To protect themselves from unwanted advances, city women protected themselves with some sharp accessories

Holocaust survivor, author

steel produced prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in the 1940s and 1950s, and so not contaminated with radionuclides

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination

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Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen.

We usually think of woolly mammoths as purely Ice Age creatures. But while most did indeed die out 10,000 years ago, one tiny population endured on isolated Wrangel Island until 1650 BCE. So why did they finally go extinct?

The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (help·info), abbreviated NSDAP), commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party (English: /ˈnɑːtsi, ˈnætsi/), was a far-right political party in Germany…

Jacob French raised more than $100,000 for the Starlight Children's Foundation after walking from Perth to Sydney — in a stormtrooper uniform.

politician and priest from Greece

United States Air Force officer

Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (UK: /xɒˈmeɪni/ khom-AY-nee, US: /xoʊˈ-/ khohm-; Persian: سید روح‌الله موسوی خمینی‎ [ruːholˈlɑːhe xomejˈniː] (listen); 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), also known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian…

building material used in construction during the late Roman Republic

The Home Office is suing ITN for £300,000 after it broadcast close-up footage of a set of cell keys.

Some of the world’s biggest companies are failing in their pledge to stop deforestation by 2020. Don’t let them forget it, says naturalist Chris Packham

Meet the "ray cats."

Given the dual threats of climate change and increased tourism, conservationists are attempting to gather all the data they can before it’s too late.

Actor Nicolas Cage blew his entire $150 million fortune on a string of expensive and often eccentric purchases.

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit, also called a pineapple, and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.…

The force is strong in the Czech Republic.

By the thousands, onetime Latter-day Saints have turned to an immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City for help. They want to resign their church membership without having to interact with a bishop or any other lay leader.