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The dollar is getting stronger. While that may sound like something to be happy about, a runup in the value of the dollar can ripple through the economy in unexpected ways. WSJ's Julia-Ambra Verlaine explains.

Astrum explores everything NASA's New Horizons saw and discovered in the Kuiper Belt around Pluto, Charon and Arrokoth (Ultima Thule).

Rooibos tea and the sweetener stevia were originally discovered by indigenous peoples. Now they are among a long list of biological resources that bring profit to international corporations. Biopiracy, or scientific colonialism, is the term for when big c...

On the hottest day in British weather history Stig Abell sat down to speak with Peter Zeihan. Peter Zeihan argues that we are heading towards a period of deglobalisation, with ensuing chaos and disaster. In his book, The End of the World is Just the Begin...

Woman sticks her hand inside sharks' mouths to remove hooks!

Whales are magnificent and beautiful creatures, but they can be dangerous if they get too close! Here's our list of the top five whale vs boat videos.

You urgently need to sound British. You don't have time to study phonetics and practise for years so hear it is. In just 12 minutes you'll learn six sounds that'll mark you out as British. The accent here is SSBE (Standard Southern British English) someti...

Michael Jackson's maid reveals sordid Neverland secrets | 60 Minutes Australia

In this video we take a look at the real events upon which the movie Zulu in based upon. The Battle of Rorke's Drift 1879. Pictures used are in the public domain and come from sources unknown. Footage is from the 1964 movie Zulu, owned by Diamond Films, P...

he FULL version of the Avenging Varus series which details the dramatics Germanic Wars fought between Rome and Arminius.

50 Facts You Didn't Know About Saving Private Ryan

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've Got a Secret game show. Mr. Seymour (March 28, 186...

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Virgil Edwin Earp (April 19, 1879 - November 20 1959) was the son of Newton Jasper Earp, Wyatt Earp's half-brother. Newton and Wyatt had the same father, Nicholas Porter Earp (September 6, 1813 – February 12, 1907). Born in Tombstone, Arizona in 1879, V...

it's hard to believe that Bruce Willis was once an unlikely action hero. Pint-sized compared to Sylvester Stallone's Rambo and gentler than Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, Willis was a seeming odd choice to play John McClane in "Die Hard." But from th...

The Lost Legions Of Varus explores the flaws in Roman imperial policy, as well as the fralities of the human condition – factors both relevant in understanding the reasons behind the massacre in the Teutoberg forest. Odyssey is your journey into the world...