Contaminated haemophilia blood products were a serious public health problem in the late 1970s up to 1985.

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889-1977)

Canadian-American actor and comedian

There have been many past tort cases involving questions of whether pools had sufficient lifeguards at a pool to avoid a drowning. The City of New Orleans could face a rather unique tragedy where a…

When foxes nearly wiped out a colony of little penguins, a sheepdog saved the day.

In early September 1930, the Blackfeet Nation of Montana hosted a historic Indian Sign Language Grand Council, gathering leaders of a dozen North American Nations and language groups.

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nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

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Find out why gulls can be seen stamping their feet on the ground to mimic the sound of rain.

A teacher's nightmare

20,000-year-old footprints have been found in Australia, documenting five human hunters that sprinted across what is now New South Wales, Australia.

Over 5,000 mammals inhabit this planet, yet humans are the only life forms with permanent breasts. So why do we have breasts and why are they so big?

The German Jewish chemist Fritz Haber's astonishing career led to millions of lives saved, and millions of lives lost, reports Chris Bowlby.

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (/ˈhɒnəs ˈwæɡnər/; February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955), sometimes referred to as "Hans" Wagner, was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh…

Richard Batista can live with his broken heart. He just can't bear his cheating wife living with his healthy kidney.

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A cycling company that was seeing a high number of its bikes getting damaged during deliveries has seemingly solved the problem by making a simple change: printing a flatscreen television screen on

Few people are aware, but before Anthony Hopkins became an actor, he was a musician. The celebrated thespian studied music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 19

In honor of the presidential election (which is apparently happening soon?), HuffPost College is introducing a recurring series called "President's Korne...

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