In Avengers: Infinity War, viewers were left on a serious cliffhanger. It would be a significant understatement to say Avengers: Endgame is hotly anticipated. But Avengers: Endgame probably won't wrap the story up into the tidy ending you might be expecting. Here's why that is.
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History and legend are filled with tales of their destruction, but as historians learn more, it becomes clear that Vikings brought fates much worse than death.
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If pro athletes mess up, they often get fined. Big fines hit big athletes in their wallets. Here are some of the biggest fines ever levied in sports history.
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Come along on a linguistic adventure through the origins of the saddest phrases in the English language.
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Sometimes a product comes along that is so amazing it changes the world. Here's the untold truth of Flex Tape, the tape that can supposedly fix almost anything.
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Many awful things have been done in the name of religion. The Spanish Inquisition was terrible, but the worst part wasn't even the thing most people think of.
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Some say we're living in a golden age of political corruption, but the truth is that Congress has always been a bit corrupt. If there's a law, chances are a lawmaker has broken it. Just because you're the ones responsible for making the rules doesn't mean you have to like them.
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The legendary Rockettes dance troupe has provided happiness to America during some of its darkest times. Here's everything you never knew about the Rockettes.
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War is hell, so it's no surprise there are tons of terrifying stories out there about the things that happened during war. Some of those soldiers carried their wartime stories for years without ever revealing them. Others passed the legends on. Here are chilling war stories you won't forget.
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Some of the innovations that we still depend on today first appeared centuries ago, and some things that seem really ancient still existed pretty recently.
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Humans have long believed that we're better than animals. When they start holding funerals and hiring hit men, though, that becomes a lot more difficult.
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The Showtime Lakers were the flashiest team in NBA history, and we might never see another team like them. Here's where the Showtime Lakers are now.
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Football is a lot of swearing, hard hits, amazing comebacks, and trickery. Lots and lots of trick plays. The conventional way to play football is generally agreed to be the most effective, but sometimes you gotta shake things up. Here are the most ridiculous trick plays in NFL history.
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Hurricanes have been in the news a lot in recent years, but there are many devastating examples throughout history.
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Whether it's a snake swimming around wearing a decapitated fish head or a birds getting drunk and dive-bombing cars and houses, the animal world is strange.
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Ax-wielding psychos, secret tunnels sprawling under entire cities, and dangerous men in the woods: They're real, and so are these other creepy urban legends.
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As long as NBA players have laced 'em up, someone's been playing dirty.
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There were a lot of great movies in 2018, but not all of them got the press they deserve. While Marvel had plenty of big 2018 films, the rest of Hollywood marched on as well. Here are some of the best movies of 2018 that you might just have missed.
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From legendary sequoias to mysterious yews, let's take a journey around the world to find the oldest trees and learn how they've stuck around so long.
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The Black Death was really messed up, and everyone knows it. One of the worst parts had to be the, well, death. And there was a lot of that, but it may not have been the worst part. Here are the most disturbing things about the Black Death.
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2018 was a truly incredible year for video games. This embarrassment of riches makes for a pretty good time for gamers, until it comes time to decide which one is actually the best. We've got our definitive choice for the single best video game of 2018 — and it might not be the one you'd expect.
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Rock stars are wild and creative folks constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve. Rock stars just about require a small degree of clairvoyance to be successful. Here are rock stars who have freakishly predicted the future.
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Repeatedly called one of the "most haunted places in the world," the RMS Queen Mary is practically custom made for spooky campfire tales.
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School history books are written to make kids hopeful about the world. But they could be a little more honest. Here are major things history class left out.
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The 1985-86 Boston Celtics were the greatest incarnation of an already great NBA franchise. Here's what the 1985-86 Boston Celtics look like now.
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You can't get away from selfies these days. Selfies, those lovely self-portraits via cell phone aren't as innocent as you might think, however.
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Humans are pretty weird organisms on their own, but we also play host to lots of other weird organisms.
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