All Michael Jordan wanted to wear was adidas in the NBA. Although he wore Converse at North Carolina, because his coach Dean Smith was getting paid about $10,000 a year to put the brand on his players, the German make was his dream.

Mount Everest (Nepali: Sagarmatha सगरमाथा; Tibetan: Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: Zhumulangma 珠穆朗玛) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal (Province…

The French government is not messing around.

The Fighting Whites (alternatively identified as Fightin' Whites, Fighting Whities, or Fightin' Whities) were an intramural basketball team formed at the University of Northern Colorado in 2002 and named in response to the Native American mascot controversy.

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The Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. CNN takes a closer look at one of the most important cultural institutions of our time.

Ever since humans discovered the many, powerful uses of herbs and spices, they’ve been fascinated by their smells, their tastes and their medicinal purposes. What many people fail to realize, is that the simple herbs and spices that are growing in their gardens…

For many restaurant chains, a location at the Atlanta airport is a cash machine that can become the highest-grossing outlet in the entire operation.

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"If you ever want someone to confess to murder, just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes."

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One of the most successful marketing campaigns in cocktail history combined three seemingly hopeless endeavors into one of the most popular drinks of the 1950s and early 1960s.

A seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.

Bilinguals who acquire both languages by the age of six use both hemispheres in both languages.

For some time now, we have known the basic outline of the story of “dude.” The word was first used in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions.

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"Hi there, Neighbor," as was the frequent greeting from beloved children's show host Fred Rogers on his long running PBS show Mister…