympics, in 1949 diplomas for athletes placing fourth, fifth, and sixth were…

Film studios Universal and Paramount started 100 years ago as insurgent “indies” challenging Thomas Edison’s powerful cartel.

Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Richie Valens a plane, and a snowy February night. There's much more to the story than the Don McLean song.

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Are you ready for your crazy story of the day? Earlier today the CIA released over half a million [...]

Pamela Gale Malhotra and her husband, Anil Malhotra, own Sai Sanctuary, the only private wildlife sanctuary in India and have been replanting and protecting forests and wildlife since it's foundation in 1991. Today, SAI Sanctuary covers over 300 acres of…

During the Vietnam War the US military deployed a horror movie inspired psychological operation. They used their enemies religious and spiritual beliefs against them in a way that still haunts many who participated.
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event in 1 June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed most of the royal family (including King Birendra and himself) with a gun

Every year, around the time the prestigious Nobel prizes are announced, we get the Ig Nobels. There are 10 honorees, but our favorite invention is clear: the wasabi fire alarm.

Failing on "Shark Tank" was a low point for Ring founder Jamie Siminoff -- but it forced him to succeed.

Slash's mother was once David Bowie's costume designer, and one time he saw them both without any costumes.

Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring…

International spiritual organization based in Varanasi, India, active 1911−27; succeeded by Order of the Star (1927−29)