Walt Disney may have started out as an apprentice ad cartoonist, but he finagled his love for animation into a media empire. Just how much was this smokey human success engine worth at the time of his death?
Read MoreEven the strange world of subatomic particles isn't above the aesthetic allure of symmetry.
Read MoreUmbrellas. They just kind of go with the word "dapper." Occasionally, umbrellas get repurposed, but for some reason, society has long held the opinion that opening one indoors is bad luck. Why?
Read MoreHuman beings kill approximately 100 million sharks a year, per The New York Times Magazine. On the other hand, unprovoked shark attacks killed just five human beings in 2017. So clearly the sharks have more to worry about than we do. But here's how you can survive a shark attack if it happens.
Read MoreIn 2020, rapper and actorJa Rule unironically advertised his tax preparation company, Value Tax, on Twitter. According to Complex, he posted, "IT'S TAX SEASON!!! It's simple, walk in let us do your taxes, walk out with cash in hand," adding, "... we also do credit repair!"
Read MoreDavid Bowie was an iconoclast, a cultural monolith, and, with the help of those leggings that he wore in Labyrinth, the source of a lot of confusing new stirrings in the coming-of-age stories of many Gen Xers. He also possessed a unique appearance that drew in audiences.
Read MoreThere's no doubt most people have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that deadly swath of sea in the Caribbean known for the ships and planes that have vanished there without a trace. But it's not the only oceanic area known for strange disappearances. There's also the Devil's Triangle.
Read MoreBy now, everyone's probably aware that the coronavirus is tearing its way through the world, and right now, it looks like things may be getting worse before they're going to get better.
Read MoreSuperstitions. Salt cannot be spilled. Ladders demand a careful sidestep. Cracks must not be trodden upon, lest the chiropractic health of one's sainted mother be thrown into disarray. And of course, a broken mirror leads, inevitably, to seven years of bad luck.
Read MoreIt's easy to picture piranhas as hungry teeth with fish attached. In fact, 'piranha' translates to "tooth fish" in the language of Brazil's Tupi people. Paired with a prominent underbite, those notorious chompers make for a menacingly serrated smile.
Read MoreAmy Winehouse lived a short life that, nevertheless, brought her great fame. Her amazingly strong, jazzy voice created powerful hits like "Rehab" and "Back in Black," and made her a household name. How much did she earn in the process?
Read MoreAs COVID-19 continues its tear through the general public, killing hundreds and throwing the international economy into disarray, the CDC offers new advice seemingly on a daily basis. Now they're honing on beards.
Read MoreThe "nature vs. nurture" debate which has raged for ages between scientists. But now, some experts point to a third option: neither.
Read MoreMove over Doctor Moreau, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute are honing in on your territory, only instead of creating hideous mutants they're trying to cure blindness.
Read MoreA stamp may have sealed the fate of Tsutomu Yamaguchi on August 6, 1945, leading him to a remarkable feat of survival.
Read MoreHere's the truth about Michelle Kunimoto, the University of British Columbia student who recently discovered 17 new planets with nothing but her wit, her will, and publicly available NASA internet archives.
Read MoreIt was the heyday of organized crime and celebrity gangsters with various levels of achievement and notoriety. John Dillinger had escaped custody yet again and driven a stolen vehicle across state lines, which qualified him for special attention from the feds. Hoover put Melvin Purvis on the case.
Read MorePretty much everyone would love to live a good, long life. However, the whole "not dying until you're really old" thing is a bit of a two-edged sword: Unless your brain manages to keep up with the rest of your body, your golden years probably won't be quite as cozy as you'd hope.
Read MoreLife is a journey, not a destination. But the band Journey always seemed destined to succeed with Steve Perry at the helm. Until they started paying him not to sing...
Read MoreSherlock Holmes, one of the most famous and brilliant fictional detectives of all time, wasn't entirely fictional. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most prominent creation was heavily based on a real person, Dr. Joseph Bell. Here's the incredible life of Joseph Bell, the real Sherlock Holmes.
Read MoreThe music industry has seen plenty of strife, not to mention a steady string of litigation, and here are some of the silliest lawsuits that band members have ever filed against each other.
Read MoreClyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, infamous thieves and murderers who cut a swath of violent crime across America in the 1930s, had lots of things in common. Including a limp.
Read MoreThrough the combined efforts of researchers at Rice University, Biola University, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the human race now possesses tiny, molecule-sized drills capable of destroying not just diseased cells, but entire multicellular microorganisms.
Read MoreBon Jovi is a household name. But the members of this group have suffered their fair share of setbacks. Here’s the tragic real-life story of Bon Jovi.
Read MoreDespite the objections of privacy advocates, the Los Lunas Police Department is now running beta tests for a new form of built-in body camera facial recognition, paving the way for a more RoboCop-ish future.
Read MoreFrom cowboys to bank robbers to noir detectives, those pieces of rapid firing machinery have been omnipresent in the country's culture since the 19th century. And we have one man to thank for that: Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver.
Read MoreOf the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
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