Eat your heart out, Lassie! Masha, a long-haired tabby cat, saved the life of a baby abandoned in the streets of Russia — after she climbed into the box he was discarded in and kept him warm,

Impress your traveling companions on your next trip by reading up on the parks' most fascinating facts and behind-the-scenes details.

16 year old Homan Walsh flew a kite across the Niagara Falls from the Canadian side to the American shoreline thus inspiring the idea of the first bridge.

The 20th century's worst dictator, future British politicians and a father later send to a concentration camp by the country he fought for were among those who served during the Battle of the Somme.

The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including…

The Museum of Modern Art made an embarrassing mistake in 1961, when it hung a Henri Matisse cut-out work upside down for 47 days.

2005 crime war film by Andrew Niccol

From Einstein's final speech to Steve Jobs' last moments with his family, these are the parting thoughts of some of the last century's greatest icons.

Marie Skłodowska Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/;French: [kyʁi]; Polish: [kʲiˈri]; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first…

A diver in South Africa survived an experience out of a biblical passage last month when he ended up almost being swallowed by a whale.

The longer you cook something or the higher temperature you cook it, the more the heat will affect the flavor of the food. Overcooking to kill bacteria is a food myth.

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Five of the show's stars took a $100,000-per-episode pay cut to their rich contracts in a show of support for co-stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch, who are holding out for salary parity for the two-season pickup leading through its 12th and expected final…

System of rules concerning the upbringing of the future Queen Victoria

Russia faces embarrassment over its flag planting expedition to the North Pole after claims that state broadcasters borrowed scenes from the movie Titanic to "beef-up" footage.

Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical drama film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions and based upon the 1952 children's book Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who…

Three decades on, the people of Liverpool have not forgotten

Reeves has, again and again, used his star power (and the resulting cash) to amplify the earnings and efforts of others.

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikɵs ɑnˈtoːniɵs ˈɦɑn vɑn ˈmeːɣərə(n)]; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.…

In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.

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