In the post-war economic boom of 1950s America, consumerism took center stage. While some items found in the average home are still the standard to this day, other fads were just plain bizarre. Let's dig in and find out about the things Americans in the 1950s couldn't live without.
Read MoreWhether you're driving behind a UPS truck and questioning why their drivers never make left turns -– or wondering why UPS trucks always leave the doors open –- there's a lot of secrets to unpack with these guys, with one of the biggest mysteries remaining: how much do UPS drivers actually make?
Read MoreIggy Pop: Sometimes a singer, sometimes an actor, sometimes a producer, pretty much always shirtless. Stripped? Usually. Strapped for cash? Hardly.
Read MoreThe Rolling Stones and Truman Capote seem to have first met at a party thrown for Jagger's 29th birthday. It didn't take long for Keith Richards to decide he wasn't a fan of the writer.
Read MoreAre you in the market for a Fast & Furious-style, car-themed action movie, only en français? What if we told that it's on Netflix now, and is really good?
Read MoreAs if 2020 has not yet done enough, a massive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert is now on its way to the United States.
Read MoreThe story of Henry VIII of England is almost as big as his waistline (which was big indeed). But some facts have been conflated, or inflated into myth over time.
Read MoreIn 1987, Guns N' Roses released their first album, Appetite for Destruction, to a thunderous response. They went on to become one of the biggest names in rock. So where have they been the last 11 years?
Read MoreThe lesser-known political parties of the U.S. run the gamut from weird and wacky to disturbing and even scary. Here are some you probably haven't heard of.
Read MoreKurt Cobain of Nirvana and Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses are perhaps the most quintessential rock stars of the early 1990s. As such, it's only natural that the two frontmen knew of each other. Unfortunately, they didn't much care for each other ... or rather, Cobain didn't particularly like Rose.
Read MoreBob Dylan could easily be considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Like all artists, though, Dylan admires the work of his fellow musicians.
Read MoreWe'll start by stating that the main untold truth about Jack the Ripper is that nobody knows for sure who committed the murders attributed to him (or her, for that matter). But there's much more to be told.
Read MoreWrestling was the Hart family business. Owen's father, Stu, was an acclaimed Canadian wrestler, and Owen followed in his father's footsteps -- as did all 11 of Owen's older siblings. But his life would be tragically cut short.
Read MoreNetflix's true-crime series, Narcos, weaves a tale of ruthless brutality centering around the Colombian drug trade and its legendary leader, Pablo Escobar. But how much of what we know about him is myth?
Read MoreIn 2004, Kill Bill: Volume 2 ended on a pile of figurative question marks, to say nothing of a literal one. What happened to the California Mountain Snake, blinded and trapped in a trailer with a venomous black mamba? Would Vernita Green's daughter come looking for revenge?
Read MoreRobert Smith does not exactly dress like a millionaire. In fact, he looks a bit like he still raids his mom's makeup drawer and shops at Goodwill -- but then again, that's his style, and far be it from us to cramp it. After all, it's not like Smith comes to our house and tells us how to look.
Read MoreKnown as one of the most transgressive hip hop acts of their time, the Beastie Boys took the late eighties music scene by storm, and they were propelled to success by the very song that the band now hates the most.
Read MoreSometimes, what might seem like the next big movie franchise fails to catch an audience. Just ask the planned Percy Jackson movie trilogy.
Read MoreNative American tribes had their own ideas for what happens after death, and their beliefs can tell us as much about how they lived as how they died.
Read MoreRay Donovan. It was here, and it was good. Then it was gone. What happened? "We're still scratching our heads," said showrunner David Hollander. But all hope is not lost.
Read MoreBaseball caps -- also tractor caps, or trucker caps -- are everywhere, especially on people's heads. Usually they come off within a reasonable timeframe, but what happens if you wear a hat every day?
Read MoreCleopatra: the woman of the golden barge, drifting down the Nile. Beautiful, Egyptian... or maybe not? Let's separate fact from myth.
Read MoreDeep space is immense, brimming with potential — and not unlike Henry Ford's Model T, you can get in any color, so long as that color is black.
Read MoreFrom lush forests, to bleak Scandinavian shores, to the cold stone of isolated (and amazingly easily conquered as it turns out) English monasteries, Vikings' settings aren't just gorgeous to behold -- they're a vital part of the show. So where is it actually filmed?
Read MoreNetflix's The Witcher contains a lot of small details for those who have read the books or played the games. The first episode alone has many callbacks that you may have missed.
Read MoreHere is a proposal modestly put forward for a new Rorschach Test: What do you immediately think of when you hear "David Bowie and Mick Jagger?"
Read MoreBack when times were simpler, many a child laughed with Bozo the Clown, or woke up in a cold sweat after dreaming he was standing right over their bed. But whatever happened to the man behind the red schnoz?
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