The Trachenberg Plan was a campaign strategy created by the Allies in the 1813 German Campaign during the War of the Sixth Coalition, and named for the conference held at the palace of Trachenberg. The plan advocated avoiding direct engagement with French…

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Bus drivers in Okayama working with Ryobi Group have taken to the streets in an unusual form of protest. While technically on strike, they are continuing to drive their routes while refusing to take fares from passengers. ▼ Image shows a white blanket over…

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Learn about the history of Worcestershire sauce and how the accidentally forgotten potent brew became a hit with foodies around the world.

Edward Carey was terrified by her wax museum as a child, worked there as an adult, and has now written a novel about Tussaud, who survived the bloody French Revolution and built her own legend in London

Flashbacks: Troy died fours years ago, leaving behind a widow, a son and a bear-protection suit in a North Bay hock shop.

1815-1852 British mathematician, considered the first computer programmer

His image graced thousands of billboards and magazine ads, always with a Marlboro cigarette.

These tall featureless trunks, which have been found as fossils all over the world, are now strongly believed to be mushrooms.

Yeonsangun of Joseon or Prince Yeonsan of Joseon (23 November 1476 – 20 November 1506), personal name Yi Yung (Korean: 이융; Hanja: 李㦕), was the tenth ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Often considered the worst tyrant in Joseon's history and perhaps all…

Danish film-maker Mads Brügger’s latest documentary is an absurdly brave look at Kim Jong Un’s regime that has all the intrigue of a spy thriller

Dutch-American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler and kickboxer

Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 to 1691 and the second permanent English colony in North America, after the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location…

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA,Discovered at the Temple of Zeus in Olympia in 1875, this ancient Corinthian helmet was an offering to the Olympian gods and goddesses, probably to give thanks or to pray for a victory at the Olymp...

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Chicken tikka masala is one of the UK's best loved dishes. Now the man said to have invented it, Ali Ahmed Aslam, of Shish Mahal in Glasgow, has died.

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Few fighter aircraft have had an impact on a conflict like the P-51 Mustang.