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History books tell us that Portuguese navigators found the Azores islands uninhabited in the middle of the Atlantic during the ...

From catchfarts to gigglemugs, eyeservants to feckfuls, etymologist and broadcaster Susie Dent explores the little-known words to describe your work ...

4,000 years ago, the Harappan civilisation thrived in what is now modern-day Pakistan. By 1800BC its beautiful cities were abandoned. ...

Athletes have long been experimenting with supplements to boost their performance. A popular, yet rarely discussed supplement comes from an ...

Entry to Bhangarh Fort between sunset and sunrise is strictly prohibited. It is believed to be a haunted site - ...

Every minute you spend awake, your mind passes from experience to experience. This ebb and flow of thoughts and feelings ...

The Spanish island of Cabrera is a stunningly beautiful national park. But it has a dark history. Between 1809 and ...

There is a new appetite in the food and wine industry for unpasteurised milk products, also known as raw milk. ...

The Netherlands may be a small country, but the Dutch are known for many things: cycling, cheese, coffee shops, windmills ...

In the 18th century, French scientists thought they had identified the location of the equator. But they got it wrong. ...