The Chevrolet Corvair may be best known for catching Ralph Nader’s ire in his book, Unsafe At Any Speed. Less well known known is a stunning feat that a group of the cars accomplished: traversing the infamous Darién Gap without major modifications.

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than 50 years. He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes…

First Lady of the United States (1775-1864)

Incidents in American history

The blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata) is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The blackpoll breeds in forests of northern North America, from Alaska throughout…

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Christian saint; Thief pardoned by Jesus on the cross in Luke 23:39-43

Physicist Francis Perrin sat at a nuclearfuel-processing plant down in the south of France, thinking to himself: “This cannot be possible.” It was 1972.

Nobel laureate in Chemistry & American solid-state physicist and professor

Australian rock band

A pair of brothers were surprised when the fictitious name they made up for a free yearly ice cream list received a Selective Service registration notice.

"I was still in my car and I could feel water rising over my knees," Angela Hernandez wrote of her first memory after driving over a cliff.

Ian McAulay is awarded the sum despite Southern Water's £90m fine for deliberate sewage spills.

The less empathetic someone is, the less likely they are to yawn back.

German victim of a miscarriage of justice

Cocaine is also used in medical care, especially in sinus surgery.

"You're Beautiful" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was written by Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam (2004). It was released as the second single from the album in 2005.