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History's greatest hoaxes are proof that tith effort and a little luck, you can fool a lot of the people, all of the time.

This city has long called itself America's Finest. But after April Fools' Day, it may become known as America's Most Gullible.

Meet the blue carpenter bee Xylocopa violacea.

Chances are, if you picked up a cartridge of expired Polaroid film, when you put it in the camera, nothing happened. But you spent way too much on that little cartridge to just let it sit there dea…

How a chicken farmer, a pair of princesses, and 27 imaginary spies helped the allies win World War II.

The beverage maker and the fast-food chain have had close ties since 1955, to the point where Coca-Cola even has a McDonald’s division.

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The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: Mongolyn Ezent Güren listen (help·info); Mongolian Cyrillic: Монголын эзэнт гүрэн; Mongolian pronunciation: [mɔŋɡ(ɔ)ɮˈiːŋ ɛt͡sˈɛnt ˈɡurəŋ]; also Орда, 'the Horde' in Russian chronicles) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries…

More than half of pilots have fallen asleep on the flight deck, according to a survey by pilots’ union Balpa.

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Visa requirements for Japanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Japan.

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Adaptation is the name of the game when you live thousands of feet below the water's surface. See how these deep-sea denizens make the most of their deep, dark home.

tendency for species of invertebrates and other deep-sea-dwelling animals to display a larger size than their shallower-water relatives

When we first come across Cambridge in written records, it was already a considerable town. The bridge across the River Cam or Granta, from which the town took its name, had existed since at least

bowel movement by Piero Manzoni

American ornithologist and inspiration for the name of the fictional spy

Did you know that at the time of the First World War, the rulers of the world’s three greatest nations – King George V of Great Britain and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia on the one hand, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany on the other – were first cousins? Their…

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When slavery was legal, its proponents often justified it with the Bible; specifically, a verse that tells servants to obey their masters. There were also a lot