English is full of surprising back-formations. Burglar, for example, didn’t arise from burgle. Burglar came first, and people ...

Dr. Donald “Reef” Nelson dedicated his life to studying sharks and and was part of the inspiration for Matt Hooper, played by Richard Dreyfuss in the 1975 film.

When archaeologist Howard Carter entered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922, it had been mostly untouched for 3200 years.

The “Weather Forecast Factor” was based on the rain, wind, and temperature forecast for World Naked Gardening Day, which fell on Saturday, May 4, in 2024; it’s no surprise that cities in warmer ...

Everyone has similar memories of being sick as a child. Whether you were coughing, sneezing, or suffering from a fever, the solution was usually the same: artificially flavored medicine.