Observational studies and randomised controlled studies suggest that vitamin D plays a role in the prevention of acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI); however, findings are inconsistent and the optimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration…

Virginia planter and slaveholder

A growing number of men and women are skipping the salon or barbershop. 45% of men are cutting their hair at home, according to research firm Attest. 21% of women are doing the same.

personal physician to Adolf Hitler (1886-1948)

Today, this classic folk song is usually sung as a popular pro-America anthem by Americans of every background. But it was written to have a radical edge that hollered for the country to make its bounty available to rich and poor alike.

When the TVs connect to the internet they’re remotely disabled

The Bajau, of Southeast Asia, have spleens 50 percent larger than normal. This allows them to spend eight hours a day underwater, catching octopus by hand.

secondary education in France

1st century legend about Roman emperor Nero's return from death

Ray Davies racked up an absurd number of frequent-flyer miles on June 3, 1970 just to alter a key phrase in the Kinks' hit single Lola.

There are a number of terms for playing a joke on somebody but one of the most interesting word origins for such schemes is called “joshing.” Its origins

President Abraham Lincoln wasn't the only Abraham Lincoln involved in the Civil War. The Confederates had their own Lincoln, Private Abraham B. Lincoln of Company F in the 1st Virginia Cavalry. What's even stranger is that the two Lincolns were related. According…

intellectual capacity of elephants

On February 14, 1975, a teenage body was found dead in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. He committed suicide by hanging himself with a bed sheet from a persimmon tree. He was about 16 or 17 years old and wore yellow and maroon shirt, blue pants, mismatched socks…

1865 murder of the 16th President of the United States

Muhammad Ali was the greatest in the boxing ring. He went on to be a special humanitarian.

Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that experts say the giant redwoods now outnumber those in their US homeland

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

Airman and tireless space exploration advocate Buzz Aldrin was also the second man to walk on the moon

American mobster of Italian descent

There has yet to be one lower!