2024-12-17 Spanish Scrabble Winner Does Not Speak Spanish
A New Zealand man recently won an international Spanish Scrabble competition although he does not speak Spanish. Scrabble is a board game in which players form words from letters to…
2024-12-16 Mayans Ask Mexican Court to Recognize Lakes as Legal Persons
In the Mexican state of Yucatan, hundreds of underground lakes form a semicircular shape in the northwestern part of Yucatan state. They are called the Ring of Cenotes. The lakes…
2024-12-15 Oldest Pet Burial Ground in America Is Final Resting Place for Thousands
On most days, Mark Lindenberg either drives or walks over to visit with Boots, his beloved cat who died in 2020 at 17 years old. The New York man had…
2024-12-09 Handwriting Might Have Identified Famous Byzantine Artist
Crime-solving methods might have provided an answer to an ancient mystery — the identity of a leading Byzantine painter. The artist Giotto who lived in Italy about 700 years ago…
2024-12-06 Peruvian Women Heal Themselves with Song, Art
The 36-year-old Peruvian artist Sadith Silvano makes creations born of ancient songs. Brush in hand, eyes on the cloth, the Peruvian woman paints as she sings. And through her voice,…
2024-12-05 Vienna Sausage Stand Gets UNESCO Recognition
A popular kind of sausage stand in Vienna, Austria has been recognized by the United Nations for its cultural value. The street stands – called “Würstelstands” in German – are…
2024-12-04 Five Things to Know about Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame Cathedral in the French capital of Paris is set to reopen to the public Sunday after a five-year-long rebuilding project. The Cathedral had been badly damaged in a…
2024-11-29 What Is GivingTuesday?
Since its start in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest money-raising days of the year for nonprofits in the United States. In 2022 and…
2024-11-27 Thanksgiving: An American Tradition
The American holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. The holiday is during autumn — the main season for harvesting crops. Thanksgiving is an…
2024-11-22 Baby Hippo in Thailand Gets Official Song for Worldwide Fans
A baby hippopotamus in Thailand became famous earlier this year when zoo workers published images and videos of her online. Now the pygmy hippo, named Moo Deng, has an official…
2024-11-21 Italian Artist’s Banana Artwork Sells for $6.2 Million
A much-publicized art piece made up of a single banana taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million. The sale happened Wednesday night during an auction in New York…
2024-11-20 Sake Makers Hope for UNESCO Listing
The Japanese rice wine called sake is made using ancient brewing methods. They date back more than a thousand years. Junichiro Ozawa, the 18th-generation leader of Ozawa Brewery, founded in…
2024-11-19 Artists in Lebanon Keep Creating During Conflict
Charbel Samuel Aoun is a working artist in the Middle Eastern nation of Lebanon. As the Israeli military launches a deadly attack against the militant group Hezbollah in his home…
2024-11-15 Microsoft Helps Vatican Recreate St. Peter’s Basilica Digitally
Technology company Microsoft is working with the Roman Catholic Church to create a detailed, digital version of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The project aims to give people a…
2024-11-10 What Is Veterans Day in the US?
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in France on June 28, 1919. However, fighting had stopped seven months earlier with an armistice, or…