Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed new technology to ... yes, it’s true ... count the number of times people pass gas each day.

Photoperiodism is a physiological reaction of plants and animals to darkness and light. Plants are classified according to photoperiods: "short-day" plants, "long-day" plants and "day-neutral" plants.

On March 17, 461 A.D., Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland St. Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland after 40 years of living in poverty…

U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was an avid dog breeder who gave his hunting hounds funny names like "Sweet Lips" and "Madam Moose"?

While inducting Bob Dylan into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen noted that he first heard Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" in the car with his mother…

City officials in Gastonia, North Carolina, got involved after a video surfaced of someone getting a tattoo in a Wendy’s dining room in the city, WBTV reported.

First, we had to be afraid that students would use AI to write papers and otherwise cheat their way through school. Now, NBC News reported on Jan. 28, AI is helping students “dumb down” their work…

Wuthering Heights takes the top spot while GOAT comes in at number two and Crime 101 is number three.

Recent tire production in Europe is about 335 million tires annually, while production in the U.S. is about 300 million annually. In China, it is about 800 million annually.

On March 11, 1997, former Beatle Paul McCartney added "Sir" to his name when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "services to music" at London's Buckingham Palace.

U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was a lifeguard in his earlier life and saved 77 people from drowning over a seven-year period?

Ornithologists often use Cheetos to study behavior in crows. Along with being easy to spot because of their bright orange color, they're also one of a crow's favorite treats.

After a romantic relationship ended, Eyvan Collins of Burnaby, British Columbia, “just needed to do something with it,” they said. Thus was born the Museum of Personal Failure…

The country with the highest number of dogs is the United States with 90 million, followed by Brazil with 60 million and China with 58 million.

On March 2, 1933, construction officially began on Australia's Sydney Opera House. The structure's first performance occurred in a rather unusual way in 1960…

In the popular Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, the latter character shouldn't have been outwitted by his desperately hunted prey, since coyotes typically outpace roadrunners by a good 23 mph.

Popcorn is popular at theaters, sporting events, amusement parks, and everywhere else people gather. Most of the world's corn production used for popcorn is in the United States.

On Feb. 24, 1961, the first 15 students received their Bachelor of Hamburgerology degree (not a traditional academic one!) from McDonald's Hamburger University, aka the "Harvard of Fast Food."

Jim Henson made his first Kermit puppet using his mother's old coat and two halves of a ping-pong ball.

For the low, low price of $250,000, you can be one of the first to reserve a room at a luxury moon hotel, The Philippine Star reported on Jan. 21.