The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French…

Acorns are a favourite dish of many woodland creatures, but did you know humans can eat them too? Here are some great recipes and more acorn facts.

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Women are more likely to wait longer for a health diagnosis and to be told it’s ‘all in their heads’. That can be lethal: diagnostic errors cause 40,000-80,000 deaths in the US alone.

Why do we still use a 12-hour clock, instead of a 24-hour one? And what does a.m. and p.m. mean, anyway?

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Millions of Americans drive their cars safely each day, but the fact of the matter is that deadly accidents do occur regularly — and they happen more often in some cars than others. ValuePenguin analyzed fatal crash data from the National Highway Traffic…

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The Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code during World War 2. Here are some important facts to know about the Code Talkers.

It finally feels like fall. Apple of my eye: Savor the Fall flavor with these apple-based recipes. By Donna Zitter Bordelon Gloating? A sudden exclamation of surprise for good fortune? “How do you like them apples” is an expression that supposedly originated…

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Human genetic disease that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding

Proper potato storage is essential to your family's health this winter.

After surviving a massacre in a Guatemalan village nearly 40 years ago, Ramiro Cristales eventually set off on a long, meandering quest for justice. It took him to a secret life in Canada and back to Guatemala again, but now that lifelong pursuit is at risk…

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Australia has a stunt double in Mad Max: Fury Road and it's home to some of the most incredible scenery in the world.

Was Freddie Mercury's magnificent voice aided by a genetic defect?

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In the 1920s and '30s, ticket-a-dance halls were full of "nickel-hoppers" and "fish."