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There are four municipalities in the United States named Valentine — unincorporated communities in both [...]

During the Cold War, the United States built a fence from Greenland, through Iceland, to the United Kingdom [...]

The average adult spleen weighs between a quarter and half a pound.  One young man’s claim to fame? [...]

On December 1, 1955, a white man boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  The bus driver instructed some [...]

The picture above (via reddit) is of a letter from Google’s AdWords team.  Pay particular attention to [...]

    Take a picture of a typical, everyday, store-bought, home-washed strawberry, using a [...]

Weather-wise, we’ve had a crazy winter in the United States.  At one point this past year, 49 of 50 [...]

This past summer/fall, 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days.  Their rescue and travails [...]

Today is Groundhog Day, and if you’re familiar with the movie of the same name (you should be!), your [...]

Clement Vallandigham (pictured) was, by modern standards especially, a pretty terrible Congressman (and for [...]