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Far from Chernobyl, turtles, rabbits and cows make nuclear cleanups an educational mess.

The meat-based broths they served were intended to "restore life" to patrons.

Before the gay agenda there was the homintern.

As a new project, "Zeki Müren Hotline," shows, Turkey has never forgotten its own "Prince from Outer Space."

A depression in the backyard could be an abandoned mine shaft hundreds of feet deep.

Back then, penmanship was basically secret code.

Why all of the trucks in India bear one seemingly nonsensical expression.

In the eastern part of the state, a dialect like no other quietly endures. But for how long?

Think your city doesn’t like you? You’re right.

The job was meant to be capturing official handshakes, but it turned into documenting history.

See photos of this season's most extraordinary hats.

How the kati roll went from street snack to global trend.

From refugee crisis symbol to conspiracy theory scapegoat, this shiny blanket means many different things to many different people.

Humans, rodents, and owls have waged battle over Lord Howe and its lovely palms.

Beef stew from 1983, anyone?

The laborers were to work in sugarcane fields, and also render the islands less Asian.

During the 17th century "Kipper und Wipper" crisis, German states made bad coins and tried to pawn them off on neighboring states.

Wah lao! Why can't I speak Singlish?