If you suffer from social anxiety, new research suggests that there might be a safer alternative to any medication that can be prescribed, and it’s found in your fridge. Fermented foods like pickles, ...

A little-known alliance between the US and Tsarist Russia led to the Russian fleet showing up in force in New York and San Francisco. It arrived at a crucial time in 1863 when Britain and France were ...

Bacon therapy might sound delicious, but it’s actually pretty nasty. The treatment involves doctors placing strips of greasy meat over human tissue infested with parasitic larvae. If all goes accordin...

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In 1969, The Rolling Stones headlined a concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. The event turned into a disaster when a member of the Hells Angels, who had been hired as security, stabbed a gu...

Few species of animal enjoy lactose outside of infancy, and even fewer of those enjoy the lactose of another animal. As common a theme as a cat lapping at a saucer of milk might be, lactose intoleranc...

Ernest Hemingway was a man of many talents. When he wasn’t writing classic novels, the world-renowned author spent his time boxing, hunting and . . . spying for the Soviet government? According to rec...

For decades, archaeologists thought that the paintings made by prehistoric people were done by men. However, new evidence strongly suggests that it was actually women who did the cave paintings. In ad...