Messed Up Things In The Roman Empire
For almost 1,500 years, the Roman Empire dominated, well, a lot of the world. And they weren't kind about it. Here are messed up things from the Roman Empire.
Read MoreFor almost 1,500 years, the Roman Empire dominated, well, a lot of the world. And they weren't kind about it. Here are messed up things from the Roman Empire.
Read MoreWhen professional athletes die, there are a lot of questions about what happened. In these cases, we might not have all the answers.
Read MoreWe've thus far avoided a mass ape uprising and other horrible futuristic visions because movies aren't real. But sometimes, screenwriters get things right.
Read MoreTo say that some ancient leaders were really weird is probably a bit of an understatement. Being really weird was almost a prerequisite.
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Read MoreLegendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd have persevered through more tragedy than many groups. Here's the tragic, real-life story of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Read MoreTo many, the Ancient Greeks' world was progressive, democratic, and peaceful, and there's a lot of truth to all that. But no society is perfect.
Read MoreThor: Ragnarok did something most people thought was impossible: It was a good movie about Thor. But there were some things in Thor: Ragnarok that didn't make sense. Here are dumb things in Thor: Ragnarok, a story of space gladiators and interstellar vikings battling on an alien garbage planet.
Read MoreThere's more to the famously feisty tattoo artist than just her ink and her controversy. Here's the untold truth of Kat Von D.
Read MoreZach Galifianakis is the host of Between Two Ferns, a talk-show inviting celebrities in on a mock-interview and the joke.
Read MoreThere will always be artists who make a living cranking out bland songs for people who just want bland songs, but there will also always be songs that are more annoying than that. Songs like these. These songs seem specifically calibrated to annoy. Here are the most annoying smash hits of all time.
Read MoreOne of the coolest things about eBay is that you can sell just about anything on there.
Read MoreMusicians and rock stars make boatloads of money off their hit songs, songs that sweep the globe and drive everyone into a frenzy. But sometimes the songs' performers think you're listening to garbage. Here are some famous musicians who might have happily skipped their most famous songs.
Read MoreWhen a rock star dies unexpectedly, the question of how they died can loom as large as the memory of how they lived. Some allegations belong to a constellation of baseless rock star conspiracy theories. Other times, there are legitimate questions about the deaths of rock stars.
Read MoreMusicians are people, too, and sometimes they just have a bad day. These musicians totally lost their cool onstage.
Read MoreIf you're looking for a celeb that's going to get hit with a scandal, you'd do alright perusing the ranks of televangelists. These televangelists were not holy.
Read MoreWhen you think about bridges, you probably think about those technological wonders of the modern age. But the ancients built technological wonders, too.
Read MoreNo one in history has made people laugh as much as Charlie Chaplin. Yet his real life was as far from a laugh a minute.
Read MoreThese are some of the best prank calls ever recorded.
Read MoreJanis Joplin's legacy as an icon of psychedelic rock and blues is nothing less than momentous. However, her life came to a swift and tragic end.
Read MoreLARP has often been the butt of jokes, but that doesn't mean it's all bad. Plenty of people love LARPing. Here are some things about LARP you might not know.
Read MoreWhile we should all know more about Napoleon's achievements, there are a bunch of weird and entertaining things to know about Napoleon, too.
Read MoreLeft unchecked, climate change will have a catastrophic impact on the world. But climate change is also going to alter our world in small but very bizarre ways.
Read MoreAs Americans were rocked by social shifts, the Vietnam War's many faults shook their collective conscience. When its cruelties were known, many were horrified.
Read MorePantera originated groove metal. Guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, bassist Rex Brown, and singer Phil Anselmo provided a soundtrack for the disaffected, and a loud one at that. This is the tragic real-life story of Pantera, one of metal's greatest bands.
Read MoreAnime has long been considered a bit of a niche fandom, but it's growing bigger and bigger, and it's not that different from more popular entertainment genres. There are a lot of misconceptions about anime out there. Here are a few things people tend to get wrong about anime.
Read MoreIt's hard to forget all the bizarre things Dennis Rodman has done, but perhaps there's more to the story of all that acting out.
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