APP USERS: Click here to get the quiz! The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current news and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz is highlighted by an ageless advertising wonder, a marketing blunder and spine-tingling rolling thunder. Also,...
Archaeologists came across a remarkable find while completing earthquake restoration work — a 15th-century BC Akkadian cuneiform tablet. The tablet is inscribed with an administrative record, or receipt, sharing a large amount of furniture shopping. The discovery was made in Aççana Höyük, known as Eski Alalah, in Turkey. ARM BONE OF SMALL ‘HOBBIT’ HUMAN THAT...
Lard was the canary in the coal mine of culinary correctness. Rendered pig fat was ubiquitous in human diets for centuries. It was used to fry everything from dough to chicken and was an essential ingredient in pie making. Lard tragically fell from public favor during the Great War on Monounsaturated Fats in the 20th...
A Georgia fisherman is facing consequences for harboring an illegal number of freshwater fish. Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division shared news about the retrieval on the agency’s Facebook page. The post said that Game Warden Will Gilstrap was patrolling for fish activity along the Chattachoochee River when he...
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light and sound for humankind, invented the phonograph at his New Jersey laboratory on this day in history, Aug. 12, 1877. It was the earliest version of the record turntable that became the predominant form of music media in...
Electric unicycles are sparking a heated debate: Are they sidewalk terrors or misunderstood machines? While electric scooters have already raised concerns about safety and public nuisance, electric unicycles seem to take these issues to a whole new level. With their challenging control, these devices appear to be accidents waiting to happen. Would you feel safe...
“I handed over my title as Miss Universe a good amount of years ago, and I remember walking off that stage feeling like I forgot something,” Demi-Leigh Tebow told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview. She also survived a dramatic carjacking attempt — and felt forever changed by those experiences and others. She’s taken...
Cases of the Oropouche virus (OROV) emerging in Europe have health officials on high alert. As of the end of July, 19 cases had been reported with 12 in Spain, five in Italy and two in Germany, per the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The disease is typically spread through bites from mosquitoes...
Fox News Digital publishes an array of health pieces all week long to keep you in the know on key wellness topics: disease prevention, nutrition, medical research, health care and more. Personal stories of people and families overcoming great obstacles are featured as well. This weekend, check out some of the top stories of the...
The iconic British comedy musical film, “A Hard Day’s Night,” was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released during the height of Beatlemania as well as the British Invasion, and “A Hard Day’s Night” is widely considered a classic, according...
