A hunter in China was diagnosed with bubonic plague Saturday after catching and eating a wild rabbit, triggering concerns that the plague — which wiped out half of Europe’s population in the 14th century — could make a comeback. But health experts say there’s…

Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician who made enormous contibutions to a wide range of mathematics and physics including analytic geometry, trigonometry, geometry, calculus and number theory.

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There’s a lot more to ’Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle’ than your standard weed jokes.

"The Dad Who Knew Too Little" is the eighth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 12, 2003. In the episode, Homer disappoints Lisa on…

The Assize of Bread and Ale (Latin: Assisa panis et cervisiae) was a 13th-century law in high medieval England, which regulated the price, weight and quality of the bread and beer manufactured and sold in towns, villages and hamlets. It was the first law…

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Sinatra made it "uncool" to discriminate, both in publicly and in his private life.

Misophonia is a strong dislike or hatred of certain sounds. Learn more from WebMD about this unusual condition, from symptoms to treatment.

individuals and groups named as National Treasures by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Tech in the context of Japanese crafts -- pottery, textiles, lacquerware, metal- and wood-working, doll- and paper-making, & other

On October 17th, 1992, New York City-based rock ‘n’ roll band, The Spin Doctors, released their hit song, “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong.” The track, from

US sailor retells the story of North Korea's prize Cold War capture - the US spy ship, the USS Pueblo.

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On the page that featured this Tweet, about the story of Kiyoshi Kimura, founder of Tokyo’s popular sushi chain, “Sushi Zanmai,” who taught Somali fishermen how to catch tuna and then purchasing the fish from them which resulted in the pirates returning to…

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Once again, Brazilian labor inspectors have found slave labor on plantations "certified" to Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices standards.

During Super Bowl media day, Marshawn Lynch, reportedly threatened with a $500,000 fine, answered every question with some variation of "I'm here so I won't get fined."

Developers who knocked down a 1920s west London pub shortly before it was to be given listed status must rebuild it "brick by brick", an inquiry rules.