Almost half of Thailand’s Buddhist monks are obese, a study found. The government has asked devotees to put healthier food in their daily offerings to slim waistlines.

What makes a serial killer commit so many murders? New research explores this, finding some surprising correlations.

An economy drive requiring trainee Royal Navy gunners to shout "bang" instead of firing live shells is condemned.

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Some of the common Japanese phrases have no direct equivalent in English and other languages. Nonetheless, they are very useful when trying to get your point across in Japan. This article introduces a selection of untranslatable Japanese phrases and what…

In the early days of Disneyland, a restaurant named Casa de Fritos invented Doritos by repurposing stale tortillas they bought from a local vendor.

Hack a voice assistant using lasers ! That's what Japanese researchers and the University of Michigan have done well on Alexa, Siri and Google Home assistants

French aristocrat and supporter of the House of Bourbon during the French Revolution

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In 1964 Australian athlete Reg Spiers sent himself from London to Australia in a wooden box - he was transported as freight in the cargo hold of a plane.

Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.

When The Simpsons debuted 25 years ago as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, it was hard to expect that it would become one of the most successful and longest-running franchises in movie and TV history. While The Simpsons spun off [...]

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Tupac wrote a song about it, but they were "pouring one out" as far back as the Old Testament and Ancient Egypt.

During WW2 German soldiers were taking a "medicine" called Pervitin, this stimulant contained pure methamphetamine, which we know today as crystal meth.

"The Wehrmacht found out that Pervitin reduces fear, it reduces your need to sleep, and it makes you…

A portrait of St. Sebastian purchased by the “Sopranos” actor Federico Castelluccio turned out to be the work of an Italian master.

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She was a Hollywood original to the end. Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park…