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There’s more to this behavior than meets the eye. Some of it meets the nose.

American businessman

After Jim Henson’s sudden death on May 16, 1990, people across the world remembered “The Muppets” creator with tributes and honors. One of the most touching is an illustration by …

Deliberate crash of an Airbus A320 in the French Alps on March 24, 2015

clear-channel news/talk radio station in Cincinnati

A breakdown of the Concorde fleet

rule that allows only essential business in the cockpit during critical flight operations

If you have ever dared to peek inside a portable restroom you may have noticed a blue liquid in the bottom of the tank. This is a really powerful deodorizer with disinfectant properties meant to help combat the smells that are produced in a portable restroom.

Emery C. Warnock, The Anti-Semitic Origins of Henry Ford's Arts Education Patronage, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 2009), pp. 79-102

American auteur Stanley Kubrick is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in 20th century cinema and the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Billy Idol was originally intended to play the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, but here's the reason why Robert Patrick ended up as the villain instead.

Conversations with Bob Costas reveal for the first time how the broadcasting icon went from fronting America's most popular sport to being excised from last year's Super Bowl and, ultimately, ending his nearly 40-year career with NBC.

In the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Hayden Christian played a troubled boy who became one of the greatest villains in the galaxy. However, for the actor, making Star Wars was a lot more fun. He seems to have really enjoyed it, possibly too much.

There was no way to fully plan for what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 because no one could ever have expected the massive loss of life and destruction that occurred simultaneously in New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa. “It was the unexpected…

On Sunday April 27, 1941 German troops entered and occupied the city of Athens after facing strong Greek resistance in the north. The following morning,

Dogs respond to someone in tears - even if they are a stranger, showing dogs are tuned in to human emotions.

Judd Apatow's The King of Staten Island is a semi-autobiographical comedy-drama based on the life of Pete D...

Shortly before midnight on September 11, 2001, Henryk Siwiak (1955–2001), a Polish immigrant, was fatally shot on a street in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where he had mistakenly gone in order to start a new job. He was able…

In several of the books that have since been written about 9/11, it's noted that the Walt Disney Company quickly closed its stateside theme parks that da...

war hero, and victim and hero of 9/11