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Television favourite Bob the Builder is to have his fingers doctored for the Japanese market - because he looks like a gangster.

If you aren't familiar with the story of Andrew Thornton II and Kentucky's Cocaine Bear, we'll try to give you a quick run-down.

Ever want to take that obnoxious fellow boasting at the pub about their epic booze-tolerance down a few pegs? Try daring them to a g/kg drinking contest

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Four Swedish air force pilots received U.S. Air Medals here during a ceremony on Nov. 28, 2018, recognizing their actions that took place over 31 years ago. Until last year the details of their

Among late-model vehicles, small cars and minicars remain the most dangerous, according to new driver death rates calculated by IIHS. Nearly half of the 20 models with the lowest death rates are luxury SUVs.

When New Zealand was colonized in the 1800s, the ancient Māori practice of moko kauae—or sacred female facial tattooing—began to fade away. Now the art form is having a resurgence. Here's what it means to stamp your identity on your face.

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There were many benefits to the new bottles, making them extremely appealing to mothers. In an age when corsets were all the rage, nursing a baby was considered a “challenge” to some, even with maternity corsets.

Car-Freshner Corporation has settled its lawsuit against Balenciaga this week. The US-based company, best known for the “little tree” air freshener, s

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Sinister discovery ‘not criminal’ say Investigative Committee, claiming limbs wrongly disposed of by a forensic lab where stored.

US rock band Metallica have achieved a new Guinness World Records noscript after becoming the first musical act to play a concert on all seven of Earth's continents.

Long before you could buy them by the can, only the extremely wealthy could afford pineapples. Monarchs such as Louis XV and Catherine the Great enjoyed eating the sweet fruit, which came to symbolize luxury and opulence.

-Two women were attacked by a tiger at a Beijing safari park, and the entire episode was caught on surveillance camera

YouTube channel History & Intrigue has uploaded a video history of Candy Land, a game created by Eleanor Abbot during the 1940s polio pandemic.