The Women across Europe had many wet dreams about the big, strong and handsome Vikings, and they threw themselves at their feet when they came to their town

Philanthropist and activist Molly Brown was best known for her social welfare work on behalf of women, children and workers. She was also a survivor of the sinking of the 'Titanic.'

On the African savanna, a fascinating and unprecedented partnership between people and wild birds gets started with a simple "brrr-hm."

Saffron (pronounced /ˈsæfrən/ or /ˈsæfrɒn/) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring…

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Chewing less may have allowed early humans to evolve features needed for speech

period in Korean history (698–926) when Silla and Balhae coexisted in the south and north of the peninsula, respectively

If you accelerate at 1G, you can create artificial gravity inside your spaceship. And there’s the added advantage that you can cross billions of light years within a human lifetime. How far can we travel?

Chefs may privately hate it when customers take photos of their culinary creations. For every mouthwatering photo on social media like Instagram and Twitter there are dozens of bad shots taken with phones which do not do justice to the food being served.…

Seppuku (切腹, 'cutting [the] belly'), sometimes referred to as
Harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honor…

The Strawn-Wagner Diamond is one of a relatively few colorless, internally flawless diamonds found so far in the world, weighing 3.03 carat (620 mg). It was found in 1990 by Shirley Strawn of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, in the Crater of Diamonds State Park public…

Most bees, are Solitary Bees. Where do the different groups nest? Information about a range of species: Mason, Carpenter, Leafcutter, Mining Bees and more

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American surgeon and medical researcher

Mere days before Alex Trebek's death, Ken Jennings was able to speak to the Jeopardy! game show great one last time. Read on for what Jennings remembers from their final chat.

mass resettlement of the Circassians, as well as Abazins and Ubykhs to the Ottoman Empire during and after the Caucasian War

ancient analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions