This page offers information about the Vermont state pie, apple pie, and its adoption as the official state pie of Vermont.

An artist and sculptor, Anna Coleman Ladd offered her talents to soldiers who had been badly disfigured fighting in World War I. Her masks helped restore their appearance and their self-confidence.

Australian children's music group

Most people know that Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth, but did you know it is the world's largest desert? That huge volcanoes can be found here? Or a lake the size of Lake Ontario is locked beneath the ice? Discover what else you would find in Antarctica…

Oops!Blue's Anthony Costa says fashion designer Donatella Versace once mistook the band for Blur...

lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA

As Walter Isaacson’s major new biography of Steve Jobs goes on sale today, The Fiscal Times looks at ten compelling quotes from the book – quotes by Steve Jobs about Steve Jobs, Apple, and the start of one of the biggest business stories of our time.

The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America. It lives in most of the eastern and central United States; eastern populations may be migratory. Resident populations are also found in Newfoundland…

Fifty years ago 180,000 whales disappeared from the oceans without a trace, and researchers are still trying to make sense of why. Inside the most irrational environmental crime of the century.

  During World War II, a Canadian bomber flying from a base in Scotland crashed in what the crew thought was the vicinity of their airfield. Spotting a pub, they entered to celebrate their survival with a quick drink but were stunned to see a group of soldiers…

ghost town

For four decades, the inability of nonhuman primates to produce human speech sounds has been claimed to stem from limitations in their vocal tract anatomy, a conclusion based on plaster casts made from the vocal tract of a monkey cadaver. We used x-ray videos…

Whether they missed the beat on major trends or chose the wrong investors, retailers from Borders to Mervyn's met their match

Cleaning up the Uffington Horse is the neigh-borly thing to do

A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that disperses spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. Ferns, horsetails…

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A survey quizzing children about the origins of their food reveals that nearly one in five believe fish fingers come from chicken.

The Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century occurred from the 1220s into the 1240s. In Eastern Europe, the Mongols conquered Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, Alania, and the Kievan Rus' federation. In Central Europe, the Mongol armies launched a two-pronged…