Popeye remains the world's greatest spinach salesman nearly a century after he made his comic-strip debut on the eve of the Great Depression. The sailor man's legend is recounted every March 26, ...

Spinach can neutralize explosives. A study found that nitroreductase enzymes, naturally present in spinach, can metabolize ...

Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her, and is preparing to join the army ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Image Source: Popeye Spinach / King Features Syndicate) “I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.” Popeye sang that ...

One of the most iconic cartoons of all time is “Popeye the Sailor,” and believe it or not, there is a day that has been created to honor the fictional character. That day is today, but before any fans ...

E.C. Segar’s famous cartoon creation, Popeye, was miraculously transformed into a superhero by eating a can of spinach, no doubt influenced by many scientific reports of the 1920s extolling the ...

If you were a kid raised anytime between the 1930s and the 1970s -- or raised by someone who was raised then -- chances are good that you grew up with the idea that spinach was a muscle builder par ...

“I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.” Popeye sang that lyric in many of the cartoons starring the super-strong Sailor Man. Indeed, he is so synonymous with spinach that he is still used ...