In 1933, Arkansas went “plain, flat broke.” The fallout — on roads, spending and image — lasted for decades.

The Far Side was a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealistic humor is often…

Some tarantulas and frogs seem to have an interesting relationship – the unlikely pair sometimes co-exist in shared living arrangements. Measuring hardly more than half an inch in length, microhylids might seem like a pretty insignificant family of frogs.…

NASA officials discuss Juno's arrival at Jupiter

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Study the rise of Rome in our online course discussing the origins, geography, and history of Rome. You will learn about Julius Caesar, Rome's conflicts with Gr

Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances…

The language of 16th-century falconry entered the colloquial thanks in part to one amateur falconer: William Shakespeare.

Cats have a weird love-hate relationship with water. Most cats can’t stand water, but there are a few exceptions.

How a triple infanticide in Germany shed light on an elusive cold-water predator.

Cat reportedly pawed its way into parents' bedroom and woke them up, saving them from burning home

In this article, we focus on how Procter & Gamble is using high performance computing to create some common, everyday supermarket products. Tom Lange, a 27-year veteran of the company, tells us how P&G models products, processes and production systems for…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Is it a coincidence that China’s most-watched stock index fell 64.89 points on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, crackdown on student-led democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square?

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Gump & Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel Forrest Gump (1986), and the Academy Award-winning film of the same name released in 1994, with Tom Hanks. It was written to chronicle Forrest's life throughout…

Benjamin Lay (1682 – February 8, 1759) was an Anglo-American Quaker humanitarian and abolitionist. He is best known for his early and strident anti-slavery activities which would culminate in dramatic protests. He was also an author, farmer, and early vegetarian.

Mark Powell, Sales Director for Rolls-Royce Tampa Bay demonstrates the latest anti-theft technology on every new Rolls-Royce.

During the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev and JFK wrote to one another regularly, and even exchanged gifts. One from Khrushchev was a dog, called Pushinka.

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Did Disneyland's dress code once prohibit the admission of long-haired males?

Members of the question-and-answer site Quora submitted their picks for the smartest moves in business. Here are three to study.