WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may not be much of a surprise, but mermaids aren’t real. No less an authority than the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has debunked the existence of the legendary half-woman, half-fish creatures.

The Mỹ Lai Massacre (/ˌmiːˈlaɪ/; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] (listen)) was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam, on 16 March 1968. Between 347 and 504 unarmed…

Most people are familiar with honey bees and bumblebees, but look closely and there are smaller furry bees moving from flower to flower. Ryan Clark gives this concise guide to solitary bees...

The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become…

Childbirth is openly discussed in today's society. Images of pregnant women appear in magazines and women giving birth can be seen on television and in movies. Yet during the medieval period, childbirth was deemed a private affair. Giving birth in the middle…

Coordinates: 37°4′55″N 22°25′25″E / 37.08194°N 22.42361°E / 37.08194; 22.42361

April 15 is the day when the five largest tobacco companies pay US$9 billion dollars to state governments, each and every year, forever.

Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was Pope from 7 May 1342 to his death in 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he granted…

Hollywood producers didn't think Stallone could carry the role he wrote.

Donnie is a Doberman Pinscher dog who came to the attention of science due to his penchant for arranging his plush toys in geometric forms. His owner rescued him from an animal shelter, and at first he was slow to learn, and very reluctant to interact socially…

Learn more about birdhouses and which birds prefer to use them.

237 votes and 23 comments so far on Reddit

The invention of the tea bag in the twentieth century was a development that would radically change our tea-drinking habits forever.

Kissinger convinced the military to stand down from the order until Nixon was sober.

A photographer documents scenes from Territorio De Zaguates, a converted farm in the Santa Bárbara mountains that's giving abandoned dogs a second chance

Gunpei Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 軍平, Hepburn: Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997), sometimes transliterated Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, best known as creator of the Game & Watch handheld…

The only two men in Britain called Geraint Woolford ended up in neighbouring beds in the same hospital - and discovered that they were both retired policemen who had worked for the same force.

The Greensboro massacre is the term for an event which took place on November 3, 1979, when members of the Communist Workers' Party and others demonstrated in a "Death to the Klan" march in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The CWP, which advocated…

Frequent flyers who complain about the in-flight entertainment probably haven't had to contend with unwarranted airplane karaoke. Passengers on board an American Airlines flight made an unscheduled st...

Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian nationalist, diplomat, and politician, described by some as the second most powerful man in India, after his ally, 1st Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.

331 votes and 32 comments so far on Reddit