What Life Was Like For Saloon Girls In The Wild West
Hollywood saloon girls versus the real deal are quite different. Here's what life was like for saloon girls in the Wild West.
Read MoreHollywood saloon girls versus the real deal are quite different. Here's what life was like for saloon girls in the Wild West.
Read MoreLike any parent, Mother Nature makes the rules. However, some of her laws are exceptional and exceptionally strange. These are the strangest laws of nature.
Read MoreIf you want to know more about the fascinating and untold truth of the squad, here's a look into the rise, dominance, and unique appeal of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Read MoreBiography says this of Edward Theodore Gein: He "wasn't actually a serial killer — he only admitted to killing two women." So there you go. That's all. Not such a bad guy. Especially if you're a Hollywood writer.
Read MoreFrom South American empires to European kingdoms, these civilizations were destroyed practically overnight.
Read MoreIt's estimated up to 3 percent of all unsolved murders are the work of serial killers. Let's take a look at some of the most dangerous active serial killers.
Read MoreFrom hip-hop stars to opera singers and everyone in between, quite a few influential and popular musicians have contracted the coronavirus.
Read MoreWhether historical or modern, the rich and powerful are always spoiling their pets to truly absurd degrees.
Read MoreOnly half of the emperor of China actually died in office. And that's just the beginning. This is the tragic history of Chinese emperors.
Read MoreThe tiniest countries in the world are so small even America's smallest states look giant in comparison. These are the tiniest countries in the world.
Read MoreThe list of musicians who died in plane crashes includes solo icons but also partial or entire bands. Here are plane crashes that nearly wiped out entire bands.
Read MoreWhile there are Founding Fathers like Washington and Benjamin Franklin, there were others. This is the truth about the Founding Fathers you don't know about.
Read MoreHow can a country not exist? In most cases, it's because other countries tell them they don't. Here are countries that don't actually exist.
Read MoreMata Hari has gone down in history as the femme fatale du jour of World War I. Mata Hari is the classic archetype. She was exotic and alluring, a promiscuous dancer, a courtesan, a divorcee, and a seductive spy. But that isn't Hari's whole story. This is the crazy real-life story of Mata Hari.
Read MoreThe fiery disintegration of Columbia ultimately led to the loss of lives and the retirement of NASA's shuttle fleet. But as it turns out, there's more to the story that makes it so much worse. As you'll find out, the worst part of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster might not be what you think.
Read MoreIf you only know Marcus Crassus as the man who killed Spartacus, there's much to learn about him and the odd and crooked ways he made his money, as well as his almost comically tragic end. Here are some of the strangest details in the bizarre life of the richest man in Rome.
Read MoreShaolin monk warriors seem to defy gravity and bend the laws of physics. This is the truth about the legendary Shaolin monk warriors.
Read MoreFew bands have lasted as long as Genesis. And there are some fascinating and curious stops on the journey of Genesis. This is the untold truth of Genesis.
Read MorePandemics seem to come from nowhere. But almost always, even hundreds of years ago, there were people who had a hunch that something bad was coming. And if only everyone else had listened, history might not have been so horrible. Here are people who knew a pandemic was coming before it happened.
Read MoreIQ tests have been around, in one form or another, for over a century. Sadly, the many occasions in which IQ tests have been used as a justification for racism, eugenics, xenophobia, and executions is ... deeply troubling, to say the least. This is the messed up truth behind IQ tests.
Read MoreOne of the most famous filmmakers of all time, Walt Disney’s story is larger than life … and that’s thanks to some major myth-building, both good and bad. Much of what we believe about Disney is just plain false, so let’s set the record straight.
Read MoreQuarantine is an old idea. And some of the people affected by these old time quarantines were famous. Here are famous historical figures who were quarantined.
Read MoreThe Rat Pack is the epitome of old-school cool, but there was a lot of turmoil and sadness behind the scenes. This is the tragic history of the Rat Pack.
Read MoreMillions of Americans — including many schoolchildren — watched the Challenger explode on live TV. That's horrible enough, but as with many tragedies, there are further layers to the story, and the worst part of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster may not be what you think.
Read MoreIn all of human history, what years are the really big ones? The years so significant that they changed the very foundation of what it means to be human.
Read MoreIn real life, symptoms of most mass illnesses tend to be rather similar. Not so in fiction. These are the craziest fictional diseases from movies and TV.
Read MoreLudwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous composers ever, but his life was full of heartbreak and loss. Here are some of the unhappy details of the tragic real-life story of Beethoven.
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