Among the things Malaysia's first astronaut will be worrying about next month: how does an observant Muslim pray toward Mecca while soaring hundreds of miles (kilometers) above the Earth?

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The mysterious, low-frequency noise that has plagued the city of Windsor for nearly a decade has finally quieted down after a steel factory just outside neighbouring Detroit halted its operations indefinitely.

The Xuantong Emperor born Aisin-Gioro Puyi, commonly known as Puyi (Chinese: 溥儀; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of…

An ancient Roman chariot racer stands alone as the richest athlete to ever live and the story behind his incredible wealth has not been lost to time.

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Raemon Matthews, a former history teacher at Samuel Gompers High School in the Bronx, coerced a 17-year-old female student into posing for sexy photos he claimed would help her get into college.

historical and poetic name used for the United States of America

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The aquatic invader is the quagga mussel and there are an estimated 750-950 trillion of them in Lake Michigan. Because they feed on phytoplankton, a major food source for fish, water clarity has increased dramatically since their arrival, according to the…

'Gaslighting' has been all over the press lately, mainly in reference to Donald Trump. But the term dates all the way back to the 1930s.

Lillian Bloodworth, now 92, says when she first started to give blood, other donors would read her name tag and ask if that was really her name or if it was a gimmick for the blood bank.

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