Inuit numeral system for a base 20 counting system

It was not just the US and the Soviet Union racing to the Moon in the 1960s. A 1964 article in Time magazine about the independence of Zambia included a footnote referring to one man who was not so happy about the celebrations - because it was getting in…

India's army spent six months watching "Chinese spy drones" violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus, it's reported.

Canadian-American television personality

Most movie cowboys were not real cowboys. The idea of people such as Dean Martin or John Candy playing rough, […]

Franciscan brother who gives away 80% of his income scoops Varkey Foundation prize

American rapper, singer, actor and record producer

Calculation of the total amount of astatine in the Earth's crust (much less than an ounce)

Comic strip by Tom Batiuk

Relinquishment of United States nationality is the process under federal law by which a U.S. citizen or national voluntarily and intentionally gives up that status and becomes an alien with respect to the United States. Relinquishment is distinct from denaturalization…

French erotic novel, influential for BDSM

Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.

“On the 25th of October he [King George II] rose as usual at six, and drank his chocolate; for all his actions were invariably methodic. A quarter after seven he went into a little closet. His German valet de chambre in waiting heard a noise, and running…

American English language tongue-twister

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889-1977)

2006 film by Jared and Jerusha Hess

informal group of reformist clerics in the Catholic Church

Mitochondria and chloroplasts likely evolved from engulfed prokaryotes that once lived as independent organisms. At some point, a eukaryotic cell engulfed an aerobic prokaryote, which then formed an endosymbiotic relationship with the host eukaryote, gradually…

Given what you read about Hollywood stars, one might expect that a chart-topping, Oscar-winning, silver-tongued, good-looking comedic genius would, in reality, not live up to the sum of his parts.…