The practice of wearing large, flattened footwear to disperse the force of a foot hitting the snow, thus keeping one from sinking with every step…

In 2010, a group of 15 monkeys escaped from a Japanese research institute by using trees to catapult themselves over a 17-foot-high electrical fence.

On May 12, 1896, New York City passed America's first anti-spitting law in an effort to combat tuberculosis, imposing fines and even jail time on unruly protesters…

Crush Comics in California’s Castro Valley was burglarized on March 22, CBS News reported. The thief took a display of the store’s most valuable comic books…

On the roof of the nasal cavity (the space behind your nose) is the "olfactory epithelium," which contains millions of receptors that sense odor molecules.

Studies have suggested that gifted people often have bad handwriting because their brains work faster than their hands.

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna even as the composer was suffering from severe hearing loss.

Apples float because they are 85% water. The average apple contains 5 seeds. At room temperature, apples ripen 10 times faster than when refrigerated.

Crush Comics in California’s Castro Valley was burglarized on March 22, CBS News reported. The thief took a display of the store’s most valuable comic books…

On May 3, 1986, Willie Shoemaker, at age 54, beat 18:1 odds to become the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby.

Along beaches and shorelines, we are bombarded by ions, which are negatively-charged particles in the air produced by the pounding surf.

When a babysitter in Great Bend, Kansas, helpfully looked under the bed to check for “monsters” on March 24, she actually found one…

On April 23, 1937, Richard Nixon, then a soon-to-be law school graduate, applied for a position with the FBI, but was turned down for reasons that remain unclear.

Sharks do not have bones. Their cartilaginous skeletons are lighter than true bone, and their livers contain low-density oils; this helps sharks to be buoyant.

On April 14, 1932, Loretta Lynn (née Webb) entered the world in Butcher Hollow, KY. A bride at 15 and grandmother by 29, she went on to become one of country music's most beloved…

On March 18, as Ellen Schapps Richman, 76, drove her Mercedes SUV to a golf lesson at Palm Beach Country Club, she had a vague sense that she had hit something…

It is estimated it would take about two years and eight months for a spacecraft to leave Earth for Mars, undergo a "waiting period" there, then return to Earth.

Did you know goats were the reason why coffee was invented? According to legend, in the 9th century, Ethiopian farmers noticed the way their goats danced…

What kind of grind would you be using if you wanted to make coffee in a French press?

At the Goldin auction house in Runnemede, New Jersey, a Cheeto shaped like the Pokemon Charizard sold on March 2 for $72,000…