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Simon Monjack's death two months ago was caused by acute pneumonia and severe anemia, according to a Los Angeles County coroner spokesman.

More wine is drunk per person in the Vatican City than in any other country in the world, according to the latest statistics released by the Wine Institute.

The trunk (North American English), boot (British English), dickie (Indian English) (also spelled dickey or dicky) or compartment (South-East Asia) of a car is the vehicle's main storage compartment.

In case you had any doubts about Bill Murray's awesomeness, the actor told a story at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday (which organizers...

Fukushima municipal workers Wednesday planted some 10,000 sunflower seeds in a 6,000-sq.-meter field identified as a radioactive hot spot, in the hope the

At the heart of the problem is the failure by successive governments to cut the cosy ties between Italy's banks and companies.

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The Umbrella Academy is an American comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, was released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007…

The feudal holder of the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, England, has, since the Norman Conquest in 1066, held the manor from the Crown by grand serjeanty of being The Honourable The King's/Queen's Champion. Such person is also the Standard Bearer of…

Look out, Tokyo! On May 31, Godzilla is set to rise from the depths (again) and do battle with some familiar foes in Michael Dougherty's 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters.'

Let's explore willpower -- how it works and how you can get improve your own. Willpower is a combination of courage, mental stamina and determination.

It's not enough that snakes kill us with their venom, crush our ribs, and get us kicked out of Eden. They also have powerful stink secretions that can't be washed off. Learn why there is yet another reason to give snakes a wide berth.

The Luftwaffe's rescue buoy (Rettungsboje) was designed to provide shelter for the pilots or crew of aircraft shot down or forced to make an emergency landing over water.

After getting thrown from a horse, Jamie made sure Christoph would never fall off again.

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"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, over a ground either of the form called a romanesca; or its slight variant, the passamezzo antico; or the passamezzo antico in its verses and the romanesca in its reprise; or of the Andalusian progression…

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Researchers have teased out the aromas associated with a rainstorm and deciphered the olfactory messages they convey

Less than two weeks after the infamous reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, officials decided to risk the lives of three men to potentially save millions of lives. A larger disaster could have spread radioactive fallout across Europe.

Kipp Rusty Walker stabs himself multiple times, dying on stage, as coffeehouse audience thinks it's performance art.

The Lewis chessmen (Norwegian: Lewisbrikkene; Scottish Gaelic: Fir-Tàilisg; Scots: Lewis chesmen) or Uig chessmen, named after the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th-century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which…