El Diego had reportedly managed to dodge doping testers successfully for much of his glittering career thanks to a fake plastic penis that was filled with "clean" urine

Comic book series

1958 United States law

The real life Count Dracula, a fictional character who was based on Vlad Tepes is actually related to King Charles III. Bet only a few people knew that but it's completely true, th

ethnic groups of central Mexico and their civilization

1983 film directed by Brian De Palma

Is your mouth big enough for this burger?

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an unexpected landing when a female passenger refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You

English court dwarf

term used to criminalize a pedestrian crossing the road outside of the authorized passage and time limit

A hundred years ago, cough syrups weren't regulated, which meant manufacturers could add anything to them. Learn what ingredients were used in these old-time cough remedies and why they’re no longer used.

Kraft says it's ditching two artificial dyes in some of its macaroni and cheese products. But why did we start coloring cheeses orange to begin with? Turn's out there's a curious history here.

Incident of mass poisoning in Iraq in 1971

comic performer often for children's entertainment

17th-century Dutch painter

Japanese historian Nick Kapur unearthed “Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi” (童絵解万国噺), a wonderfully bizarre illustrated Japanese history of the USA from 1861, filled with fanciful depictions of…

Today the site of Project Rulison is mostly forgotten.

prehistoric artwork carved or painted on natural rocks in the Saharan desert

No one wants to break the law when visiting a cruise port. But that could happen if you don't know the country's laws. Read on to find out some definite don'ts you might encounter on your next cruise.

Surprisingly, a fiddle and a violin are physically the same, but played differently. Find out what distinguishes them. Part of a violin article series.

cooking method and apparatus