On February 27, 1990, sailors in Wellington Harbor raised their glasses one last time as the Royal New Zealand Navy officially ended its daily rum ration—a custom with roots stretching back centuries
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On February 27, 1807, in Portland, Massachusetts (now Maine), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow entered the world. Nobody in his family could have predicted that this child would rise to become one of the mo
When _The Ladies' Mercury_ rolled off the presses on February 27, 1693, it carved out a unique place in publishing history. Never before had an English periodical been created with women as its sole i
On November 12th, 2021, a Los Angeles courtroom delivered a ruling that would close one of the most talked-about legal chapters in modern celebrity history: the conservatorship governing pop rock star
On February 24th, 2020, researchers stumbled upon something truly remarkable: a parasite capable of surviving without oxygen. What began as a routine look at salmon tissue samples turned into a ground
On September 14, 2020, a team of astronomers announced a fascinating discovery: possible signs of life on Venus. Using two powerful instruments — the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii and
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An estimated 1.3 million people flooded the streets of Hong Kong on this day in 2019, united in opposition to the controversial Extradition Bill. Hong Kong's past is rich and complex. The territory, o
Three days ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit, on September 20, 2019, the streets of Manhattan, New York came alive with what would become the world's largest climate change protest. At the he
It's tough to think of a single household that isn't familiar with Apple Inc. Whether it's MacBooks, iPhones, iPods, iPads, or AirPods, this global powerhouse has cemented itself as one of the most re
What a story this one is. On March 6, 2018, beachgoers in Western Australia stumbled upon something extraordinary — a green beer bottle half-buried in the sand that turned out to contain the world's o
When Naomi Findlay was only 9 weeks into her pregnancy, she received devastating news: her unborn daughter had been diagnosed with ectopia cordis. This extraordinarily rare condition occurs when the b
In June of 2017, Mozambique was rocked by a series of gruesome and baffling deaths that defied easy explanation. Bald men were being targeted and murdered by someone who apparently viewed them as a so
On December 5, 2017, the International Olympic Committee took a step that had no precedent in Olympic history: it banned Russia from the Winter Olympics. The decision came in the wake of a state-spons
On January 18, 2016, the international anti-poverty organization Oxfam sent shockwaves across the globe with a staggering revelation about just how concentrated the world's wealth had become. Accordin