Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935…

American sitcom

Your dog is basically a super social wolf, and scientists may have found the gene that makes him want to cuddle with you.

loss of the ability to create new memories after the onset of amnesia

Chinese eunuch

French advisor to Japan

minimum speed needed for an object to escape the gravitational influence of a primary body

circus school (1968–1997)

‘It felt like skinny-dipping,’ says singer Susanna Hoffs. ‘I ended up doing it for most of the album’

Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.

A musician who broke every norm, Tharpe turned rock 'n' roll from a burgeoning musical style into an international sensation. She was — and is — an unmatched artist.

2014 film directed by Frédéric Auburtin

“I’m auctioning off his freedom,” the man who was kidnapped in Maryland bragged, according to court documents.

The blobfish is the world's ugliest animal. But we don't think the contest was very fair

insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum

The technology to turn nuclear waste into energy, known as a nuclear fast reactor, has existed for decades. Now, it's getting a second look.

Let the zebras and tigers have their stripes. Humans have our own—they're called Blaschko's Lines.

It's understandable why Hormel doesn't like the unwanted emails in everyone's inbox a reference to the product they are trying to sell.

Belgian journalist and radio presenter convicted of inciting crimes against humanity in the Rwandan genocide

Italian physician (1956-2003)