In addition to providing a spectacular light show, and scaring us to death, lightning also helps fertilize the soil.

Years after the end of the series, Harry Potter still fascinates fans around the world. Here's the behind-the-scenes Harry Potter drama you missed.

Star Citizen has been in development since 2011 and has had fist fulls of crowdfunding cash since 2013. So why are they still getting money?

1980 film by David Lynch

Therapist Glynis Sherwood MEd provides the family scapegoats guide to healing from narcissistic abuse for children of narcissistic parents.

The history of the British national debt can be traced back to the reign of William III, who engaged a syndicate of City traders and merchants to offer for sale an issue of government debt, which evolved into the Bank of England. In 1815, at the end of the…

American politician

SpongeBob SquarePants, the Nickelodeon cartoon character who works as a fry cook at the bottom of the sea, corrupts the young minds of children and promotes hooligan behavior, according to Kazakhstan'

oldest cat ever recorded

The Siege of Weinsberg took place in Weinsberg, in the modern state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire. The siege was a decisive battle between two dynasties, the Welfs and the Hohenstaufen. The Welfs for the first…

Castlevania held many more secrets than just chicken legs in the walls...Here are 5 things you never knew about Castlevania.

Early telephony had a significant hand in shaping the way we interact with — and view — our modern AI tools. How? It all dates back to Emma Nutt.

American artist

Prisoners in a small German city are being served cheeseburgers in place of their usual fare after a food contract deal fell through. They can order items up to a value of 4 euros.

Proceed direct to National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The 1980 movie, "Airplane!" is one of 25 films judged to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant and therefore added to the Film Registry in 2010. The spoof of 1957's…

Lions and tigers and bears are increasingly becoming night owls because of us, a new study says.

"The Lost Battalion" refers to the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry (36th Infantry Division, originally Texas National Guard), which was surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains on 24 October 1944.

Soundaktor (German for "sound actuator") is a vehicle audio system used to simulate engine noise in the cabin of some Volkswagen automobiles. It consists of a speaker mounted on the firewall between the engine and the cabin, which adds noise to the cabin…

Since 2009, rough sleeping in the UK has increased by 169%, with one in 200 people reported to be homeless. Yet this isn’t a problem limited to the UK. Across Europe, numbers of rough sleepers are on the increase. Yet in the same timeframe, Finland has seen…