At Peach Street Distillers, they have over 20 different kinds of spirits and one very special brandy. It has a pear in the bottle.

Open-front public toilet seats are U-shaped, while those in private residences are O-shaped. What gives?

‘An aquarium told us that when they put the song on, the sharks started mating’

Methods developed in the early 1970s to highly purify factor VIII (FVIII) from the plasma of large numbers of blood donors led, for the first time, to concentrates of FVIII that enabled hemophiliac to self-treat, providing independence and opening the ...

The subject of new Netflix doc 'The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea' was convicted of 20 killings and sentenced to death in 2004.

Dunkin' Donuts used to actually offer a donut called " The Dunkin' Donut" and it came with a handle that you could hold onto to dunk the ...

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Python hunting isn't just a once a year thing. The South Florida Water Management District sponsors an ongoing 'Python Elimination Program'.

Why did the Spijkenisser cross the road? Who knows, but the real question is whether or not the walk was silly enough. In what is believed to be a world first, the town of Spijkenisse near Rotterdam has unveiled an official sign asking pedestrians to cross…

The cyprinid fish (8mm) and the whale shark (12m) are some of the smallest and largest fish in the sea. At first, this might seem like an easy question to answer, but it is difficult to define what makes a fish a fish because there is so much diversity among…

Weeping is informed by everything from culture and identity to social standing – and studying it could help us better understand ourselves

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When watching the TV show Star Trek, it’s hard to imagine where it takes place. There are so many fantastic places within the show that don’t seem real. Which begs …

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Researchers have developed an AI engine trained to play chess like human – improving online chess games and shedding light on how humans could learn from AI in other areas.

Sarah Rector became a millionaire at the age of 11. She was declared as a white person so she could fit in the socialité circles of her time.

The sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 resulted in an inquiry by the British Wreck Commissioner on behalf of the British Board of Trade. The inquiry was overseen by High Court judge Lord Mersey, and was held in London from 2 May to 3 July 1912. The…

Males of the moth Cosmosoma myrodora (Arctiidae) acquire pyrrolizidine alkaloid by feeding on the excrescent fluids of certain plants (for instance, Eupatorium capillifolium). They incorporate the alkaloid systemically and as a result are protected ...

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