Dutch communist resistance fighter and martyr

New book reveals band's style was influenced by Swedish laws that allowed cost of outfits to be deducted against tax

English philosopher

Rumor: Wedding guests should refrain from throwing rice at newly-wedded couples because the rice kills birds who eat it.

Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel has blamed Jewish groups for a letter bomb that was sent to his home here. The 56-year-old German immigrant received on May 15 a 6-pound homemade pipe bomb filled with nails. Zundel became suspicious because the parcel, camouflaged…

We think of the Stone Age as something that early humans lived through. But we are not the only species that has invented it

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Following his arrival in London, Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of U.S. forces in Europe. Although Eisenhower had never seen combat during his

We chronicle various cases of contest participants suing after receiving 'gag' prizes rather than the valuable merchandise they thought they'd won.

trio of British comedians known for the TV series of the same name

Searsville Dam is a masonry dam in San Mateo County, California that was completed in 1892, one year after the founding of Stanford University, and impounds Corte Madera Creek (in the San Francisquito Creek watershed) to form a reservoir known as Searsville…

The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam. Admired for its cleanliness as well as for being loved by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the cat is considered "the quintessential pet" by Muslims.

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Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.

Though there is only one diagnosis, people with narcissistic personality disorder can behave very differently.

Amazon is using a clever trick to make sure your Echo doesn’t accidentally turn on during the company’s Alexa Super Bowl ad on Sunday night

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor, has admitted being drunk while filming "Harry Potter" scenes as his drinking spiralled out of control.

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more manoeuvrable than birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane…

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