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Earlier this month, in the height of southern Californian summer, the latest installment of the “world’s toughest footrace” took place. Under the b...

When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest in May 1953, humans conquered the globe’s highest peak. In the 70 years since, t...

Gift giving might have been around since the start of civilization but picking out the perfect present hasn’t got any easier. Countries and cultures a...

What looks like a dense forest on the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal, is in fact a single tree with thousands of aerial roots, known as The Great...

Steeped in tradition and dating back to the rule of King Henry VIII, the Kiplingcotes Derby is Britain’s oldest horse race. That’s not all that mak...

Onions have long plagued cooks, prying open millions of tear ducts during their illustrative career. But why do onions make us cry? And is there any...

In Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert, there burns an eternal flame. Known as the Darvaza gas crater, or the “Gates of Hell”, the hole in the ground has...

In northwestern Turkey, on the outskirts of a village called Mudurnu, sit hundreds and hundreds of abandoned castles - 732 to be exact. What once...

Finding a good recipe isn’t as simple as it should be. Photos can’t always be trusted and estimated cooking times can be a bit too optimistic for the...

Meet the artist who has invented the ‘ecovado’, an alternative avocado that might just trick you into thinking it’s the real deal. Arina Shoko...

80 year-old Charo Salguero Venegas is a big name in the Spanish town of El Puerto de Santa María. Why? She makes the best churros in the world. Known...

Nature-loving meat eaters rejoice, there’s a new vegan meat on the menu!...