BAP Puno is a Peruvian Navy hospital ship on Lake Titicaca. Until 1976 she was called Yapura.

Kevinism and Chantalism jokingly describe the tendency of parents in German-speaking areas to name their children with what appears to them to be unusual, exotic-sounding first names.

The city has dispensed a sweet settlement to three Brooklyn men who sued the NYPD after cops bizarrely mistook Jolly Rancher candies for crystal meth, the Daily News has learned.

Macaroni and cheese—also called mac and cheese or mac n cheese in American and Canadian English, can sometimes be called macaroni pie in Caribbean English, and macaroni cheese in the United Kingdom—is a dish of English origin, consisting of cooked macaroni…

The Bajau people of Malaysia and the Philippines are renowned for their free-diving abilities, often working eight-hour shifts in search of fish and other sea critters. Underwater sessions can last upwards of two minutes, with accumulated daily totals of…

21st-century American television personality

Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents, and on the sports community.

The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each state in the United States during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.

It wasn’t so long ago that dial-up was normal, but going back to 56K after years of faster connections can be a frustrating experience.

One more reminder that our furry friends are just like us.

Happy Birthday to Isaac Newton (sort of"¦ skip to #5 for the scoop on that)! Although he's been a household name since his time, there's more to Isaac than meets the apple. Here are 10 facts you may not have known about Newton.1. He really did not like his…

Find out if it pays to star in Hallmark Christmas movies.

In 1975, police officers raided a zoo and subsequently fingerprinted the orangutans and chimps and compared them to crime databases.

botanical fruit with fleshy pericarp, containing one or many seeds

What amount to garbage piles — some are 4,000 years old — are spread over an area the size of Britain in a remote Brazilian forest.

The hippies and other counterculture movements weren’t the only groups to experiment with mind-altering substances. Starting in 1953, the Central Intelligence

American criminal, born 1969

pizza variety, usually topped with pineapple pieces and ham

A newlywed couple say having the Queen as a surprise guest at their wedding was "one of the best presents you could wish for".

France will take a radical step towards protecting its dwindling bee population on Saturday by becoming the first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides researchers believe are killing off the insects.

The killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. Killer whales have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. Some feed…