homing pigeon used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps

American business magnate (1863–1947)

Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars is widely thought to be an unofficial remake of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo

American singer and songwriter (1944–2014)

recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Learn about whether you should rinse after brushing teeth with Sensodyne. Rinsing right after brushing can wash away the fluoride that strengthens your teeth.

largest prime number that is currently known

essay written by Benjamin Franklin

Russian novelist (1821–1881)

Snoop Dogg says Dionne Warwick confronted him over misogynistic lyrics during a meeting with other rappers in the '90s.

After shooting dead a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo to save a 3-year-old boy, zoo officials said they had collected a sample of his sperm, raising hopes among distraught fans that Harambe could sire offspring even in death.

The resemblance went unnoticed for decades.

1973 screenplay and abandoned film by Jens Jørgen Thorsen

kinds of learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage

One of the highly-recognized and honorable medals awarded to American service member is the Purple Heart given to those injured or killed in combat. Originating in 1782 when George Washington called it the Badge of Merit, many of these medals can be seen…

The man who invented the K-Cup coffee pod almost 20 years ago says he regrets doing so and can't understand the popularity of the products that critics decry as an environmental catastrophe.

Nearly two decades before the onset of World War I, Kaiser Wilhelm II set his imperialistic sights on the Americas. But to establish a presence there, Germany would have to put the U.S. in its place. To that end, it devised not one, but three plans to attack…

OJHAS is India's first, online-only, peer reviewed, open access, biomedical journal; now archived in Cogprints

In the 1990s, Japan's economic bubble burst, forcing the country's real estate and stock markets to fall, prompting the Bank of Japan to decrease interest rates to boost the economy.