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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In Hungary’s capital, a city best known for its goulash, a pizzeria is inviting diners to travel back two millennia to a time before tomatoes, mozzarella or even the word ...

There were only two cars in the entire state of Ohio. Two. And somehow… they crashed into each other. This is early automotive history — and it’s way weirder than the version you learned in school. In ...

CES 2026 revealed a bizarre array of innovative gadgets that push the boundaries of technology. Some of them could pass as futuristic inventions that we could only see in our dreams. Others are ...