“Why on earth have you got a reinforced steel door in your cellar?” The amazement of a visiting Italian friend is easy to understand. He has never been in the basement of a Swiss home. Cellar? Well, the room is half full of bottles of wine, old books, a freezer…

The rock 'n' roll pioneer spent more than a year at Springfield's Medical Center for Federal Prisoners

Where to try nagashi somen in Tokyo — a quintessential summertime meal — light, thin noodles flow down a bamboo chute with ice-cold water in the outdoors.

The joint Crann – Trees for Ireland and Birr Castle Giants Grove Project at Birr, Co. Offaly is the largest Redwood Forest outside of

From severe injuries to Hollywood A-listers - here's the unlikely story of the ultimate sleeper hit.

Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history.…

former business executive, white-collar criminal and confidence man

Penicillin extracted from a patient's urine could be reused

1999 video game

With 'Ode to a Black Man', bassist Phil Lynott salutes the black icons who comforted him as a child growing up in Dublin.

1964 Short film directed by Werner Herzog

Nikola Tesla (/ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current…

Nature - Daniel Gudbjartsson and colleagues examine how the age and sex of parents influence the rate and spectrum of new (de novo) mutations (DNM). They sequenced the genomes of 14,688 individuals...

American professional wrestler

Defunct brand

American stunt performer and artist (1938-2007)

character in Swedish folklore

Pakistani software company which runs numerous websites selling fake academic degrees

The answer lies with America’s 19th-century farmers.

material; type of glass

Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs…