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Honiton celebrates 800 years since it was granted a royal charter to host a weekly market.

Horses killed more people in Australia in recent years than venomous animals combined, data shows.

Blue raspberry definitely isn't found in nature. So... what is it? We look at its very bizarre history.

17th century expulsion of Moriscos from Spain

When Pete Absolon, the Rocky Mountain director of NOLS, set out for a climb in Wyoming's Wind River Range, life couldn't have been better. A deadly mistake by another man ended it all in an instant—and started a nightmare that's never going to stop.

In the week that Elton John hit the headlines for his foul-mouthed tirades on Radio 1, Ian Gittins says this punk's not dead.

“Standards; the international language of commerce, are the essential means of developing global ma...

Amanda Holpuch: Swift and contest sponsors remove Horace Mann school from a contest to have the singer perform at any institution in the US

Believe it or not, Peter Dinklage is older than Warwick Davis.

The loss of habitat and over-hunting by a rapidly growing human population led to their complete extinction by the 1920s.

1943 mass execution of Italian soldiers

Understanding the differences between coroners, medical examiners and forensic pathologist provides clues to the rising number of autopsy mistakes across the U.S.

Interview by: April Christiansen

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander…

The storied performer honed his craft as a teenage drag queen in vaudeville revues

Termites have existed on Earth for an estimated 150 million years, so it's  little wonder that they have spread to every landmass except Antarctica. Commonly confused with ants, they are actually

A sluggard waker was an 18th-century job undertaken by a parishioner (usually the parish clerk), in British churches. The sole task of the sluggard waker was to watch the congregation during the services and tap anyone who appeared to be falling asleep sharply…