Austrian martyr and conscientious objector

Can your dog eat onions? No, as onions and onion product can prove toxic to dogs. Find out how to prevent onion toxicity in dogs here.

American stalker and criminal

The answer to the question posed by the headline is about 68,000 Newtons per hurl, assuming 110 pounds of vomit projected from a 45ft height onto packed sand below. That would be more than enough t…

British actor-writer (1963-1997)

Tyramine (/ˈtaɪrəmiːn/ TY-rə-meen) (also spelled tyramin), also known under several other names, is a naturally occurring trace amine derived from the amino acid tyrosine. Tyramine acts as a catecholamine releasing agent. Notably, it is unable to cross the…

last private owner of Stonehenge

She started as a clerk-typist, but when she got to the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section, she began to do more significant work.

A list of books recommended by rock poet Jim Morrison, including work by Friedrich Nietzche, Albert Camus, Allen Ginsberg and James Baldwin.

form of luggage

US Army soldier

Stuart Berman details how one era-defining classic—Elastica’s Britpop-bombing 1995 debut—spawned another: M.I.A.’s Arular, which turns 10 this year.

200 pyramids populate North Sudan's desert sands near Meroë, standing testament to a largely untold chapter of African history.

Method of anonymous political expression employed in Rome

minor equity court in England and Wales from the late 15th to the mid-17th centuries

Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian…

"Teach Your Children" is a song written by Graham Nash in 1968 when he was a member of the Hollies. Although it was never recorded by that group in a studio, the Hollies did record it live in 1983. The song first appeared on the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills…

BBC News looks at how Pope John Paul II's body will finally be laid to rest.

American sleeplessness world record holder

By Earle F. McBride, M. Dane Picard. A detailed history of the Battle of Normandy and the associated shrapnel grains found in the sand of Omaha Beach.