A new set of maps charts the world’s oldest companies—and exposes the ways many of them relied on slave labor.

2019 brought with it widespread incidence of influenza across the United States, with the majority of states reporting regional or widespread flu activity.

There have been reports of people diagnosed with H1N1 influenza, the strain identified in the pandemic…

There are more than 100 different “Newcastles” or New Castles” around the globe, in many different countries and in many different languages. The idea of linking towns and cities …

by Bill Benzon The idea has been around since 1793 when Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote an essay “A Plan of a Peace-Office for the United States.” Rush was a Philadelphia physician, the founder of Dickinson College, the father of American psychiatry, an abolitionist…

Sure, his coloring makes him look good against a red background, but it turns out that in the early days of firefighting, the Dalmatian served an important

Decked out in special boots to protect his feet from the scorched ground, Bear has been searching for koala...

At one point dubbed "Public Enemy No. 1," Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was best known for his constant run-ins with police and violent bank robberies.

Anyone who owned an original Xbox remembers the first time they were alone in the room with the console while it was sitting on the dashboard doing nothing. The silence of whatever you […]

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In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel

We all know about his kite-flyin’, library-establishin’, Declaration-signin’, newspaper-printin’, lady-killin’ ways. But let’s celebrate some of the Founding Father's lesser-known but very cool contributions to society, on what would be his 312th birthday.

Doctors Begin to Study The Blue Fugates In the late 1950s, a hematologist named Martin Cawein from the University of Kentucky was fascinated by the stories of the blue Fugate family. In 1960, he decided to move near Troublesome Creek in the hopes to meet…

"Deport Justin Bieber and Revoke His Green Card" received almost 275,000 signatures after the singer's January arrest in Miami for DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.

He was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly.

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"The Soup Nazi" is the 116th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was the sixth episode of the seventh season. It first aired in the United States on November 2, 1995.

The curious case of a woman who can smell Parkinson’s reminds us our noses are our first defense against illness.

It is well known that dogs boast an incredible sense of smell, but new research has uncovered another way our four-legged friends use their famous noses to find their way around. Scientists have discovered what they describe as an "entirely new sense" in…

While serving as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan, Andy Grant lost his leg after standing on a mine.