American business magnate and philanthropist

stolen aircraft incident at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

The G-spot - the mysterious female erogenous zone - may not actually exist, says new research. But has the quest to find it helped or hindered womankind?

A team of researchers working in the Netherlands has apparently found cultivars that might eventually replace Cavendish

Expand your vocabulary, as well as your Yule-hole, with these words for food-lovers.

When the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were unearthed from under volcanic ash at the foothills of Mount Vesuvius, in the m...

The hominids are depicted as degenerate and slouching because the first Neanderthal skeleton found happened to be arthritic.

"Billie Jean" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. The track was released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983 as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson, who produced it with Quincy Jones.

In the 1970s the average can of soda weighed about six ounces. Nowadays you can buy one weighing 32 ounces or more from 7-11s and other convenience stores. The reason for this dramatic increase can…

    The average human retina has five million cone receptors on it. Since the cones are responsible for colour vision, you might suppose that this equates to a five megapixel equivilant for the human eye. But there are also a hundred million rods that detect…

The term 65 Roses has helped children understand cystic fibrosis for decades. Learn more about the story behind the now-trademarked nickname.

1995 film by Ron Howard

The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States

Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos means "whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to Heaven and down to Hell."

The L.A. County library system is ending fines for young readers to boost book lending, especially among those from low-income families.

Confederate Army general

American corporate mascot

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inventor of the quick release socket wrench

Canadian ice hockey centre

A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why.