Facts

In 1995, two Stanford University students created a search engine called Backrub. Renamed Google, the company was registered three years later. Today,…

You may think the only surprise about contraception is finding out that your method didn’t work and you have a little one…

The Habsburgs were one of Europe’s greatest royal dynasties. Over the centuries, branches of the family ruled countries as diverse as modern…

Ah, ketchup—that wonderful and delicious condiment that Americans love. We love it so much that, on average, we consume about three bottles…

Cringeworthy paper cuts aside, the realm of pain is packed with freaky facts. There is the horror of the world’s most noxious…

Secret groups, police operations and high-tech tests are not normally associated with Christmas cards. Yet these and other facts give this holiday…

Since it was first discovered in 1976, strains of the Ebola virus have wreaked havoc throughout central Africa, particularly in the Congo…

As researcher Donna Bridge once said, “When someone tells me they are sure they remember exactly the way something happened, I just…

We all watched Sesame Street as a kid, and we’ve all seen Oscar the Grouch. He’s the furry, green, grouchy fiend who…

Egypt is the land of pyramids and pharaohs, tombs filled with glittering treasures, and powerful men who ruled a country like gods.…