Inspired by a story in the LA Times, Margaret Cotts took action and started a GoFundMe for Mohamed Bzeek and his foster children, many of whom have terminal illnesses.

In just two months, 7,574 people donated nearly $400,000 to support his ongoing dedication…

The Finnish air force command has dropped the swastika from its logo without making an announcement. The air force had been using the symbol since 1918.

reclusive adolescents or adults

"It was Woody that got us home again." That was one fighter pilot’s verdict...

Didier Drogba was the figurehead for Ivory Coast's 'golden generation'. Their remarkable powers helped bring a damaged nation together.

event in Hawaiian history

Extreme marathon runner Mauro Prosperi spent 10 days alone in the Sahara desert after getting lost in a sandstorm. He only just survived.

Businesses are not well served when their products are associated with illegal activities.

calendar era such that 2000 CE is 12000 HE (“Holocene era”)

An attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade occurred in Caracas, Venezuela, during his 1958 goodwill tour of South America, undertaken while Nixon was Vice President of the United States. The attack on Nixon's car was called, at the time, the "most violent attack…

  When Emile Leray’s Citroen 2CV broke down in the Sahara Desert in 1993, he tore the car apart and built a motorcycle from the parts to escape dying from the elements. It worked. That was 25 years ago. Leray gets the MacGyver Award for that year, and every…

Everybody knows WD-40 is the product for silencing squeaks, displacing moisture, preventing rust, and loosening stuck parts. You probably have a can sitting in your garage right now. What you probably didn't realize though is that WD-40 can help people with…

Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

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sculpture of Greek sculptor Praxiteles of Athens

Guatemala syphilis experiment, American medical research project that lasted from 1946 to 1948 and is known for its unethical experimentation on vulnerable human populations in Guatemala. The intent of the study was to test the value of different medications…

In 1959, an American geologist built a rock cairn 1.2 meters away from this glacier; he left a note, asking whoever finds it to measure the distance to

extremely old, large tree; a clonal colony forming one interconnected root system in Sevier County, Utah, United States

"I have seen my death!"

Blue-eyed star's acting career was just one facet of a man who was America's biggest philanthropist in proportion to his own wealth