In 1963, a sixteen-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150 well-known authors of literary, commercial, and science fiction. Did they consciously plant symbols in their work? he asked. Who…

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Dedicated Japanese monks spent years going through the horrifying process of turning themselves into mummies ... while still alive. Viewing their bodies is now one of the world's creepiest tourist attractions.

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"E.T." from Atari, the worst video game ever, sells for $1,535.

Updated 6/13: polling results added

Updated 6/13: polling results added

The world is marked by hundreds of thousands of islands, which are classified as landmasses permanently above water but not identified as a continent, such as Australia.

Lung cancer was once a very rare disease, so rare that doctors took special notice when confronted with a case, thinking it a once-in-a-lifetime oddity. Mechanisation and mass marketing towards the end of the 19th century popularised the cigarette habit,…

How Could It Be is the debut musical studio album by comedian/actor Eddie Murphy. The album was released on July 20, 1985, on Columbia Records and was produced by Aquil Fudge, with the exception of the hit top ten single "Party All the Time", which was produced…

Columbus has long been-to a degree of notoriety-a haven for test marketing products. But all the derision about us being the perfect demographic snapshot of middle America isn't what's still driving companies to try their new burgers and coffee drinks on…

Every photo from a landmark, and intensely controversial, 1969 LIFE magazine feature

Some of the great comedians aren't exactly original, writes Rob Long

hysteria around composer and pianist Franz Liszt

The Room is a 2003 American independent drama film written, produced, and directed by Tommy Wiseau, who stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero. The film centers on a melodramatic love triangle between amiable banker Johnny (Wiseau)…

Trisodium citrate has the chemical formula of Na3C6H5O7. It is sometimes referred to simply as "sodium citrate", though sodium citrate can refer to any of the three sodium salts of citric acid. It possesses a saline, mildly tart flavor. It is mildly basic…

When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left a small sum of money to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia with one condition: That they not spend it in full for 200 years.

phenomenon in the United States of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy

K2 (8611m) is the second highest peak in the world and highest peak in Pakistan. K2 also known as CHOGORI which is Balti language means the king of mountains.K2 has variously be described as awesome