It all started on April 23rd, 2005, with an 18 second video posted by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. It was called "Me at the zoo." It's still available to watch, the only video posted to the channel.
Read MoreAndrew Cunanan's childhood reads like a California dream come true. But even though he had the life equivalent of a royal flush, Cunanan wasn't satisfied with the hand he was dealt.
Read MoreAtop the Vegas big cat game was the magic spectacular that was Siegfried and Roy, using illusions, elaborate dance routines, pounding music, and lights to surround the fact that they were working with big cats. Live. On stage.
Read MoreWhile frontman and main songwriter Billy Corgan has obviously been a Smashing Pumpkins mainstay, the other original members have all either quit or been fired at some point -- including bass player D'Arcy Wretzky.
Read MoreApple has taken a hit during the pandemic, but you may be surprised to find just how serious it actually was.
Read MoreBarring any setbacks or other extenuating circumstances, on May 27, 2020, two astronauts will boldly go where others have gone before ... but they'll do it inside a Dragon, so that's new. Specifically, they'll do it in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2.
Read MoreHank Williams, the country legend, didn't have the opportunity to live in the world long. He picked up a drinking habit as a teen he would never be able to beat. But in the short amount of time he had, Williams gave the world a series of hits. This is the tragic real-life story of Hank Williams.
Read MoreHow did this Steven Seagal, this staple of '90s action shlock and 2000s video on demand become a sworn-in peace officer capable of calling in a suburban tank assault? All we can do is present the pieces of the puzzle. It's nobody's fault that they don't match the picture on the box.
Read MoreWings are a great way to get high, but when Paul McCartney flew to Japan in 1980 to tour with his band, Wings, he wasn't riding as high as he would have liked. In fact, he ended up pretty low -- in jail.
Read MoreBefore David Koresh went from plucking guitar strings to pulling all the strings as a cult leader, he added a drummer to his band of believers. That drummer was David Thibodeau.
Read MoreThe first crewed mission of SpaceX and NASA's collaborative efforts, the Demo-2, is scheduled to lift off on May 27th, 2020. Weather permitting.
Read MoreContinuing their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that they'll be contributing a further $125 million to the development and distribution of tests, treatments, and vaccines.
Read MoreAmazon Vice President Tim Bray found the company's actions so distasteful that he protested by resigning.
Read MoreBoth Marvel and DC have a bad habit of slapping a fresh coat of spandex on the other's intellectual property and calling their work original. But it’s especially true when it comes to Stan Lee and company. So today, let's look at all the characters that Marvel stole from DC.
Read MoreParamount's miniseries Waco premiered recently on Netflix, an attempt to dramatize the events of early 1993 at the Branch Davidian compound where ultimately 75 people died, including children. One of the characters in the series is FBI negotiator Gary Noesner. Here's his story.
Read MoreNoel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis, is known for hating many things. Chief among them -- playing his hit song, Wonderwall.
Read MoreIn 1984, Michael Jordan didn't want to work with Nike. He didn't like Nike. He wouldn't even take a phone call with the company.
Read MoreYou might have noticed the recent "buzz" about a certain, particularly worrying insect that goes by the charming nickname "murder hornet." These unsavory creatures have just been spotted in the U.S. for the first time ever...
Read MoreInsects are harbingers of the apocalypse, grim reminder that humanity is not the only hunger that shapes this world.
Read MoreChief O'Brien's rise from random bridge guy to main cast member wasn't easy. This mild-mannered transporter chief has a biography that would make a Vulcan weep. Get the violins ready because we're about to dive into Chief O'Brien's tragic Star Trek timeline.
Read MoreOn 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue sits a mansion unfit for a king, and that's a good thing. America already had a King George, and he taxed colonists' nerves so much that they told him to shove his tea right up his rear harbor during the Revolutionary War. So, it must have felt hella uncomfortable ...
Read MoreMichael Jordan's mansion in the Highland Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, is a sight to behold. He just wishes someone would buy it.
Read MoreOne of the most baffling things in the giant, man-shaped box of baffle that is Dennis Rodman is his famous nickname, "The Worm," which is so deeply associated with him that Encyclopedia Britannica notes it. How exactly did a gigantic, muscular athlete end up with a moniker that silly?
Read MoreBehold, Scottie Pippen's son, Scottie Pippen Jr., who some have noted bears a marked resemblance to Scottie Pippen.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth II: She's iconic. She's universally known. She has not once, to the best of anyone's knowledge, beheaded a traitor with a broadsword and forced his followers to clean the blood from her throne with their tongues.
Read MoreAs of the beginning of May 2020, you shouldn't. Go out in public, that is.
Read MoreCovid-19 is one of several forms of coronavirus, and no successful human vaccine has ever been developed against any of the coronaviruses -- so far. So what will life be like without one?
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