common name for some marsupials indigenous to Australia in the family Macropodidae

Landmark polar research about the Adélie penguin's sex life by Captain Scott's expedition, deemed too shocking for the public 100 years ago, is unearthed at the Natural History Museum

Robin Williams was one of the biggest guest stars on Friends. Here's how he and Billy Crystal randomly ended up doing a cameo for the sitcom.

Where are Chili Peppers from? Amazingly, Chili Peppers not from India, Indonesia, or China, but the jungles of South America.

Ringo Starr released 'Ringo,' featuring contributions from the other three former Beatles, on Nov. 23, 1973.

Agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of deliberate, culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. More generally, the term also…

Actor says terror group targeted him as part of ‘cultural destabilization plot’

Its leaves pack one of the most painful stings in the world. There is no antidote.

Bodhidharma was a legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical…

The students of the Green Feather Movement caused an on-campus controversy at Indiana University

A series of studies published beginning in the 1950s shows that DuPont has known for at least 50 years that Teflon fumes at relatively low temperatures can cause an acute illness known as polymer fume fever. In several studies DuPont recruited human volunteers…

Drivers in the coldest regions make blankets for their car engines, and some even keep the motor running from autumn until spring!

Scandal, conspiracy, and cover-ups in the theft of the "Irish Crown Jewels" from Dublin Castle.

failed compromise to preserve the Union right before the American Civil War

A series of vag smells

speculation that Moon is hollow

"The catacombs are constructed in three levels, with steps and iron pipe ladders leading between different tiers."

A new video essay unpacks the mythic three-and-a-half-hour cut of John Hughes' Planes, Trains And Automobiles, which is thought lost.

An argument over the theories of 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant ended in a man being shot in a grocery store in southern Russia.