Members of the Jonestown community were given the choice to take their own lives or be killed by the camp guards, having been told that authorities would be "parachuting in" and taking their kids to be raised as fascist pawns. Amazingly, through various turns of events, 33 people made it out alive.
Read MoreQuarantine is the word of the day, and unfortunately, it can do a lot more than just earn us a ton of points in Scrabble. Thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus strain currently making the rounds, tons of people are getting intimately acquainted with the term, whether they like it or not.
Read MoreYou've read the news, and you've seen the memes: Everyone and their mom has been busy hoarding toilet paper recently. But bottled water is also flying off shelves. Here's why.
Read MoreFrida Kahlo is one of the most admired artists of the 20th century. But Kahlo's artistic genius came at a price. Her personal life was marred with tragedy, loss, illness, infidelity, and chronic pain that plagued her throughout her time on Earth. This is the tragic real-life story of Frida Kahlo.
Read MoreThe coronavirus has been terrible for much of the economy. But as people embrace social distancing and prepare to weather the pandemic storm, some companies have had a much sunnier financial outlook throughout.
Read MoreWas it polio? That was the consistent diagnosis at the time. Current medical opinion is inclined to think that Franklin Delano Roosevelt might have had Guillain-Barre syndrome instead. Whatever the condition, when he was 39 his legs were paralyzed, and remained so for the rest of his life.
Read MoreAmericans like to smell good, groom, and generally bathe regularly. We like our plumbing and ready access to potable water, hot when we need it and cold when we don't. And we like our toilet paper.
Read MoreForget Bruce Wayne, who carries lots of gadgets and emotional baggage. The really impressive bat-creature weighs in at less than an ounce. It's the Chinese horseshoe bat, and by some estimates, according to the New York Times, it's a possible source of the coronavirus.
Read More"Pandemics are inherently unpredictable in appearance and severity," so it's by no means guaranteed that waves will occur at all. However, both the Black Death and the 1918 flu had hellacious second waves. So why might these second waves happen?
Read MoreDuring the 1998-99 NBA season, the league went the extra mile to grab fans' attention after a contentious lockout. As part of that promotional effort, the Charlotte Hornets invited Master P (real name Percy Miller) to give it his best shot during a preseason tryout.
Read MoreThe Ozzman cometh, and he's bearing some bizarre words of wisdom. Former Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne is known for quite a few eccentric behaviors. Over a lifetime of wild statements, which are the words that stand out the most?
Read MoreWith the novel coronavirus at the forefront of the public consciousness, it's only natural to try and put it into context, filing it away with other potentially deadly diseases. And no illness gets compared more frequently to coronavirus than the flu.
Read MoreFinding the optimism in Sixx's dire recollections and warnings often feels like sifting for diamonds on a beach. You'll find them, though, if you look hard enough.
Read MoreIt's pretty clear that information about COVID-19 is, well, going viral. As is the virus itself. Health authorities have repeatedly requested that people do their best to stay calm, and wash their hands twenty seconds at a time. Nonetheless, a lot of people have become ill in a short time period.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 coronavirus is an increasingly worrisome disease for many countries. How dangerous is the coronavirus for children, and for that matter, young people in general?
Read MoreIf you're not sure about shelling out $6.99 a month for a Disney+ subscription, don't worry: the Disney family definitely does not need your pocket change.
Read MoreWhen it comes to acts of unspeakable evil, common knowledge goes that serial killers are either Machiavellian geniuses or an intellectually-stunted oddballs. Think of Jigsaw or Leatherface. However, as is often the case with attempts to assign unflappable truths, this is an oversimplification.
Read MoreAs the coronavirus pandemic spreads emotional and economic panic across the globe, misinformation has gone viral, as well. However, when it comes to bogus coronavirus cures, disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker takes the cake
Read MoreCOVID-19 is an increasingly worrisome disease for many countries. Sure, the rich might have access to private jets and other means of lowering the risk of contagion, but it looks like everybody else just has to power through and follow the World Health Organization's protective measures.
Read MoreThe Chernobyl incident was the worst nuclear disaster in human history, and as a result, the area around the reactor — known as the exclusion zone — was evacuated. To this day, it remains illegal to live there. However, that didn't stop some resilient inhabitants from remaining.
Read MoreIf the name Sylvia Browne rings a bell, you may recall her as the self-described psychic who routinely appeared on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live. Browne, who died in 2013, wrote that, "In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe..."
Read MoreBorn April 4th, 2012 and affixed with the moniker Tardar Sauce, the mixed-breed dwarf kitten with a perpetually perturbed outer appearance became known to the world at large as Grumpy Cat, an internet celebrity of such ubiquity as to command her own personal brand.
Read MoreMore than a mere way to pad the DVD, movie commentary is sometimes even better than the films themselves.
Read MoreNo one can predict the future, but there are always new technologies on the horizon that will change things. These inventions will be here sooner than you think, so it's best to get yourself and your wallet ready for the next big thing. These will be some of the greatest inventions of 2020.
Read MoreIf you want to thrill and amaze the young ones in your life, just open up as many credit cards as you can find and pick up the Astolat Dollhouse Castle, AKA the most expensive toy in the world. How expensive are we talking? Try "very."
Read MoreKerri Rawson's father was Dennis Rader the BTK killer, whose chilling moniker stood for "bind, torture, kill." Over a 27-year period he killed 10 people. Rawson had known one of them personally: a woman who lived down the street. Here's the untold truth of the BTK killer's daughter, Kerri Rawson.
Read MoreMindhunter is a Netflix thriller series about a small unit of FBI agents who revolutionized the way law enforcement hunts for serial killers by using psychological profiles drawn up by interviewing dozens of incarcerated killers and figuring out how their minds work. But how real is Mindhunter?
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