In the winter of 1691, two young girls in Salem Massachusetts began what would become the country's largest witch hunt.

The two longtime pals met in 1973 as Juilliard students and were best friends up until Reeve's death in 2004. In his autobiography 'Still Me,' Reeves recounted how Williams helped save his life. It should come as no surprise that, in 1978, two distinctive…

Japan is outlawing the country's only legal high - magic mushrooms - by closing down a legal loophole.

Shāh-nāmeh, (Persian: “Book of Kings”) celebrated work of the epic poet Ferdowsī, in which the Persian national epic found its final and enduring form. Written for Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazna and completed in 1010, the Shāh-nāmeh is a poem of nearly 60,000 verses…

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A colonial venture so inept that the perpetrating country ended up getting taken over by someone else.

reference book containing a list of world records, for both human and natural records

If it’s been awhile since you’ve set foot in a college classroom and you’re planning a return to higher learning, you may have questions about what credits will or won’t transfer. Get answers with National University.

Deals Gap (el. 1,988 ft (606 m)) is a mountain pass along the North Carolina–Tennessee state line, bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and near the Little Tennessee River. At 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of the gap is the unincorporated community…

Daniel Kish expands the perceptual toolbox of both blind and sighted humans by teaching echolocation -- the ability to observe our surroundings via sound.

The Wright brothers flew together just one time. Orville and Wilbur had promised their father, who feared losing both sons in an airplane accident, they would never fly together. After landing, Orville took his 82-year-old father on his first and only flight.

It's one of the most controversial pizza toppings around - why are we so passionate for or against a Hawaiian pizza?

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"I was contracted to do 'Gulliver's Travels.' I didn't want to do 'Gulliver's Travels,'" Blunt admitted.

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Feature or short film of which no surviving copies are known to exist

The most unusual John Steinbeck novel you’ll never read.

We can all contribute to conservation efforts — sometimes even from our own backyards.