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At times, it feels the ADHD brain is never sated — particularly when it comes to common sources of stimulation like video games, sex, and substances. Here's why your brain craves these things — and how it affects your day-to-day behavior.

"There’s one episode we did, it was the first show of the season, and I’m like, I’ve lost it. I don’t know how to do this anymore."

On the Two Kingdom Tour you will visit to rival countries! With 30 wars between us we hold the record. Hear the stories and why we call each other brothers.

In Japan, 98% of adoptions are actually adult men, aged between 20-30 years old — not children.

When did credit scores start and do you start out with a credit score of zero and build from there? Find answers in this article.

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Disney’s Hannah Montana was nearly given a different name, meaning Miley Cyrus would've been known as someone else for years instead, but what was it going to be called?

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General Lee, the iconic car from The Dukes of Hazzard, is much more than a car. Here's everything we didn't know about this 1969 Dodge Charger.

The "Wheat and Barley" pregnancy test described in a recently translated medical text has been practiced for thousands of years

Team based in China develop test that identifies cancers up to four years before signs appear

Christopher Reeve was an American actor, film director, screenwriter and activist best known for portraying Superman in the original 1978 movie (and its three sequels). Reeve became an instant film icon thanks to his classic good looks and superb on-screen…

We know that animals have found ways to get themselves drunk or high by eating certain plants or fermented fruit, but recently, scientists have started studying the self-medication of animals — a branch of science dubbed zoopharmacognosy. This is how we discovered…

Late in the war President Roosevelt opened a new front—and met surprisingly little resistance...

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An air door or air curtain is a device used to prevent air or contaminants from moving from one open space to another. The most common use is a downward-facing blower fan mounted over an entrance to a building, or an opening between two spaces conditioned…

The earliest known recorded mac'n'cheese recipe was scribbled down in 1769

Language acquisition is a natural process in which infants and children develop proficiency in the first language or languages that they are exposed to. The process of language acquisition is varied among deaf children. Deaf children born to deaf parents…