Inside The World's Toughest Prisons: The Truth About Brandvlei Correctional Centre
The fifth season of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons recently dropped on Netflix. The series examines the culture of incarceration around the world.
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The Tragic Death Of Corey Haim
Haim wasn't without ambition. He wanted to be the next James Dean, he told The Los Angeles Times at one point. "I know I can do it. ... [H]e's such a legend."
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Pulitzer Family
The Pulitzers were once the leading media family in the US, but they weren't without their troubles. This is the tragic real-life story of the Pulitzer family.
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Inside The World's Toughest Prisons: The Truth About Manila City Jail
Besides thousands of deaths, Duarte's war on drugs has packed the country's prisons beyond their capacities, creating dire security and public heath situations.
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Inside The World's Toughest Prisons: The Truth About Greenland's Nuuk Prison
Greenland runs an "open prison" system, allowing inmates to work, study, and even hunt during the day before returning to the penitentiary at night.
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The Untold Truth Of The D.B Cooper Plane Hijacking
Cooper boarded a plane, had a cocktail, announced he had a bomb, and later jumped out of the plane with a parachute and $200,000 strapped to his back.
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The Truth About Elvis Presley's Manager
For all of Elvis' career, his manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, was calling the shots, and he was pretty shady. Here's the truth about Elvis Presley's manager.
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Here's How Much Tommy Lasorda Was Worth When He Died
While Lasorda was winning games, the legendary manager also upped his salary and increased his net worth over the years.
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The Heartbreaking Death Of Tommy Lasorda
"My clothes are blue, the Dodger color," Lasorda said. "... Cut my veins, and I bleed Dodger blue. If trouble comes, I pray to that big Dodger in the sky."
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The Real Reason Victorians Sent 'Vinegar Valentines'
We worry today about the phenomenon of online bullying, but even the analog social media of the Victorian era saw its fair share of mean communication.
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Details You Didn't Know About Bret Michaels
Here are a few details you likely don't know about Bret Michaels, including his charity work and his lifelong medical condition.
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The Mechanics Of Using The Bathroom In The Space Station
Astronauts have the same basic needs up in space as they do anywhere else in the solar system, and microgravity makes their morning routine a bit more tedious.
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The Real Reason We Have Nine Supreme Court Justices
For more than 150 years, the Supreme Court has had nine justices. But it wasn't always that way. The number of justices was left for Congress to decide.
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A Look Into The Tragic Death Of ODB
A look into the tragic death of ODB, and how the Wu-Tang Clan rapper died just days before his 36th birthday in 2004.
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This Is The Most Densely-Populated Country In The World
You might have noticed how unevenly distributed the human species is. Perhaps this made you wonder: Where is the most densely-packed region in the world?
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The Messed Up History Of The First Persian Empire
Arguably the most powerful empire of all time was the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire. This is its messed up history.
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A Surprising 15% Of People Think This Martial Artist Is Better Than Bruce Lee
A surprising 15% of people think this martial artist is better than Bruce Lee, and the survey included several martial artists.
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A Look At Richard Nixon's Final Days To Avoid Impeachment
That morning was not celebratory. It was the culmination of months of unraveling and a strategy to avoid impeachment over the Watergate scandal.
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The True Story Behind The Pentagon Papers
The true story behind the Pentagon Papers and how they ultimately led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Nixon.
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The Real Reason Martin Luther King Jr. Day Finally Became A Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday 33 years after his assassination in 1968, and the bill, proposed immediately, did not even get a vote until 1979.
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The Real Reason Inauguration Day Is January 20
Inauguration Day in 2021 will be January 20, as it has been since 1933, the result of passage of the 20th Amendment, also known as the "Lame Duck Amendment."
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The Most Awkward Inauguration Day Moments In History
U.S. presidential inaugurations have often been bizarre affairs, so let's take a look at the most awkward Inauguration Day moments in history.
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This Is How Asteroids Form
We all know that asteroids are looming out there in space, just waiting for our orbits to align so they can take us out just like they did the dinosaurs.
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What Happened To Tracii Guns From Guns N' Roses?
Tracii Guns has remained an active, constantly working metal guitarist since his early days on the glam, grubby Sunset Strip of the 1980s.
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The Disturbing Connection Between Charlie Chaplin And Abraham Lincoln
The disturbing connection between Charlie Chaplin and Abraham Lincoln is something rather unexpected, grisly, and ghoulish.
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The Ph.D. Degree Dexter Holland Has
In 2017, Holland joined the rarified ranks of rock stars with PhDs, along with Queen's Brian May (astrophysics) and Bad Religion's Greg Graffin (zoology).
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Where Is Chris Pitman From Guns N' Roses Today?
Chris Pitman from Guns N' Roses has somewhat disappeared from the limelight, but GNR's former member may be with a different band.
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