Colonel Tom Parker, the mastermind behind Elvis's rise to fame, found a clever way to make money off Elvis fans and non-fans alike.

Great heat will make Earth uninhabitable in 3bn years, say scientists, and journey to balmy Mars may be best escape route

English pirate

Velociraptor (/vɪˈlɒsɪræptər/; meaning "swift seizer" in Latin) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the latter part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although…

The Pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who had enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues…

Finnish soldier

male given name

Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources If you are wandering through the forests of Japan and happen across a beast t…

There’s speculation the US confectionery giant Hershey plans to bid for Cadbury. But is there a transatlantic sweet tooth divide, and might we end up with more “American-tasting” chocolate?

American voice actor

"Gimme Shelter" is the opening track to the 1969 album Let It Bleed by the Rolling Stones. Greil Marcus, writing in Rolling Stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has "never done anything better".

This is a list of the highest-grossing media franchises. This includes media franchises that started as a book, film, video game, comic book, animated film or television series and have expanded to other forms of media.
For each franchise listed below the…

Listen to this post Psychologists believe that passing through a doorway and entering a different room creates a ‘mental block’ in the brain, which means that walking through open [...]

The Dead Sea Scrolls (also Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert, near Ein Feshkha on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Scholarly consensus dates these scrolls from the last three…

Matabele ants nurse each other back to health after battle with a surprisingly high success rate, a new study finds.

Japanese arcade/gambling game

Regulators have allowed banks to buy companies that trade in commodities, resulting in huge profits for the banks and higher prices for consumers.

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: violent movements, uncontrolled…

Some children died as runaways and were found frozen to death in snowy fields; others who tried to escape their abusers drowned

Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and impressionist. He was a featured cast member on the sketch comedy series Mad TV and has had an extensive voice acting career, with roles in animated series including Justice…