In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people nationally.

The Mona Lisa has acquired an iconic status in popular culture. In 1963, pop artist Andy Warhol started making colorful serigraph prints of the Mona Lisa. Warhol thus consecrated her as a modern icon, similar to Marilyn ...Read More

The generic name of the drug methadone is dolophine. It was named in honor of Adolph Hitler.

Charles Alderton, a Texan pharmacist, created a soft drink and named it after his prospective father-in-law, Dr. Charles Kenneth Pepper. The doctor was unimpressed, so Alderton dropped the period after the abbreviation for...Read More

In 1953, Official Films purchased the Sullivan-Messmer shorts, added soundtracks to them, and distributed to the home movie and television markets. In 1958, Joe Oriolo, who was drawing the Felix newspaper strip, struck a ...Read More

The one-foot measurement is based on one-third of the length of the arm of King Henry I (1068-1135) of England.