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Spam is a much-loved luxury item in South Korea, and its origins can be traced back to the country's wartime history, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.

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genus of plants

Human body lice, rather than rat fleas, spread plague during the Black Death, a study simulating the outbreak suggests.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz/; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and previously as 37th vice president…

When Kade Lovell noticed there were no other kids on the course, he realized he made a mistake—but he wanted to finish the race.

agricultural industry in the United States

High beams, lower battery, on, off, play, pause, risk of electric shock and fragile: handle with care — what do these have in common? Most of the symbols you see on appliances, automobiles and other gadgets made since the mid-1970s can be traced back to a…

English video game designer and game programmer

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After astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson criticized an incorrect star field in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic," the director tweaked the scene for the film's upcoming re-release.

The "clinking" of glasses originated in the medieval days when wine was often spiked with poison as the sediment concealed it quite well. If a host wanted to prove that the wine wasn't poisoned, he would pour part of the guest's wine into his glass and drink…

Turns out the Red Delicious apple used to be...well...delicious. Here's what went wrong.

Ernest Grady Shore (March 24, 1891 – September 24, 1980) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox during some of their best years in the 1910s.

Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.

Operation Vengeance was the American military operation to kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy on April 18, 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet…

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1975 British comedy film