2010 explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

Three decades ago, Pechiyammal, 20, from Katunayakkanpatti village in Thoothukudi lost her husband to a heart attack 15 days after their wedding

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Zhang Zongchang (1881 – 3 September 1932) was a Chinese warlord in Shandong in the early 20th century. Time dubbed him China's "basest warlord". He was known by many nicknames such as the "Dogmeat General" (Chinese: 狗肉将军; pinyin: Gǒuròu Jiāngjūn), based on…

Users are furious at Apple's attitude toward the five-employee company.

The British singer Clare Torry knows the biz’s peaks and valleys. She had to fight just to get her name on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon for her vocal work on “The Great Gig in the Sky.”

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bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan province in China in 1855

The Darley Arabian (foaled c. 1700) was one of three dominant foundation sires of modern Thoroughbred horse racing bloodstock. The other two founders were the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk. This bay Arabian horse was bought in Aleppo, Syria, by Thomas…

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The history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and fossil organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to present day. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago (abbreviated as Ga, for gigaannum) and evidence suggests that life…

Accused mailbox bomber Lucas Helder told authorities he was planting pipe bombs in a pattern to show a happy face during his five-state weekend spree.

The science fiction author's parallels of Martian and imperial invasion ring true more than 70 years after his death.

Meteorites – the rocks from space that land on earth – are cold compared to typical earth temperatures. The reason for this is that the...

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form of exercise in which people walk or jog through the usually long corridors of shopping malls