A self-taught British trader has been sentenced for his role in a £1tn US stock market crash.

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The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or the Ohio–Michigan War, was a boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo Strip. Control of the mouth of the Maumee…

British brand of chocolate confectionery

The human body is complex. And that can make it hard to know what’s normal and what's a cause for concern — especially when there's not always a clear answer. 

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Nearly 3bn people, or 37% of global population, have never been online despite rise in use during pandemic

American heavy military transport aircraft

George Stanley was pitching his idea for a new Canadian flag even before government was officially looking for one. The New Brunswicker put his red pen to work to explain why the single maple leaf was the perfect flag.

The Defense Department discussed its latest gee-wiz technology: 1,760 Sony PlayStation video gaming consoles, lined together to form a cutting-edge supercomputer.

Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg…

Between 80 and 95% of East Asians have little to none of that typical acidic body odor smell. And it all comes down to a gene mutation. 

charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215

Introduction Imbued by the ideas of the enlightenment, Bourbon modernisers understood that for government to be effective it needed to be underpinned by knowledge. They were following what James C....

Rising global concentrations of environmental micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) drive concerns for human exposure and health outcomes. Applying pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) methods to isolate and quantify MNPs from human samples…

2006 film directed by David R. Ellis

Research institute of plant genetics, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Arnold Schwarzenegger – English & German Arnie fact no. 1: He wanted to dub his own voice for German versions of the Terminator films, but the film studio thought his...

1987 film directed by Mel Brooks

human traits which lost their original function through evolution

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