(CNN) — If you’ve ever “flipped the bird,” you have something in common with ancient Greeks. It was around 2,500 years ago that the naughty Greeks developed a phallic gesture to offend, taunt and ...

No one knows whether Plato ever flipped anyone the bird — but he might have. People have been raising their middle finger to indicate something other than “Does this cuticle need trimming?” since the ...

The middle finger gesture is one of the world's most recognised insults, but few people know where it actually comes from and ...

Pope Francis stirred up a bird’s nest on social media with a tweet, now deleted and replaced, extolling the virtues of “the middle finger” as being a reminder about honesty. The Pope‘s viral tweet was ...

While it may not be the end of the world if you're wearing a ring on your middle finger, spiritualists advise it's best to choose a different finger unless you're looking for a little chaos in your ...