The success of the American Revolution was not necessarily a foregone conclusion. It required years of fighting and tactical ingenuity to defeat the British.
Read MoreOver 50 years after the 1970 shootings at Kent State, the impact of the fateful day is still felt by many -- including rock and roll legend Joe Walsh.
Read MorePaul Simon and performance partner Art Garfunkel have had an on-again, off-again relationship since childhood. One high point was 1981's Central Park concert.
Read MoreBruce Lee. Martial artist, philosopher, actor... But if you grew up in the mid-2000s, you may remember Bruce Lee as a ping pong god.
Read MoreThough you'd think that the Apollo 11 astronauts were friends, the reality is complex. This is the truth about Buzz Aldrin's relationship with Neil Armstrong.
Read MoreHumans have been tattooing each other for thousands of years. And about 70 years ago, two American states tattooed thousands of babies and children.
Read MoreIn 2016, the homicide case of Missy Bevers stunned residents of Texas -- but despite attempts made by police and internet detectives, it remains unsolved.
Read MoreRecords players were developed out of an invention by Thomas Edison. But what came first, the record or the popular music-playing device? Let's find out.
Read MoreBoston Celtics draftee Len Bias' autopsy report revealed several tragic details about the last few hours of the former Maryland standout's life.
Read MoreMadeleine McCann went missing during a vacation in Portugal with her parents in 2007. Police have announced a suspect in the case, a man already in prison.
Read MoreBefore she was killed in a public hit in her hometown, Medellín Cartel drug lord Griselda Blanco was profiting from the booming '70s and '80s cocaine trade.
Read MoreBetween 2007 and 2009, Anthony Sowell, who became known as the Cleveland Strangler, lured at least 12 women to his Cleveland, Ohio, home and killed them.
Read MoreIn a Utah lawsuit from 2017, religious leader Warren Jeffs lost millions of dollars to a former child bride. Here's the story behind this disturbing case.
Read MoreIn 2016, Joel Guy Sr. and Lisa Guy planned to have a final Thanksgiving celebration at their Knoxville, Tennessee, home. What happened after is horrific.
Read MoreNo matter its name, the enormous clusters of plastic debris floating in the Pacific Ocean are threats to marine life and contributors to climate change.
Read MoreThink shark, and you're probably imagining the classic great white, and the theme music from "Jaws." But there are more than 500 species of shark out there.
Read MorePerformers have been changing their names -- sometimes multiple times -- since the beginning of show business. Too often, it was a matter of "ethnic."
Read MoreThe song says "it's amore" when the moon hits your eye in a certain way. How the moon appears, however, changes, depending where you're standing at the time.
Read MoreDomestic cats love catnip, so much so that it changes their behavior when they're around it. But what would happen if you gave lions and jaguars catnip?
Read MoreIconic actor James Dean was killed in a car crash at 24 years old. His career was on the upswing at the time of his death. Who might have inherited?
Read MoreChildren in the FLDS community are taught that the moon landing did not happen.
Read MoreWhile dictators committed genocides and flooded their countries with propaganda, their wives were often at their sides, typically looking glamorous.
Read MoreKid Rock and Tommy Lee got into a physical fight at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. It was the culmination of a years long feud.
Read MoreThe South African hip-hop group Die Antwoord was recently dropped from the lineup of the upcoming ALT+LDN festival in the U.K. this summer.
Read MoreThe truth about Starlite, said to be able to withstand a nuclear blast, is that its inventor, Maurice Ward, may have taken the key to its production with him.
Read MoreThe British medical journal The Lancet reported in 1997 on three verifiable cases of medical zombification. It's alive!
Read MorePostage stamps are, you should pardon the expression, a sticky topic. Who is so honored, and why -- even how often -- can be debated almost endlessly.
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