Bengal Famine In India as in Leningrad and Auschwitz and many other locations during the war, starvation claimed millions of victims, turning people into living skeletons before they died. 

Three lions were flown between two reserves in South Africa. Here's the interesting way in which they were transported.

geological anomaly

Lithium in drinking water and crime rates in Japan: cross-sectional study - Volume 6 Issue 6

Entire monologue filled with the late comedian’s jokes

"Come Out and Play" (sometimes subtitled "Keep 'Em Separated") is a 1994 song by the Californian punk rock group the Offspring. It is the seventh track on their third album Smash (1994) and was released as the first single from that album. Written by frontman…

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In the stomach, serotonin regulates digestion, but injected into the skin, it can turn deadly

historical Baseball team

Is the fruit on your citrus tree strange and sour? Are the branches surprisingly thorny? Check for rootstock branches, which can take over an entire tree.

1873 case of the North Carolina Supreme Court

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Henryk Siwiak, a Polish immigrant, died in New York on September 11, 2001. Unlike the thousands who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Tra...

Canadian businessperson

Nancy Tartaglione meets Danny DeVito and Daniel Brühl, actors who have opted to dub themselves for various projects in foreign markets.

Mexican film director

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During the two days of fighting at the Civil War battle of Shiloh (1862) the wounded numbered over 16,000. Many were immobilized in the mud of the rain-soaked fields situated between river and swamp. Their wounds were easily contaminated. And some of these…