Canadian musician (1922-2010)

Street gang from Chicago

In the summer of 1893 and at the beginning of an economic depression, President Grover Cleveland disappeared for four days to have secret surgery on a yacht. Author Matthew Algeo recounts the episode, and the lengths Cleveland went to to cover it up, in The…

How a ruse to keep German pilots confused gave the Vitamin-A-rich vegetable too much credit

The bicycle had a significant impact on the lives of women in a variety of areas. The greatest impact the bicycle had on the societal role of women occurred in the 1890s during the bicycle craze that swept American and European society. During this time,…

Victorian Prostitution Introduction During the Victorian Age, prostitution was a wide-scale problem in Britain. The very essence of it went against ev...

How do ants know when another ant is dead? Play a little trick on them by creating an artificial corpse — a zombie ant from the living dead. What did the most eminent ant scholar find out? Hint: It stinks!

aspect of the Star Trek character

A study of 17 people who have been blind since birth found that areas of the brain usually devoted to visual information become active when a blind person is solving math problems.

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/məntˈɡʌməri ... ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish…

There’s so much confusion over the laws about drinking alcohol in France, from the legal drinking age to where and when you can consume alcohol in public in Paris, that I thought it was time to lay it all out for you. Despite the Instagram photos and every…

American politician (1908–1957)

In the modern fable, the giant is felled not by a slingshot or a squadron of fighter planes, but by his heart.

MIT engineers have flown the first silent, fuel-free “ion plane.” The light aircraft is the first plane to fly with no propellers, turbine blades, or other moving parts.

Can you believe it’s been almost ten years since Prince William and Kate...

American singer–songwriter and businessman (1946–2023)

Zhou Enlai (Chinese: 周恩来; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 until his death…

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This Ohio State professor is looking into the history of Black naming conventions and discovering some trends that buck common assumptions.

Greek food made with slices of spiced lamb or other meat cooked on a vertical spit, served with salad in pitta bread