Badminton was once known as battledore and shuttlecock. The game as we know it today took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England - home of the Duke of Beaufort.

The amethyst gets its name from the Greek amethystos, which means "remedy for drunkeness."

The theory referred to as `Buridan`s Ass` states that an ass, faced with two equally attractive bales of hay, will starve to death because he has no rational basis for choosing between them. This allegory which illustrates...Read More

Each year, more than 300,000 American teenagers become afflicted with some form of venereal disease.

Joe Namath, one-time New York Jets quarterback, donated pantyhose to Planet Hollywood. He wore the pantyhose on the football playing field on chilly days.

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound