Read about Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, and learn how he helped build Kentucky Fried Chicken and Wendy's, two of the most successful franchise systems.

2006 missing persons case of a student in Ohio

From the 1960s to the 1990s, South Africa pursued research into weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Six nuclear weapons were assembled. Before the anticipated changeover to a majority-elected African National…

It's easy to lose track of the news. So at the end of the week, it's good to keep an eye on some of those things which shouldn't go unnoticed.

While the San Andreas Hot Coffee incident rather ridiculously shook the gaming world in 2005, there's been many more surprising discoveries in games that were much less suspect than Grand Theft Auto. This is why today I'm covering 10 other awkward video game…

Mr. Fischer, an obsessive tinkerer, created a wall anchor that’s used by millions and the first synchronized camera flash, an idea that came to him when trying to photograph his newborn daughter.

Commuters in Utrecht may notice a new green tinge to their neighborhood bus stop. Local authorities in the Dutch city have added 316 green-roofed, bee-friendly bus stops to public transit routes. More than 50% of the Netherlands' 358 bee species are endangered;…

Neptune is the planet discovered with mathematics.

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Record books describe the honey badger as the most fearless…

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Genghis Khan (born Temüjin Borjigin,c. 1162 – August 18, 1227), also officially Genghis Emperor, was the founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the second largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came…

Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960, is a variation of the game of chess invented by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer. Fischer announced this new game variation on June 19, 1996, in La Plata, Argentina. Fischer random chess employs the same…

Legion d'honneur recipient

How do elephants mourn? A touching story from Mali illustrates elephants' complex social structures.

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Take a good look at these giraffe nap pics, because you won't often catch a giraffe sleeping. In fact, despite being the tallest animal, giraffes have the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal, sleeping an average of just 30 minutes per day. And when…

What does 4-F mean? 4-F or 4F is a military classification begun in the Civil War to classify men without Four Front teeth to open gunpowder packets.

In The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI, Betty Medsger reveals the long-secret details of the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI, an activist group that raided …

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Ireland has one of the highest percentage of red heads in Europe but did the red hair gene come from the Vikings or the Celts?