Stories for REMORANDOM

  Blue plaques are a distinctive form of historical marker found in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, typically installed on buildings to commemor...

  In 1998, before most people had ever heard of Google, the company's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were preparing for the annual Burning ...

  The English name "purple” originally referred to what was known as “Tyrian Purple”, a dye extracted from the spiny murex sea snails found along ...

  The America’s Cup is the oldest continuously awarded trophy in the world. It predates the American Civil War. Between 1851 and 1983, the New Yor...

  Charging Bull in New York began life as both grand gesture and guerrilla artwork. The bronze sculpture stands on Broadway just north of Bowling ...

  The elephant wasn’t named “Jumbo” due to its extraordinary size. It’s the other way round. Oversized things are named after the elephant, e.g. “...