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In Norwegian, Texas is used as slang term.

A nodding head in Bulgaria is just the start, as we uncover some of the strangest cultural quirks from across our weird old world.

STONELEIGH, Warwickshire (Reuters) - McDonald’s (MCD.N) said on Monday it is to convert its British delivery fleet to run on biodiesel made largely from its own recycled cooking oil.

The headboard is a piece of furniture that attaches to the head of a bed. Historically, they served to isolate sleepers from drafts and cold in less insulated buildings, and thus were made of wood, which is less thermally conductive than stone or brick. Constructed…

In response to the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, filmmaker Kevin Smith, whose career was launched and propped by the New York-based mogul, is donating all the residuals going forward …

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been involved in Italian politics since the end of World War II. The CIA intervened in the 1948 general election and would go on to provide covert aid until the early 1960s.

Dr Pepper hasn't always just been a soft drinkbeloved by monstrous lizards. In the 1960s, Dr Pepper also marketed itself as a hot holiday beverage. In...

Company will soon begin clinical trials to determine how effective psilocybin is in treating depression.

They were a crucial Soviet asset to winning World War II.

He was nicknamed “The Three Don’t-Knows” because he didn’t know how large his army, treasury, or harem was. He started assigning numbers to his concubines because he couldn’t be bothered to remember their names. He brought his elderly mother along in parades…

See 10 common words and phrases you may be surprised to learn were coined or popularized by U.S. presidents.

A cat burglar dubbed the "Heisei Ninja" who was wanted by police for more than 200 break-ins over the space of nearly nine years in Osaka is believed to have finally been unmasked as a pensioner.

New study pushes back the first liaison by tens of thousands of years

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose accomplishments epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495–98) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) are among the most influential paintings of the Renaissance.…

We all know the frustration of tearing open a huge, tantalizing bag of chips or nachos or Funyons or whatever and realizing the bag's 2/3rds air. Two South Korean college students just proved how empty our snack vessels are, by paddling a raft made of unopened…

20th-century American serial killer

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was among the most famous, enduring, and fondly-remembered children's television shows. Host Fred Rogers used his gentle charm and mannerisms to communicate with his...

German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz

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