rumbling, growling or gurgling noise produced by movement of the contents of the gastro-intestinal tract

Clauvino da Silva, known as "Shorty," reportedly hanged himself three days after his foiled prison escape attempt.

While looking though my collection of Walt Disney postcards, I was inspired to talk about this household name in American culture and entertainment. While he is an American icon, he is known and beloved around the world. His childhood was a tough one, but…

Walter Orthmann's career started in 1938, when he was just 15 years old. He hasn't left the company since.

Overturning Darwin's paradox

Football spectators in northern Brazil decapitate a referee after he fatally stabbed a player at an amateur game, officials say.

Good things come to those who wait, but eight years is absurd even in these times.

condition in which a person develops flushes or blotches

André the Giant's "Princess Bride" co-star Cary Elwes wrote about this "veritable symphony of gastric distress" in his 2014 book "As You Wish."

log that has been floating in Crater Lake since 1896

A 27-year-old male patient fasted under supervision for 382 days and has subsequently maintained his normal weight. Blood glucose concentrations around 30 mg/100 ml were recorded consistently during the last 8 months, although the patient was ambulant ...

radioactive contamination accident in Brazil

The Night Attack at Târgoviște (Romanian: Atacul de noapte de la Târgoviște) was a battle fought between forces of prince Vlad III of Wallachia, and sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The battle started after Mehmed, who already…

The researcher who introduced this term tried to clear the confusion up two decades ago, but the myth still lives on.

Deep inside the inland jungle of southwest Japan, along the winding udon noodle of the Nishiki River, is a train station. That mightn’t seem like a big deal. There are train stations all over Japan. So what?  

A Cadbury Creme Egg, originally named Fry's Creme Egg, is a chocolate confection produced in the shape of an egg. It originated from the British chocolatier Fry's in 1963 before being renamed by Cadbury in 1971. The product consists of a thick chocolate shell…

The Xbox's darkest hour cost a fortune but turned the company into the juggernaut it is today.

Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes? Or, can we learn from our past and build a safer, healthier future?

It’s been 19 years since the World Trade Center attacks. On September 11, 2001, two passenger planes crashed, with a few minutes interval at the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.