The idea for YouTube grew from two (very) different events: Janet Jackson’s “nipplegate” at the 2004 Super Bowl and the tsunami in Asia that same year.

The Rock 'n' roll legend changed the world of music, but he has another important legacy that's less well-known — without his assistance, the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor might not exist.

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Sylvester Stallone reminisced about owning just two pairs of pants and hole-filled shoes when he started out in Hollywood.

Our gold vaults hold around 400,000 bars of gold, worth over £100 billion.

Canadian psychologist Peter Suedfeld is studying stress in the world's harshest environment

John Carpenter is an American game show contestant and IRS agent. He is best known for becoming the first top prize winner on the United States version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight were feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The…

The average male height in the Netherlands has gained 20cm in the last 150 years.

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The Internet loves him, and Queen Elizabeth II does, too . . . he's known as smart, alert, and affectionate. Who are we talking about? The Pembroke We

Fred Rogers, who was born 90 years ago today, remains an icon of kindness for the ages.

Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

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Roman bridges, built by ancient Romans, were the first large and lasting bridges built. Roman bridges were built with stone and had the arch as the basic structure (see arch bridge). Most utilized concrete as well, which the Romans were the first to use for…

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001)

The apples John Chapman brought to the frontier were very different than today's apples—and they weren't meant to be eaten

There has been a lot of talk about trees since the beginning of the new millennium. Discussions on their importance to human survival by aiding the maintenance of livable atmospheric conditions, [...]

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German diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations