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We finally have an English translation of the opening lines from 'The Circle of Life'

A woman whose neighbor asked her to store a box of “sex toys” later discovered a decapitated human head decomposing inside it. The shocked Spanish woman reportedly suffered a panic attack after

The man's wife had told him that $5 for orange juice was "too expensive" when it was on sale for $2.50 somewhere else.

In Molly Bloom’s high roller poker games, Tobey Maguire was a big jerk, Leonardo DiCaprio wore giant headphones, and Alex Rodriguez just liked to watch

A federal agency's inspector general can best be compared to a detective: The criminal commits the crime first, and investiga...

Bomb-sniffing rats could save thousands around the world from death and dismemberment every year. APOPO, a Belgian NGO that has been training giant African pouched rats to detect landmines, thinks it can make this dream a reality. In operation since 1997…

spiral galaxy in the Local Group containing the Solar System

Deer Avenger is a series of video games about a deer who hunts humans. It was developed by Simon & Schuster Interactive and Hypnotix. It is a parody of the Deer Hunter series of games.

Most US presidents send their children to private schools.

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan. They were rescheduled for Helsinki, Finland, to be held from July 20 to August 4, 1940…

Mary Mallon’s asymptomatic spreading of typhoid fever is a cautionary tale about the importance of washing your hands.

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Customs officials in Bulgaria find two million critically endangered baby eels hidden in the luggage of two Chinese men.

Bird rediscovered after four-year absence in California but original owner lets parrot stay with adoptive family

To scientists' delight, the incredible appendage from 99 million years ago is covered in feathers.

We think we know everything about the world but the reality is something else. The world is full of mystery and secrecy. There are still a lot of wonders present on the earth which are still a mystery. One such mystery place is Longyou Grottoes. These grottoes…

There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations? It's about money, about union rules, and about the thirty-mile zone -- or as it's otherwise known…

The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It is thought to have been built to serve as the tomb of the fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure.

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