While the public was still in mid-reel over the news of the death of the TV presenter Regis Philbin, WSBT, the CBS-Fox affiliated channel in South Bend, Indiana, announced on July 26 that at a date still uncertain, Regis Philbin would be buried on the campus of The University of Notre Dame.
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Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. once said, "One day our society will come to respect the sanitation worker if it is to survive, for the person who picks up our garbage, in the final analysis, is as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant. All labor has dignity."
Read MoreIf you were lucid during the weeks that followed 9/11, you'll remember that Nostradamus suddenly started popping up in more conversations than usual. At the center of his newfound popularity was a prophetic quatrain, credited to the enigmatic seer, in emails prefaced with "RE:RE:RE:RE."
Read MoreFleas and kissing. The two might seem unrelated, but in an era of social distancing, the link between might be clearer.
Read MoreThe human species has worked hard to add a layer of organization to the passage of time, and there have been some interesting solutions.
Read MoreThe Red Hot Chili Peppers have not released an album since 2016, and fans have spent the whole time wondering about it.
Read MoreFor once, 2020 has brought about some good news. Well, good news for the people who have been looking for signs that aliens have already visited Earth, anyway.
Read MoreFor women in ancient Macedonia, life wasn't exactly a bowl full of chariots.
Read MoreIf you're looking for a boring story, you've come to the right place. But it's not you that will be bored -- it's a mile-long tunnel under Las Vegas, brought to you by the good folks from The Boring Company.
Read MoreIn general, don't meet bears. They really don't want to meet you, either. They're predators, and they get hungry, and while many bears are omnivores (consuming anything from berries to grubs to you), any port in a storm when you're hangry.
Read MoreThere are tales of a real life vampire... and it's not who you think.
Read MoreWhen you're on set of a horror flick, it's easy to get carried away with eerie occurrences that happen. Here are some creepy tales of movie set ghosts.
Read MoreMaybe it's just that splitting your time between being a rock god and serving as a sun damaged Jack Sparrow life model doesn't leave room in your schedule for discerning personal choices, but Steven Tyler has had a couple "incidents" in his past.
Read More'Sean was the product of love,' John Lennon is reported to have once told a young Julian. 'You were the product of a whiskey bottle.'"
Read MoreIt's one of the older scams going (and it's still very much going): psychics.
Read MoreYou just don't hear about organizations like the Special Operations Executive anymore. Or their mission to beat the Nazis with exploding rats.
Read MoreApparently there's a relatively wide-spread rumor going around that not only has NASA shifted the calendar, but has added a new sign to the traditional 12-sign lineup of the zodiac (which, to be clear, is astrology).
Read MoreOne of the strangest and most unique crimes in history was a bank robbery that became known as the Pizza Bomber. In happened in 2003, but it just got weirder and weirder as the years went on, and there are still some unanswered questions, too. This is the crazy real-life story of the Pizza Bomber.
Read MoreTrent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails has had an extraordinary career. And his net worth reflects that.
Read MoreWhen founder, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Glenn Frey died at the age of 67 in 2016, his son Deacon stepped up.
Read MoreRadioactive takes a few liberties on its way to present a true, if not entirely factual, sense of an historical individual.
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