If renowned snake expert Karl P Schmidt hadn't been so curious, perhaps. But there may have been little recourse after the beautiful boomslang recoiled.

This was one of the greatest military deceptions of our time, involving hundreds of thousands of Moscow citizens. How on Earth did the Russians manage to conceal the Kremlin from Nazi bombardment?

1983 film by Sean S. Cunningham

Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

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Much has been said about the inspiration of the ancient Iroquois “Great League of Peace” in planting the seeds that led to the formation of the United States of America and its representative democracy.

group of islands and rocks situated 9 miles south of Jersey forming part of the Bailiwick of Jersey

Da Vinci was a Renaissance Man for the ages. Now you can take a peek into his brilliant mind through his various notebooks.

Xishun Bao (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men. He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the Guinness…

Discovered in the Alken Enge wetlands near Lake Mossø in East Jutland, Denmark, the skeletal remains tell the story of an entire army's apparent sacrifice.

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A court says the bread used in the firm's hot sandwiches must be taxed because of its sugar content.

West Virginia (/vərˈdʒɪn.jə/ (listen)) is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the northeast, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the…

In the early 1930s, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster developed the fictional comic book character of Superman. In 1938, they sold the character to Detective Comics, Inc. (the corporate precursor to DC Comics). After Superman became a great success, the pair attempted…

The Sean O’Casey Bridge is operated via remote control – but officials apparently lost the device in an office move. It’s now operational again…

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Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

Part samizdata, part radiography, the bone music of the U.S.S.R. kept rock ‘n’ roll alive in Russia during the Khrushchev years.

Researchers have learned that rats overwhelmingly prefer water sweetened with saccharin to cocaine, a finding that demonstrates the addictive potential of sweets.