Japanese video game designer, creator of the video game "Space Invaders"

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Did you know that the average American eats 18.8 pounds of onions every year? That's not a bad thing when a serving of onions has only 45... #bloomin'onion #frenchonionsoup #frenchonionsouprecipe

American actor (1906-1988)

Michael Gargiulo, the "Hollywood Ripper," was found guilty of killing two women, including Ashley Ellerin, Ashton Kutcher's ex-girlfriend.

Notes and images of kangaroos, updated from the Canadian Museum of Nature's Natural History Notebooks series.

American animator

The story of the brothers Grimm and how they came to publish a book of fairy tales has become something of a folk legend in itself. The conventional wisdom is that the Grimms collected these tales from village peasants and the brothers always embraced the…

David Chain came to California to put his body on the line to protect the ancient redwoods. He paid with his life.

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At the peak of the dot-com bubble, this chimp picked a portfolio of tech stocks that outperformed every single US fund that year.

This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.

Scottish physician and author

Many of the memorable characters in Charles Dickens's books were inspired by his own life. Read on for more facts.

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This article discusses the special features of odor-evoked memory and the current state-of-the-art in odor-evoked memory research to show how these unique experiences may be able to influence and benefit psychological and physiological health. A review ...

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On this day in 1974, the Grateful Dead debuted their infamous "Wall of Sound" for their hometown fans during a show at the Cow Palace.

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