People in antiquity managed to stay cool in hot and dry climates inventing the geothermal cooling, the fan, evaporating water and catching winds - see more...

Soldier, ruler and coup leader, this Doge had it all - until he lost it. Read the story of Marino Faliero, the 55th Doge of Venice.

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From tenting to ballooning, here is the ultimate guide to what your vagina can do.

Do you know the difference between a toad and a frog? Don't worry, we've asked some of our amphibian experts to help out and have pulled together a little cheat-sheet on the differences.

Van Halen released 'Humans Being,' a single from the soundtrack to the big-budget disaster movie 'Twister,' in April 1996.

The story about Benjamin Franklin wanting the National Bird to be a turkey is just a myth. There was a letter sent that led people to believe this.

American singer and member of The Jackson 5

In the latest Movie Legends Revealed, discover which Hitchcock horror film so disgusted Walt Disney that he wouldn't let Hitchcock film in Disneyland!

The Loughton incinerator thefts occurred between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant at Debden in Loughton, Essex – four employees of the plant stole more than £600,000 in a series of regular thefts. The four participants and their spouses…

40-kiloton nuclear test project

specific contagious and frequently fatal human disease caused by Yersinia pestis

1994 film by Stewart Raffill

"Jack & Diane" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar." Described by critics as a "love ballad," this song was released as the second single from Mellencamp's 1982 album American Fool…

The Hitler Diaries (German: Hitler-Tagebücher) were a series of sixty volumes of journals purportedly written by Adolf Hitler, but in fact forged by Konrad Kujau between 1981 and 1983. The diaries were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (£2.33 million…

The list of Frederick Douglass's accomplishments is astonishing—respected orator, famous writer, abolitionist, civil rights leader, presidential consultant—even without considering that he was a former slave with no formal education.

Soy sauce has been gracing tables for the last 1,000 years, so it may surprise you to learn that it contains alcohol. The reason lies in the creation process.

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The entire monarchy might've looked different if the King of England hadn't been in love with the married American socialite

The 30-year-old and two friends were fishing when the trio jumped into the water to flee a swarm of bees. Read more about this bizarre story.