Banggwijaengi myeoneuri (방귀쟁이 며느리 The Farting Daughter-in-law) is an orally transmitted Korean folk tale.

As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford is a unique and historic institution. There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students…

Thousands were shocked by the revelation that the pouches have an important function.

Its broad stripes and bright stars are up for debate. Classic American lore would have us believe that Betsy Ross made the first U.S. flag, but some historians dismiss this as just a tale.

The calf muscle is often considered the second heart because it plays a role within the circulatory system that is similar to the heart. One pump of the heart exerts enough power to send blood throughout the body, reaching the lower extremities in just seconds.…

Escape artist

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[...] In 1967, at the age of 66, jazz master Louis Armstrong recorded a song titled, “What A Wonderful World.” Armstrong’s very poignant, gravelly-voiced version of this song – brimming with his ebullient character and optimism – is regarded as a classic...…

Mid-air collision

As if we didn't already love Morgan Freeman enough, now he's saving the bees at his massive Southern ranch in Mississippi.

Indonesian politician

A New York City man dodged the threat of a 20-year kiddie-porn prison sentence — all thanks to the kindness of a porn star. Carlos Simon-Timmerman, a pizza-delivery guy from Brooklyn, was put on

EXCLUSIVE: Joey Cramer was on the verge of global superstardom when Disney's Flight of the Navigator was released in 1986, but chose to hit pause on his acting career. His life certainly hasn't lacked drama, though

1912 film

class of sports in which a player rolls a bowling ball towards a target

In January 1942 — a mere month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the establishment of the War Production Board.

removal of nitrogenous waste and toxins from the body in place of or to augment the kidney

Karl Urban was a secret stormtrooper.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, resistance by Polish Jews under Nazi occupation in 1943 to the deportations from Warsaw to the Treblinka extermination camp. The revolt began on April 19, 1943. While the Germans had planned to liquidate the ghetto in three days, the…