The Untold Truth Of The Clotilda, America's Last Slave Ship
America's tragic history of racism is rooted at least in part in the nation's sordid history of slavery. Enter the Clotilda -- a poignant reminder of injustice.
Read MoreAmerica's tragic history of racism is rooted at least in part in the nation's sordid history of slavery. Enter the Clotilda -- a poignant reminder of injustice.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreIt sounds like the stuff of fantasy. An underwater ghost village in the Mediterranean? That's got to be a lost suburb of Atlantis, right? Do mermaid ghosts live there, and do they swim or just eerily pass through the water like it doesn't exist?
By A. C. Grimes Read MoreOne of the most enduring treasure hunts in the past decade finally came to an end this week. Forrest Fenn, who hid a treasure box possibly worth over $1 million, confirmed on his website someone found his buried chest of booty in the Rocky Mountains.
By Emilia David Read MoreWikipedia is everywhere, but the untold truth of Wikipedia is probably just as interesting as any page you can find on the site itself.
By Jeff Somers Read MoreLike a lot of things, there are fruits out there that are nifty fun and delicious and good for you, and then there are fruits that are good for you in moderation. And then there's those fruits that are basically Mother Nature's booby-trap to cull the herd.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreThere's quite a few elements that will just kill us in awful, terrible ways if we even look at them funny. These are the most dangerous elements on Earth.
By DB Kelly Read MoreBrian May's guitar playing helped define Queen. After writing some of Queen's greatest hits, May spent his time caring for animals and studying the night skies.
By Natasha Lavender Read MorePegasus was mostly horse, but with the addition of wings, therefore enabling flight for a creature that doesn't usually fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreIn the beginning there was MythBusters. And it was very good. Now it's gone, but we have... Mythbusters Jr.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreMike Tyson's life has seen success, failure, marvelous deeds, and tragic missteps. This is the untold truth of Mike Tyson.
By Pauli Poisuo Read MoreDJ Snake is responsible for dance music played and sold in great quantities around the world.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreJohnny Mathis sold millions of records and kept turning out soft pop singles for decades. Here's a look into the untold truth of Johnny Mathis, the undisputed king of soft rock.
By Brian Boone Read MoreSteve Miller was perhaps not the most gracious inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2016. Miller was inducted solo -- not as his self-named band.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreWe've all heard tales of the yeti, but much of what you know is a fairly recent addition to the story. This is the legend of the yeti explained.
By DB Kelly Read MoreWhen the History Channel show The Curse of Oak Island began, no one knew it would run for seven seasons. But the show's unexpected popularity has made the mystery surrounding the treasure island even more intriguing.
By Emilia David Read MoreMeet "American hero," 64-year-old Donald Gorske, who ate 30,000 Big Macs over the course of 46 years,
By A. C. Grimes Read MoreThe most terrifying sea monster of all was the kraken. Originating from the frightened whispers of Scandinavian seamen, this tentacled monstrosity was believed to be capable of taking down entire boats in its many-armed embrace. So, was the kraken real? This is the legend of the kraken explained.
By Nicholas Conley Read MoreValhalla is the most glorious and desirable place within Norse cosmology, but it's more than just Viking heaven. This is the untold truth of Valhalla.
By Benito Cereno Read MoreNancy Sinatra unmistakably carved her own path, one just as iconic as her father Frank, Ol' Blue Eyes himself. This is the untold truth of Nancy Sinatra.
By Marta Djordjevic Read MoreThroughout the entire world, fairies can take all shapes and forms. This is the legend of fairies explained.
By Jan MacKell Collins Read MoreKris Kristofferson has been a hustling musician, a marquee concert draw, an actor, a sex symbol, an athlete, a writer, and many other things.
By Brian Boone Read MoreRemember the 1985 classic, Legend, in which the generically named hero, Jack (Tom Cruise), defeats the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) and stabs him in the abdomen with the horn of the last unicorn? You might assume the movie didn't know Jack about legends because Tim Curry isn't Satan ...
By A. C. Grimes Read MoreIf you're aware of a mythical snake king creature called the basilisk, it's probably thanks to J.K. Rowling's descriptions of a fifty-foot serpent with fangs as long as your arm and a taste for tender young Radcliffe flesh. But the truth about this creature may be a bit disappointing.
By Tom Meisfjord Read MoreBeyond vague images of pots of gold, wishes, and the general understanding that Colin Farrell is just three of them in a skin suit, what do we really know about leprechauns?
By Tom Meisfjord Read MoreTake a trip through time, back to those thrilling days of yesteryear, around about 2016, when the New Day, WWE tag team champions, emerged on-screen from a gigantic Booty-O cereal box.
By Eric Meisfjord Read MoreThe term "Minotaur" is a portmanteau derived from "Minos" and "taurus," the Greek word for "bull." Here's the legend of the Minotaur explained.
By A. C. Grimes Read MoreThere are 118 known chemical elements, and three classifications of "nastiness": radioactivity, toxicity, and reactivity. But which is the most dangerous?
By Eric Meisfjord Read More