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...

Recipient of the Legion of Merit

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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.

Japan has the second highest rate of adoptions in the world, but many of the adoptions are of adults rather than children.

1980 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

Once the NBA's weapon of choice, the classic has been replaced by low-profile performance pieces in recent years.

Three hearts and blue blood aren't even the most unusual things about octopuses!

Kobe Bryant's stolen No. 33 jersey was returned to Lower Merion High School this week and unveiled Saturday at a tribute ceremony. Bryant's former coach Gregg Downer called the jersey's unveiling "a fitting ending to a tough week."

I take a look at the explosion of killer bee-related movies that hit theatres and television screens during the 1970s.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started…