Abraham Lincoln Co-Founded A Bar. Here's What We Know About It
Abraham Lincoln was a great many things. And before he was president, he held a very different job dedicated to serving the people: that of bar owner.
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The Real Reason Pink Floyd Fired Richard Wright
Considering that The Wall is one of THE Pink Floyd albums as well as THE concept album, you might suppose being part of the band at the time would be a generally good thing. And it might have been for Roger Waters, but for Richard Wright, Pink Floyd's keyboardist, it lead to his departure.
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The Real The Reason The Mamas And The Papas Broke Up
The Mamas and the Papas' heyday "was two and a half years of total melodrama," according to member Michelle Phillips.
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What You Probably Didn't Know About Herodotus, The First Western Historian
Was Herodotus the first Western historian, or "the father of lies?"
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Def Leppard: How The Iconic Band Got Its Name
The seventies were a foundational time for Def Leppard. Though their first album didn't release until 1980, the band's roots were established in the decade. Pete Willis, Joe Elliott and Rick Savage came together as teenagers, and formed the band in Sheffield, England in 1977.
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Here's How The Pacific Ocean Got Its Name
You may know all the facts about the Pacific Ocean's depth, size, length, and more, but what you might not know is how the Pacific Ocean got its name.
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You'll Be Surprised At How Much The Vice President Of The U.S. Really Gets Paid
The vice president makes roughly enough to buy 100 medium-range French bulldogs. Here's how much that is.
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The Population Decline We're Not Ready For
On July 15, Lancet published the findings of a series of models they've implemented to predict the future of humanity's population based on trends in fertility, migration, and mortality rates. What they found was that the fertility rate in almost every country will drop below the replacement level.
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There's A Coin Shortage In The United States. Here's Why
To add to the list of things you'd never thought you'd see in your lifetime that happened in 2020, there is now a coin shortage. Here's why.
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Times Bands Butchered Their Songs On Purpose
Sometimes rebellion comes in the form of butchering the very thing that bands are being used to commodify: their own songs.
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The Hidden Meaning Of The Cranberries' Zombie
Written during the peak of the grunge movement in the mid 1990s, Irish rock band The Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie" bombarded airwaves and marked a new era of success for the group.
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Here's Who Eleanor Roosevelt Wanted On Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore could have looked very different.
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Will Mt. Kilimanjaro Ever Erupt Again?
In many ways, the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is in a category of its own. As National Geographic reports, the 19,340-foot colossus is the tallest mountain in Africa, and since it is not a part of any mountain range, it's also the largest freestanding mountain in the world.
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The Truth Behind The Exorcism Of Michael Taylor
"The stupidity and futility of it all, the complete and utter waste of life, destruction of a family not to mention the death, and other traumas are far beyond anything else I have ever come across." Such was the case of the tragic story of Michael Taylor.
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What Life Was Like For Women In The Inca Empire
The Incan empire quickly grew during the 16th century CE to encompass nearly the entire western coast of South America. Here's what life was like for its women.
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Here's How The Atlantic Ocean Got Its Name
The Atlantic Ocean is the Earth's second largest body of water. According to the National Ocean Service, the Atlantic covers approximately 41,105,000 square miles, or about 20% of the Earth's surface. Yet, the title itself, the Atlantic, sounds a bit impenetrable ...
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David Lee Roth Is Worth A Lot More Than You Think
Rock stars are often unpredictable, but David Lee Roth has taken things to another level.
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Bruce Lee Myths You Can Stop Believing
There's no question that Lee was an extraordinary athlete, teacher, actor, and director. Dying far too young, at 32, only adds to the tragic mystique. Along with the tragedy come stories, bordering on myth, attached to a man whose reality was more than remarkable all by itself.
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You've Probably Heard About The Scientist Who Created A Two-Headed Dog
If you have heard the name Vladimir Demikhov, it's probably for the science fiction-sounding experiments he conducted, in which he transplanted the head of one dog to another, in effect, creating a two-headed dog.
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What Life Was Like For Women In Ancient Persia
One of the world's first superpowers, the Persian Empire was located in modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. Compared head-to-head with other ancient world civilizations, there's something oddly endearing about Persia.
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The Tragic Truth About The Woman Who Was Executed For Being A Vampire Witch
On the astronomically slim chance that you're not familiar with Walpurga Hausmännin, here's the inside story, which is actually horribly tragic.
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What Really Happens When You Watch The Eclipse Without Glasses
Solar eclipses are the the KISS concerts of astronomical occurrences ... and, just like a KISS concert, you'd be foolish to look directly at it without some form of eye protection. Why is that, though?
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The Unsolved Mystery Of Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff
While song lyrics tend to stick to an unmistakable point — usually along the lines of "Oh, I love you" — they occasionally are just ambiguous enough to leave it up to the listener to decide what's happening. Bob Marley achieves this in "I Shot the Sheriff."
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The Untold Truth Of The Nuclear Football
It's officially known as the "president's emergency satchel," but realistically, that name makes it sound like it has an extra set of Oshkosh overalls and a pack of wet wipes. Maybe that's why it's more widely recognized by its bro-down-heavy, guitar-riff-worthy nickname: the nuclear football.
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These Are The Facts About The Creepy Poem On Shakespeare's Grave
If there's one thing we know about Shakespeare, it's -- well, practically nothing. But there's plenty to talk about, including the poem on his grave.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Pearl Jam's Jeremy
A full eight years before the shootings at Columbine High School resulted in the deaths of 13 students in Littleton, Colorado, well before school shootings became tragically passe, and before online bullying even existed, Pearl Jam released their 1991 masterpiece "Jeremy."
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The Truth About Madonna's First Band
Madonna once described her early musical training, playing instruments and writing music for the first time, as "one of the happiest times of my life."
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