Imported from Europe, the custom of leaving gratuities began spreading in the U.S. post-Civil War. It was loathed as a master-serf custom that degraded America's democratic, anti-aristocratic ethic.

Millennium Challenge 2002 was a military exercise that reminded the U.S. military that the enemy doesn't always do what you want it to do.

For centuries-old bars, a pandemic is nothing new.

Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎, January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898), also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung), was a Japanese samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the opening…

The budgerigar (/ˈbʌdʒərɪˌɡɑːr, -əriː-/ BUJ-ər-ih-gar, -⁠ə-ree-; Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet, shell parakeet or budgie (/ˈbʌdʒi/ BUJ-ee), is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. Budgies are the only species in the genus…

Nothing like a mini cover-up to fuel more conspiracies.

first translation of the New Testament to Finnish; made by Mikael Agricola

In the United States, each state and territory sets the age of consent either by statute or the common law applies, and there are several federal statutes related to protecting minors from sexual predators. Depending on the jurisdiction, the legal age of…

People were dying as specialists waged war against their FDA superiors. Patient safety was at stake in the scramble to keep a 'fast-track' pill on the U.S. market, research reveals.

Muir spent three days with President Roosevelt. Three crucial days for conservation in the US. Find out more in this one here.

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The presence of pets has been associated with reduction of stress and blood pressure and therefore may reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.Relative risks (RR) of all deaths, death due to myocardial infarction (MI), cardiovascular diseases (MI or ...

Almost 80 years ago to the day, Jiro Sato died by jumping off a ship that was taking him to play a round of Davis Cup. Discover the amazing history of the best Japanese tennis player, for whom death was not as bad than the shame of defeat.

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country located in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula...Read More

The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae. This subfamily comprises the small cats having a bony hyoid, because of which they are able to purr but not roar.

Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and was briefly the largest power outage in history by number of people affected, beating the January 2001…

The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

This test tube was one of several that Charles Edison noticed standing open in a rack in the bedroom in which his father had just died in 1931. The attending physician was asked to seal the tubes, one of which Charles later sent on to Henry Ford who kept…

There's a reason the "Nigerian prince scam" is so common.

Domino’s’ Italian job was harder than it looked.