The History Behind Talking Heads Explained
Talking Heads were an art-rock band formed in Rhode Island in the early 1970s by David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison.
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What You Didn't Know About Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi is widely regarded as one of the most peace-loving historical figures in pop culture today. Here's what you didn't know about him.
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The Reason Airplanes Don't Have As Much Fuel As You Think
Airlines have lots of secrets, and this is one of them. Airplanes rarely leave with a full tank of aviation fuel.
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The Top Halloween Costume The Year You Were Born
The top Halloween costume the year you were born is often a reflection of whatever blockbuster film or cultural phenomenon dominated the year before.
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History's Darkest Forms Of Execution And Torture
People have spent millennia perfecting ways to torment, kill, and mutilate their enemies. Here are some of history's darkest forms of execution and torture.
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The Myth Of The Whipping Boy Explained
You're a Renaissance-era European child who happens to be friends with a prince. You get educated alongside the prince, and the two of you form a close bond. But when the prince disobeys the rules, your instructor proceeds to punish you — not the prince — by beating or even whipping.
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The Incredible Story Of Otzi The Iceman
Ice mummies are rare. Only a few of them have ever been discovered. The conditions have to be perfect. Such was the case for Otzi, the Iceman.
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The Crazy Truth About The Time When There Were Three Popes
During the Western Schism, there were as many as three popes simultaneously. This is the crazy truth about the time when there were three popes.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Socialite Serial Killer Delphine LaLaurie
For years, wealthy New Orleans socialite Delphine LaLaurie tortured and murdered her slaves. This is the messed up story of the socialite serial killer.
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The Messed Up History Of The Kent State Massacre
The Kent State massacre was the killing of four and wounding of nine students at Kent State in Ohio on May 4, 1970 by National Guardsmen. Student protests had emerged on campus over conflict in Vietnam and Cambodia, and the Ohio National Guard shot unarmed students in the process.
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Why The US Army Was So Afraid Of The Apache
The relationship between the US and the indigenous people of North America has been infamously bloody, cruel, and usurious. In a single century, from 1784 to when the Dawes Act was signed in 1887, native lands were stolen, bit by bit, until only tiny fragments of modern-day reservations remained.
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Why Leonardo DiCaprio Turned Down A Star Wars Role
Leonardo DiCaprio: owner of Hollywood's most increasingly wizened boy face, as well as non-hirsute dad bod role model for the rest of us. And, of course, he's also a world-renowned, award-winning actor who finally garnered his first Oscar in 2016 for being mauled by a bear.
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The True Story Of West Africa's Real-Life Warrior Women
Until 1892, there was an active, ruthless female fighting force in West Africa. This is the true story of these real-life warrior women.
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The Head-Scratching Way Your Character Could Die In King's Quest
Gwydion moves up the stairs until he bumps into a black bob. A message informs you that you have tripped over a cat and thus fallen to your death. Oops?
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The Truth About Who Actually Created The Guillotine
One of the most iconic execution methods in history would have to be the guillotine. The guillotine was famously used in France during the Revolutionary period, and continued to be used to execute criminals in that country until 1977. This is the truth about who actually created the guillotine.
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The Grim Story Behind The Attica Prison Uprising
On September 9, 1971, inmates seized and took control of the maximum security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York. They had demands and hostages, but within a few days, dozens of prisoners and hostages would be dead. This is the grim story behind the Attica prison uprising.
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The Rise And Fall Of The Hindenburg
The era of zeppelins coming into their own as a luxurious and coveted form of air travel came to an end on May 6, 1937 when the Hindenburg burst into flames during its landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. But the reasons it happened are pretty shocking. This is the rise and fall of the Hindenburg.
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Inside The First Sighting Of The Black Knight Satellite
it wasn't until 1923 that he would come forward to claim, in an interview with the Albany Telegram, "I have a deep conviction that highly intelligent beings exist on Mars." He recounted his story of developing a "wireless receiver of extraordinary sensitiveness."
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The Adorable Mystery Of Winged Cats
PetMD reported scientists in China discovered a cat with what seemed to be wings growing on its back.
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The Ugly Truth About The Stanford Prison Experiment
What started out as a rather interesting, if extreme, LARP transformed into an horrific display of humiliation, brutality, and subservience. What was originally planned to be a two-week study was cut short at six days.
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The 10th Century English Warrior Queen Who Crushed The Vikings
England has many famous queens, from its reigning monarch Elizabeth II, to Gloriana herself, Elizabeth I, to Victoria, the grandmother of Europe. But we don't often talk about the queen of ancient times who ruled England and fought back Viking invaders.
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The Surprising Truth About The World's Deepest Sinkhole
Some sinkholes, such as those in Guatemala City, caved in after a week of strange sounds and left the landscape pockmarked with holes. One sinkhole, however, is so huge and stunning that it looks like a portal into another world, hewn into a mountainside.
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The Surprising Thing Norman Reedus Keeps In His Freezer From The Walking Dead
Reedus has a thing for collecting hair as keepsakes. Maybe not from every show or movie he's worked on, but we know he has more than one person's hair from The Walking Dead. We also know he's a bit of a weird dude.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Mother Teresa
"I think it is very beautiful for the poor ... to share (their suffering) with the passion of Christ ... the world is being much helped..."
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The Truth About The First President To Be Impeached
Andrew Johnson was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president and assumed the United States presidency after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln on April 15, 1865. Less than three years later, Johnson was facing impeachment. Here's the truth about the first president to be impeached.
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Here's Why Sputnik Was Such A Big Deal
On October 4, 1957, The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, and its mere existence sent the United States into a frenzy. Here's why Sputnik was such a big deal.
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The Untold Story Of Typhoid Mary
It's a story where one person's individual actions endangered thousands of lives and how personal freedom fought against the public's health. Typhoid Mary is the subject of many ethical debates and is the original case study for the asymptomatic spread of disease.
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