Originally published in the Guardian on 8 December 1969: Four young men had died violently by the time the concert ended last night. The Red Cross, however, reported four births at the raceway

Something that has always intrigued me about Abraham Lincoln is, not surprisingly, his sense of humor. As far as I can tell, he’s the first American President to have one.

It was a matter of practicality—but also of looking good.

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Stephen Hawking pushed off of this mortal coil last week, but the world-famous physicist was pondering some of humanity’s most puzzling questions right up until the end. Hawking spent decades…

Jefferson believed mastodons roamed the Wild West, and he brought their bones to the White House. This is why.

The kerfuffle over Kim Kardashian's drug-promoting Instagram selfie is nothing new: As long as the FDA has existed, it's had to figure out how to regulate drug advertisements in new forms of communication technology.

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Dogs communicate with specific facial expressions when their owners are looking at them, according to a new study, and not just because they want a treat.

attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust; exploites characteristics of the human psyche, such as credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, irresponsibility, and greed

Ads by the chicken lobby may convince people to eat a bit more chicken, but an avalanche of Tony the Tiger ads can get tens of thousands of children to eat Frosted Flakes every morning for years.

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Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found.

Some people are just plain unlucky.

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Small, circular or square seals dipped in red ink are used instead of a signature on many documents in Japan, ranging from simple delivery slips to official forms such as bank applications and marriage registrations.

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History can teach us a lot about the present, because it can show us analogies from what happened in the past. Human nature stays the same throughout the ages and similar conditions can give rise t…

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The Central American country avoided using fossil fuels to generate 98.56 percent of its electricity in 2018.