Gary Oldman has revealed that has lived in the US so long that he had to hire a voice coach to relearn his English accent.

"He robbed the bank, came out, threw the money all over the place," one witness said.

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, author, and singer. With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying villains, gaining recognition for appearing as Count Dracula…

The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2019 was held June 2th to July 7th, with 106 crews crossing the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Organised by the Endurance Rally Association, the hardy competitors journeyed through twelve countries including…

The Transportation Act 1717 (1718 in New Style ) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that established a regulated, bonded system to transport criminals to colonies in North America for indentured service, as a punishment for those convicted or attainted…

Epiousios (ἐπιούσιος) is a Greek adjective used in the Lord's Prayer verse "Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον" 'Give us today our epiousion bread'. Because the word is used nowhere else, its meaning is unclear. It is traditionally translated as…

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Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600–530 BC; Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁, romanized: Kūruš), commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced…

Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively as epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattodea (along with cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches…

Police say teen lost control of car, then hit pedestrian before hitting sign.

State funeral arrangements for Winston Churchill

"It's almost an embarrassment to play 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'"

Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier. Less well known, but just as pivotal, is his 1944 court-martial after refusing to move to the back of a military bus.

The Lord of the Rings actor told producers that Aragorn is not in The Hobbit.

A chipotle pepper is a jalapeño that's been left on the vine to ripen, and is then smoked and dried. There are two types of Chipotle - Morita and Meco.

It turns out one state in the union has seven of the ten drunkest cities.

McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, says it is to stop serving Heinz ketchup in its stores after 40 years.

This is a moment for the history books.