Although she may be considered too old by NASA, private space exploration will ultimately give this 82-year-old pilot the opportunity to reach the stars.
A group described as "six masked men" held up a Union Pacific Flyer train. Two men threatened Engineer W.H. Jones with guns and demanded he stop the train.
Brands, not content to simply let their mascots sell us their products, will announce that their characters don't just hawk snack, they have entire backstories.
Since it's located on an island, Alcatraz employees couldn't simply go home after a hard day's work. So, where did the prison guards and other employees live?
Elton John has been there, done that, and probably regretted a fair amount of it. Along the way, he's locked horns with some of the greats, like Bob Dylan.
Several songs that have become pop hits have been inspired by specific people who in one way or another touched the songwriter's life, for better or for worse.
Jerry Brudos was a serial killer with a distinct fetish for women's high-heeled shoes. This is how many victims he had (and how many deaths he is suspected of).
Despite his now mythic status in the British psyche, Winston Churchill was, after all, human, and, as academics are now keen to discuss, a deeply flawed one.
Matiss Kivlenieks, a goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets, died on Sunday, July 4, after a freak accident. This is how much he earned in his NHL career.
The government of the United States ultimately took matters to an extreme when it tasked the CIA with assassinating the revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
The many design changes of the U.S. flag have been responses to new states joining the union, as opposed to responses to criticisms of the flag's suitability.
In 1983, spike-haired Billy Idol had his first hit in the U.S. with the ballad-anthem "Eyes Without A Face." Turns out, that video landed him in the hospital.
Witch-hunting stories have inspired countless books and movies. Although they seem to belong to the past, witch-hunting is still a reality in many countries.
Besides being artistic inspiration, our moon happens to be a rock hurtling through space, which means, like any other chunk of rock, it could be blown up.
While many folks may not recognize the name of Roald Dahl, their collective childhoods were touched by the British fighter pilot in one way or another.
In space, there is no drain and there is only microgravity, so water, soap, and shampoo stick to your skin and/or float around and ruin sensitive equipment.
Two signers of the Declaration of Independence, James Wilson and Robert Morris, both of Pennsylvania, would go on to spend time in prison as a result of debt.