In 1907, William Willett, the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, proposed Daylight Saving Time in Great Britain.
A Mamamia.com survey of 250 Australian women revealed 42% shave their pubic hair, 42% just tidy it up, and 11% have a landing strip.
Choerophyrne koeypad is one of two new frog species recently identified by researchers. Native to the remote Dauan Island (population 131) in northern Australia, it’s about the size of a fingernail and makes a super-loud, high-pitched call that scientists say sounds like a metallic tapping noise.
In 2024, St. Louis, Mo., had the nation’s highest homicide rate with 150, or 54.4 per 10,000 population.
After testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Humphrey Bogart wrote an article for Photoplay magazine in which he revealed that some friends sent him a mounted fish with the following text under it: “If I hadn’t opened my big mouth, I wouldn’t be here.”
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This article appears in November 7 • 2025.