The fact that some pirates wore eye patches most likely had nothing to do with a missing eye, and everything to do with being able to see—specifically, above decks and below them.

When the black chief-in-waiting of one of Botswana’s most powerful tribes married a white British clerk, they faced uproar and exile in an apartheid-era world.

The pulsar PSR J1748-2446 is the universe's fastest-spinning object and the most extreme example of a neutron star known.

Shabani (Japanese: シャバーニ, romanized: Shabāni) is a male western lowland gorilla, who was born at the Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands, raised in Australia, and currently resides at the Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan. He gained publicity in 2007…

Canada recently slapped a tariff on U.S. exports of ketchup, and the EU plans to do the same. But is the condiment all that American?

California sea otters are a threatened species, and one of the things that kills them comes from cats on land.

32nd US President's physical disability

act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country

American coma patient

After you have had the misfortune of bailing someone out of jail there is going to come a time where you wonder whether or not you are going to get your

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a…

Excerpted from Taylor Branch's The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA, published by Byliner and newly relevant today as Northwestern football players seeking to unionize argue before the National Labor Relations Board that they are employees…

Keith Cutler was told he would have to sit as a juror despite being the judge presiding over the case.

individual whale which has been detected calling at 52 Hz, far above the normal whale vocal range

This is what happens when you give Elton John a Oven Manual. I take no credit I just wanted to share with every one else.

Summer in Japan means heat and humidity -- enough such that people will try to cool down by any means necessary, including enjoying a few hair-raising ghost stories. From haunted houses to horror films, there are plenty of ways to get goosebumps in Japan…

1631 printing of the King James Bible by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, which mistakenly contained "Thou shalt commit adultery" instead of "[…] shalt not […]" (Exod. 20:14)

The Frighteners is a 1996 horror comedy film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with his partner, Fran Walsh. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey. The…

Once trendy, now kitsch, the fuzzy dice, like the popped collar or razor scooters, will be one of those bizarre trends that we'll have a tough difficult time explaining to our kids. Either way, it’s a fun little piece of automobile history.

US animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, running from 1987 to 1996

One man could cause a budget crisis in New Jersey — by moving out of the state. Billionaire David Tepper has moved from New Jersey to Florida, and the loss of his income tax could leave a $140