The custom began in the years around the Civil War

current events debate television program that aired from 1982 to 2005 on CNN

The name Cobra Commander refers to several versions of the same character. For a list of the other versions, see Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander is a Cobra character in the A Real American Hero...

American child trafficker

speech and short book by Smedley D. Butler

For centuries military dogs have played important roles on the battlefield.

early television

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported.

When her husband was killed in WW2, she sold all their belongings, bought a tank, named it Fighting Girlfriend, and started killing Nazis.

American writer and researcher

Maker of Insulin in Shanghai ghetto

Australia's indigenous peoples have long observed "firehawks" spreading wildfires throughout the country's tropical savannas.

One of the eeriest and long-standing reminders of Hurricane Katrina is an abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans East. Here are 22 creepy photos that illustrate what the park looks like almost 13 years after the storm.

Hemigrapsus estellinensis is an extinct species of crab, formerly endemic to the Texas Panhandle. It was discovered by Gordon C. Creel in 1962 and was probably already extinct before his denoscription was published in 1964, after the Estelline Salt Springs…

Background: Going without sleep for long periods of time can produce a range of experiences, including perceptual distortions and hallucinations. Many questions, however, remain unanswered regarding the types of symptoms which are most reliably elicited,…

In a wide-ranging interview with Playboy, Krasinski opened up to the magazine about saving a woman's life while he was living in Costa Rica as a teenager.

As Alex Witchel reports, its patina—equal parts garlic and glamour—endures well into its next century.

Police departments across the country use inexpensive field tests to quickly screen for drugs. But the kits create a lot of room for error — with troubling consequences.

Light-gathering macromolecules in plant cells transfer energy by taking advantage of molecular vibrations whose physical denoscriptions have no equivalents in classical physics, according to the first unambiguous ...

American actor and professional wrestler

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on January 23, 1899 in New York City. He was the son of a noted Manhattan surgeon. His mother was was a popular illustrator. Humphrey probably learned chess in 1912. His father taught him chess during their stay at their…