One night at dinner in late 1985, a friend talked about Ethiopia being in a civil war. Neither I nor anyone else at the table had heard that. It hadn't been covered in the American press. This was just six months after the Live Aid concerts in Philadelphia and…

The history of music is as old as humanity itself. Archaeologists have found primitive flutes made of bone and ivory dating back as far as 43,000 years, and

There's a scene in 1984's The Karate Kid that bears repetition—and gets it—in the just-released sequel. Miyagi, the wise old…

It's not only possible, but plausible that Moses' legendary encounter with the ever burning bush, his conversation with Yahweh, and the bestowing of the Torah

A selfie (/ˈsɛlfi/) is a self-portrait type image, typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, Gab, Snapchat and Instagram.

SN 1054 is a supernova that was first observed on 4 July 1054, and remained visible for around two years.
The event was recorded in contemporary Chinese astronomy, and references to it are also found in a later (13th-century) Japanese document, and in a…

At 21, Alex Tew made a $1 million selling pixels on a homepage for $1 apiece -- but his greatest success wouldn't come until years later.

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (French: [lwi lə pʁɛ̃s]; 28 August 1841 – vanished 16 September 1890) was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion picture camera, possibly being the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens…

... and no one knows why.

The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around the teenagers acting as amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterparts. The characters…

A GoPro video with cockpit/radio audio from the beginning of a 2-hour cherry drying flight. Get an insiders look at what it's like to be a cherry drying pilo...

type of chewing gum

French man trains his bees to make “Cannahoney” from marijuana resin.

Background. The location of the original home of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, and the extent of its natural dispersal are not known. Proponents of a South

The Library of Congress published a 111 volume birthday card that was given to America in 1926 – and all of the pages are breathtaking.

Folks in San Diego witnessed either the worst Fourth of July fireworks celebration — or the absolute best — when a technical malfunction caused all of their pyrotechnics to go off at the same time. 

Azerbaijan (UK: /ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn, -ˈʒɑːn/ (listen), US: /ˌɑːzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn, ˌæz-/;Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn]), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası [ɑːzæɾbɑjˈd͡ʒɑn ɾespublikɑˈsɯ]), is a country in the South…

How the fruit got a bad rap from the beginning

The first president of the United States died on December 14th, 1799.

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This is Mischief the White-Necked Raven. These ravens are found throughout eastern and southern Africa, and are common near human habitation.

Like all members of the Corvidae family, ravens are extremely intelligent. They use…