Celebrating the New Year is a tradition that dates back nearly 4000 years. If you had lived in Mesopotamia and Babylon 4,000 years ago (c. 2000 B.C.), you probably would have celebrated the new year in mid-March, at the ...Read More

Scallops are considered the safest shellfish to eat raw. Most of the danger in eating raw shellfish stems from the fact that shellfish filter large amounts of sea water to obtain nutrients. Toxins, bacteria, and viruses ...Read More

The history of Michelangelo's David goes back to 1464. The Operai had plans to commission a series of twelve large Old Testament sculptures and contracted Donatello's assistant, Agostino to create a sculpture of David. He ...Read More

A survey revealed that perpetrators of violent acts on TV dramas go unpunished 73 percent of the time.

Comedienne-turned-talk-show-hostess Rosie O’Donnell reportedly took the role in the film Exit to Eden after learning that sex symbol Sharon Stone had turned it down.

Whoville is the home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. They live just south of snowy Mount Crumpet, a steep, 10,000 foot high mountain which is home to The Grinch, a bitter, cave-dwelling creature with a heart "two sizes...Read More