Multiple nations and multiple hand-offs will take Syria's chemical weapons out of the country for disposal
When the first American settlers started moving west, their horses and mules weren't cut out for the long, dry treks
Hair work went out of fashion around 1925, but it was popular for hundreds of years before that
It all began in 1955 with Sears, a wrong number and a very confused Colonel
Cockpit recordings and modern mapping are used to show what, exactly, the astronauts were seeing out their windows when Earthrise was photographed
So the next time you buy a little piece of plastic with money on it for someone, you can thank Blockbuster
The practice finally came to an end when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century and decided to make it illegal
When the Linnean Society of London hears the case for natural selection in 1858, Darwin shared credit with biologist A.R. Wallace
In the 47 years that the town has erected Gävlebocken, it's been set on fire 26 times
Mo Hailong faces a decade in prison for allegedly trying to steal millions of dollars-worth of corn seeds
Local artists were recruited to help determine the river's ultimate design, and developers say the project could be completed by 2015
From John Adams's baldness to James Madison's frostbite to Herbert Hoover's handshake problems, learn about the ailments of the presidents
Perhaps it's time for the United States to take a page from the Soviet book just this one time
Hopper was a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, and in 1959 she helped create COBOL—a program that the military and banks still use today
Not new at all, the world's first selfie was snapped in 1839
Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has passed away
Here you can hear a man play the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies on the armonica - which looks a lot like a man massaging a stack of plastic cups
The words we consider naughty are a reflection of how we see ourselves as a culture
There were lots of ways you could win the turkey at the bar. They all involved drinking
Legend has it that the Buddha's mother, Queen Maya Devi, birthed her son at Lumbini while clutching the branch of a tree at that temple's garden
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