Just 1% of the objects owned by the British Museum are on display at any one time - BBC London investigates the rest.

system of conflict avoidance used in trench warfare in World War I

Physiologic phenomenon

sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt

graffiti poem found at Pompeii

Calabash (/ˈkæləbæʃ/; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young…

nonprofit haunted house attraction in San Diego, USA

languages of a geographic region

Pseudo-scientific communications device

In the movie, the actor reprised his role as Ed from the Emmy-winning AMC series 

Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis

A living legend of the bass guitar, Lee Sklar makes a strong case for his non-functioning toggle switch

Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: /ˈweɪd fʌn niːˈkɛərk/, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-s…

1975 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

The stability–instability paradox is an international relations theory regarding the effect of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction. It states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly…

Campaigners fail in a last-ditch campaign to save Marius the giraffe from being destroyed at Copenhagen Zoo to comply with rules over in-breeding.

secret program of the US to bring German scientists, including former Nazis, into the US to work for the US government

process by which former civilian and military members of Nazi Germany, under Allied Control Council authority, participated in abandonment of Nazi principles

Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional…