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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.

After Mickey Rourke’s stunning work as Randy “The Ram” Robinson in “The Wrestler,” it is hard to imagine anyone else playing the tortured sportsman – but the role was first offered to Nicolas Cage. Access Hollywood caught up with Nicolas at the premiere of…

More than one-third of software programmers say they’ve used marijuana while working, with many finding that it helps promote creativity and get them into the “programming zone,” according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Michigan said that…

John Madden, the Hall of Fame ex-NFL coach and broadcaster, was actually the third choice of the creator of the wildly popular EA Sports video game.

Hundreds of wallets & purses are lost daily containing personal and important articles of personal and professional use. If you find a lost wallet, it becomes your moral and ethical duty to track down the owner and return his or her items safely. But, as…

It's happened to most of us. You plug your iPhone into your car stereo's USB port and you're greeted with the first song listed alphabetically on...

“You’ll starve to death if you only eat rabbit meat” is one of those common refrains you learn when getting into survival. It’s a fun fact you might share over a beer or to show off how woodsy you are to your LARPer friends. And while it’s actually true and…