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.…

Pseudoscience and genuine archaeological mysteries surround humanity's oldest known temple. But was it the world's first astronomical observatory?

1980 American Western film directed by Michael Cimino

McDonald's appears to have met its match in the form of Irish-based fast food chain Supermac's.

The Olympic Games are full of champions, records, and stories, but they’re also an incredible encyclopedia of strange, funny, emotional, and sad moments.

American ethologist and behavioral researcher

Elli Perkins (née Present; 1949 – March 13, 2003) was a professional glass artist, and a Scientologist who lived in Western New York. She was a senior auditor at the Church of Scientology in Buffalo, New York.

After years of prodigal success, why did she disappear?

(Worldkings) We all know Jackie Chan is the fearless kung fu fighter who doesn't think twice about catapulting himself off a balcony, electrocuting himself on some lights and then smashing into a pane of glass.He, like, does that basically all the time. But…