USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between…

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"Vassar chocolates" became emblems of women's education.

Last week, my mother told me, “I remember cling wrap sticking much better than it does today. Why is that?!” I, too, have noticed that these days, cling wrap seems less, well, clingy, s…

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Andre Agassi eventually told Boris Becker his trick while they were at Oktoberfest and stunned his former rival.

While the 1986 film was a notorious bomb, the impact of the wisecracking Marvel character can still be felt today.

Research done by Krista McLennan of Northampton University indicates that cows do indeed have “best friends.” The Study For the study, cows were penned for 30 minute intervals twice, once with a preferred partner, a “best friend,” and once with a cow that…

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Alan Alda's father and brother lent a hand to Hawkeye in season eight.

Pele's hair is one of the most unique types of lava. It looks almost exactly like coarse, golden-brown human hair, but according to Hawaiian legend, it is the hair of Pele, the goddess of volcanoes.

The "Disgrace of Gijón" is the name given to a 1982 FIFA World Cup football match played between West Germany and Austria at the El Molinón stadium in Gijón, Spain, on 25 June 1982. The match was the last game of the first-round Group 2, with Algeria and…

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