“I’d like people to understand that hearing is not only for ears.”

There’s just something about a dollar.  A buck.  Greenback.  Ace.  Single.  One-Spot. It’s both a symbol of frugality and a symbol of power. On…

The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American…

Beauty Revealed is an 1828 self-portrait by the American artist Sarah Goodridge, painted in miniature with watercolors on a piece of ivory. Depicting the artist's bared breasts surrounded by pale cloth, the 6.7-by-8-centimetre (2.6 by 3.1 in) painting – originally…

Just when you thought you had a handle on all the intricacies of modern, eco-friendly burials, a new post-mortem option has emerged. After creating a stir...

Botanist Robert Fortune traveled to China and stole trade secrets of the tea industry, discovering a fraud in the process

James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, voice actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets (1955–) and Fraggle Rock (1983–1987). He…

Kim Jong-nam (Hangul: 김정남; Hanja: 金正男, Korean: [kim.dzʌŋ.nam]; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. He was thought to have fallen…

A woman on a visit to Iceland has managed to add new twist to the concept of "self-discovery" after taking part in a major mountain search operation for a lost tourist before admitting to police that

Apple’s quest to make its laptops ultra slim and ultra light have led to the company increasingly soldering upgradable parts into the guts of its notebook computers.

Editor’s Note: This post has updated to clarify a sentence about the gender of the ancient writer.   “It’s me!” they’d say, and they’d leave a sign. Leave it on the cave wall. Maybe as a prayer, maybe a graffito, we don’t know. This was 30,000 years ago.…

Eremina desertorum (formerly Helix desertorum) is a species of land snails in the genus Eremina.

The life of a movie star becomes increasingly unglamorous when you start looking more closely at what is required by each role. 

Actor Morgan Freeman provides the voice for an AI assistant created by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

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Jack Black is the latest name to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But what does it take to get your own star?

Sir Martin Frobisher (/ˈfroʊbɪʃər/; c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before…

One would imagine that sneaking around in the forest, trying to inconspicuously hunt prey, would be quite difficult with a bright, striped orange coat. Which is exactly what a tiger has. So how do they managed to blend in enough to get anywhere near their…

Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. (born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut…

Security Officer Peña was a former employee identified as a Venezuelan immigrant in episode commentaries at the office building where Family Guy and American Dad! were produced. Security officer...

The former president's surgery took place at a private hospital in Dallas, which had some people wondering: What benefits do former presidents receive? How about members of Congress after they leave office?