By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Due to the Irish diaspora and humanity’s love of drink, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide with green-themed decorations and pints of Guinness. Since most ...

And it makes sense, as medieval monks have been credited with creating a variety of cheeses. Grana Padano — similar to parmesan — was first made by 12th-century Benedictine monks. Epoisses was ...

In 2015, a C.T. scan revealed the mummified remains of a monk inside a thousand-year-old ... from China and dates back to the 11th or 12th century. It stands about 1.2 meters tall.

Once upon a time, a river flowed through the 5th and 13th arrondissements of Paris for all to see. It became too polluted in ...