Why the Aka pygmy people of central Africa have the ‘best dads in the world.

No father spends more time alone with their children than the average Aka.

The first dictionary written by Cab Calloway, an African American that introduced black slang to white folks in 1938.

Bust your conk, crumb crushers, few and two, and gimme some skin.

Man who has not washed or cut his 6ft long dreadlocks for 40 years.

In the last 40 years, he has neither washed his hair nor cut them. Sakal Dev Tuddu from the Munger district of eastern Bihar state, India, now sports six-foot-long dreadlocks which he has kept for that long because he believes God visited him in a dream and asked him never to cut it or wash it.

Obama ‘blessed’ Chicago kids with a surprise visit.

When a group of South Side teens participating in the Obama Youth Jobs Corps program at the Obama Foundation offices in Chicago gathered, the least of the things they hoped to be blessed with was the presence of former President Barack Obama himself.

Nigerian university unveils world’s first plant-based anti-snake vaccine.

Snake bites may not be seen by many people as being a major public health concern, yet, tens of thousands of people die from snake bites every year.

World's Largest Inflatable Unicorn Is Coming To Australia In Summer.

The past few summers, our social media feeds have been infiltrated by millions of pictures of people sunning themselves on inflatable pool toys. It's not hard to see why: they're very Instagrammable.

Snaps of items that look like food send social media wild

A sleeping ginger cat resting inside a silver plant tin largely resembles a loaf of bread in this amusing photograph.

Rape survivor jailed for 30 years for having stillbirth to get retrial.

A rape survivor who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after having a stillbirth is getting a retrial. Evelyn Hernandez was 18-years-old when she was raped by a gang member in her native El Salvador.

Drunk tourist strips off and dives off 150ft Portuguese bridge.

This is the terrifying moment a young woman stripped naked and dove head-first off a 150ft bridge in Portugal. 

Teacher who ignored messages from a model scout has now posed for high street names including JD Williams.

A woman who has featured in modelling campaigns for some of the UK's biggest High Street brands has revealed she almost missed out on the opportunities because she thought that she was being scammed.