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A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying, and a person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar. Lies may serve a variety of instrumental…

I was recently asked a reasonable and intelligent question on elephants. One thing led to another, and after a bit of research I discovered the fascinating world of elephant masturbation. If you want to collect sperm from a (captive) elephant, how do you…

Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright yellow war shirts dyed in horse urine rather than the tartan plaid depicted in the film Braveheart, according to new research.

By the end of 2014, America will have been charged about $400 billion by the local phone incumbents, Verizon, AT&T and CenturyLink, for a fiber optic fut...

Part one of a series: from residential schools to the Sixties Scoop, governments set out to undermine Indigenous families.

Villagers in Shitterton have got so fed-up with their sign being stolen they have put up a stone version.

Everybody wants to be happy.  That's why the science of happiness has gained more attention in recent years —researchers have started to produce reports on happiness around the globe, and positive

Rhianna Pratchett (born 30 December 1976) is an English video game writer, and journalist. She has worked on Heavenly Sword (2007), Overlord (2007), Mirror's Edge (2008), and Tomb Raider (2013) and its follow up, Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015), among others.…

The story that mass panic broke out because of an Orson Welles radio show became part of modern folklore. The idea that hysteria swept America on October 30, 1938, when a 62-minute radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds, remained unchallenged for nearly…

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River…

Steven Robert Comisar (born December 30, 1961) is an American convicted con man and extortionist. Comisar was in federal prison and was released April 27, 2018.

A suicide method is any means by which a person completes suicide, purposely ending their life.

Snap Inc. shares fall Thursday after the singer Rihanna basically told the social-media app what it could do with its apology over an offensive ad featuring...

Das Boot (German pronunciation: [das ˈboːt], German: "The Boat") is a 1981 German submarine film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited…

The National Eagle Repository is operated and managed under the Office of Law Enforcement of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge outside of Denver, Colorado. It serves as a central location…

Recently, while looking at the vibrant lights of Hong Kong through a bus window, I noticed for the eleven-millionth time those little dots and that black band running along the edge of the glass. “What are these?” I wondered. So when I got home, I called…

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. It tells the story of a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant.…

The groundbreaking cartoon-live action hybrid was released 30 years ago.

Mark Court hand-paints every pinstriped Rolls-Royce that leaves the factory.

The flag of Jamaica was adopted on 6 August 1962, the original Jamaican Independence Day, the country having gained independence from the British-protected Federation of the West Indies. The flag consists of a gold saltire, which divides the flag into four…