NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce had to know more when she recently heard this mind-bending fact for the first time: a quarter of all known animal species are beetles. Turns out — it's not just that beetles are incredibly diverse. It's that…

Dee Why /diːˈwaɪ/ is a coastal suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local government area of Northern Beaches Council…

Michelle Wingshan Kwan (born July 7, 1980) is a retired competitive figure skater and diplomat serving as United States Ambassador to Belize. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist (silver in 1998, bronze in 2002), a five-time world champion…

American railroad engineer (1863–1900)

diplomatic relations between North Korea and Romania

unsightly beggar ordinances in the United States

Despite poor vision and a severe lack of thumbs, Hamlet and other pigs could learn to be gamers.

A string of incidents involving ominous-looking watermelons has summer fruit lovers on watch.

British noble (1929-1995)

Farina, who starred as a cop on "Law & Order," died after suffering a blood clot in his lung

4 km deep gold mine in Gauteng province near Johannesburg, South Africa

Deng Xiaoping 1979 visit to US

Papers unearthed by the BBC reveal British and American commanders ensured the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was seen as a "whites only" victory.

Punxsutawney Phil (/ˌpʌŋksəˈtɔːni/) is a groundhog residing in Young Township near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who is the central figure in Punxsutawney's annual Groundhog Day celebration.

German Neo-Nazi and daughter of SS chief Heinrich Himmler (1929-2018)

At the outbreak of World War II, Charles de Gaulle was put in charge of the French Fifth Army's tanks (five scattered battalions, largely equipped with R35 light tanks) in Alsace, and on 12 September 1939, he attacked at Bitche, simultaneously with the Saar…

launch codes for U.S. nuclear weapons

Our drive to the end of the Pan-American Highway in Yaviza, Panama where the Darien Jungle takes over and creates a 60 mile gap in the road.

Louisa Catherine Adams (née Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams.

American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)