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It is a common belief that you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. Almost everyone has heard this recommendation at some point although if you were to ask someone why you need to drink this

The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is…

The British expat had just moved to the U.S.; she’d never had to write a check in London or during her seven years in Switzerland.

From altered voices to "infrasound," these audio tricks spook and unsettle.

official mascot of the Michelin tyre company

2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses

(non-Flash version) Browse a time line tracing the history of the Parthenon from antiquity to the present day.

The former president took over the 34th-floor Fox Plaza office space after the Bruce Willis action movie wrapped.

See why it’s called “the most glorious memory box.”

The actor was offered a role in Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning film but declined due to differences in "creative direction."

rocket interceptor developed by Messerschmitt late in World War II

Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長, 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu. Other names include Philip Francis Faxicura…

Clint Eastwood is forever associated with the archetypal Hollywood cowboy. Which is exactly what makes his allergy so surprising.

1944-1945 Japanese military unit type formed to perform suicidal air strikes

red, gold, green and black

first recorded same-sex marriage in Spain

Russian wrestler Besik Kudukhov, who died in a car crash in 2013, will not be stripped of his Olympic medal despite failing a drugs test.

evolution of a Pokémon species

Impersonated French peasant