International Red Cross Day is celebrated each year on May 8 to commemorate the birth of the organization’s founder, Henry Dunant. After witnessing war first-hand, the Geneva businessman wrote a book that inadvertently gave rise the the largest humanitarian…

A few weeks back, I started an experiment designed to prove or disprove whether or not the magic, non-decomposing McDonald's hamburgers that have been making their way around the internet are indeed worthy of disgust or even interest. Here are the results.

PCWorld asks Intel Fellow Ajay Bhatt why he was inspired to create USB, why Apple didn't play along at first, and why, oh why it didn't have a reversible connector.

Joaquin Phoenix shares the story about how he became vegan, which dates back to his family's involvement in the 'Children of God' cult.

Age is very important in Korea. But Koreans calculate their age in a different way than most countries. Learn how to find out your Korean age here.

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sculpture of an astronaut on the moon

When the star of the hit sitcom asked for the same salary as her male counterparts, she was booted from the show and ostracized in Hollywood.

Karyn Kupcinet was a Hollywood actress found dead a week after the JFK assassination. Did her death have anything to do with Kennedy's?

In case you forgot to change the batteries in your calendar, you may not be aware that this year is the 100th anniversary of Citroën. We’ve been shooting a Jason Drives special mini-series for this centenary, and while doing some research I happened to stumble…

You've probably come across a squirrel at some point in your life. Those furry little hyper-energetic creatures that dart hither and tither like a cat chasing a laser pointer. You know what I'm talking about. Infamous for scurrying about in search of nuts…

The discovery in Nigeria of nine lost episodes of 1960s Doctor Who includes the classic story The Web of Fear, in which Patrick Troughton's Doctor battles robot yeti in the London Underground.

Apparently, Great Britain sent the famous MI6 operative’s namesake to spy on communist Poland and recalled him after a year, considering his efforts wasted. Maybe they were, maybe they weren’t.

Male science students are a university's most likely virgins while females who study arts subjects are the most sexually active, Australian researchers say.

NASA astronauts wear white suits to reflect as much light as possible, keeping them safe from solar radiation and lowering their risk of cancer.

Those with borderline personality disorder have problems regulating emotional impulses and often experience rocky relationships. But new research suggests ...

NASA's current fleet of spacesuits were built in 1974, and were reported to cost between $15 - $22 million. Today, that would be about $150 million.

His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric ‘awopbopaloobop alopbamboom’, and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musicians

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character in L. Frank Baum's fictional Land of Oz