After many years of trying to get a photograph of the Dalai Lama's Patek Philippe that was a gift from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943, I nearly fell off my office chair when I got an e-mail this morning from Thomas Laird directing me to Senator…

Skiers and snowboarders often don’t see eye to eye, but one skier with a serious chip on his shoulder took things to an entirely new level Sunday at Aspen

Have you ever wondered how the academic quarter came about? It all started at Lund University in Sweden in the first half of the 18th century.

shipwreck of the Titanic, which sank in 1912

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Canadian psychologist Peter Suedfeld is studying stress in the world's harshest environment

1979 incident in which Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swamp rabbit

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Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle merges hip-hop and hardcore in a way no one has ever dared. With 6 original music videos and 5 scenes of raw, uncut and unbelievable backyard fucking, this video satisfies strokers and hip-hop fans alike. Featuring songs from Snoop's…

The story behind David Bowie's stage name and why he changed it so many times. The singer found himself in a bit of hot water

controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968

A brief history of "Radium" Nutex Condoms. These were not radioactive condoms and didn't contain radium but instead played on associations with health, virality and quality.

"Mauritania’s beauty standards—manifesting in the force-feeding of young girls, child marriage, and the abuse of weight gain medications—are centuries-old. However, they are not immune to change."

6,532 ft and ranks 27th highest mountain in South Dakota

soldier or airman assigned to an officer as a personal servant

German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)

American actor (1937–1968)

William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency…

Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler (1911-1987)