On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six (also known as DEVGRU). The operation…

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When a couple bought one of the most exclusive streets in San Francisco for $90,000 in 2015, outraged residents sued the couple and the city. Michael Cheng, the buyer, tells Business Insider that he and his wife lost Presidio Terrace because the wealthy get…

1896 rail crash publicity stunt in Texas, USA

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The Calendar Riots of 1752, when Britain lost 11 days on changeover from the Julian to Gregorian calendar

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Sir Lord Baltimore toured with Sabbath and were a core influence on the stoner rock movement. Singer/drummer John Garner looks back at the drugs, dysfunction and dirty deeds that doomed them

He invented ebooks and made them freely available through Project Gutenberg

The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business

The 4-inch-by-5-inch tintype depicts Billy the Kid playing croquet in the summer of 1878. The only other known photo of the outlaw was taken in 1880 and sold for $2.3 million in 2010.

Tupac Shakur was in serious debt before his death in 1996.

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Officials intentionally crashed a jet aircraft into a nuclear reactor facility to prepare for the worst-case scenario: a real-world terrorist attack on vital infrastructure.

If you've ever drank beer out of a can, you can thank Gottfried Krueger Brewery. They were the first ones, 78 years ago today, to put the tasty beverage in a can and offer it up to consumers

How a fight between rival Compton gangs turns into a plot of retaliation and murder.

Terence Chi-Shen Tao FAA FRS (Chinese: 陶哲軒; born 17 July 1975) is an Australian mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins chair. His research includes topics…

There's nothing quite as relaxing as a nice bubble bath at the end of the day. However, take one during a thunderstorm and you may have a shocking experience instead.