Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's real life and worldview fed into his fictional works significantly. This is the crazy real-life story of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
These female scientists invented and discovered remarkable things that turned into lifesaving breakthroughs. Here are some of the women of scientific history.
The first Black presidential candidate that almost no one remembers was George Edwin Taylor, back in 1904. Though George Edwin Taylor lost, he made his mark.
Silicon Valley may be peddled as the place where dreams come true and young people get rich, but the reality can be far different. Here's the messed up truth of what goes on in Silicon Valley.
In the Victorian era, taking pictures of dead loved ones became popular almost as soon as rudimentary photography was invented and stayed popular for decades.
Dave Rowntree, the drummer of Brit-pop band Blur, has become a jack of all trades since the band went on hiatus. Dave Rowntree has gone on to become an animator, a lawyer, fly planes, and even host his own radio show on Radio X.
Known in the automotive industry as an innovator, John DeLorean's life was one of rebellion, struggle, and peerless invention. We now know John DeLorean's car from the Back to the Future franchise, but his tragic life included many divorces and an FBI sting for smuggling cocaine.
In school, we never seemed to hear about groundbreaking women, and that's a shame. Here are some groundbreaking women they didn't teach you about in school.
The Mandalorian has built up its own vast universe of Star Wars characters with a varied cast. Here are some tragic details about the cast of The Mandalorian.
The Rolling Stones' Altamont concert was one of the most tragic music events in history. The music was awful, the venue was awful, the crowd, etc. The only moderately redeeming quality to the show was its price: free. This is a look into the tragedy at the Rolling Stones' Altamont concert.
According to MetalWani, on June 5, 2008, Lukather posted a message on his official website, stating: "The fact is yes I have left Toto. There is no more Toto. I just can't do it anymore and at 50 years old I wanted to start over and give it one last try on my own."
By the middle of the decade, turmoil between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had increased significantly. Jagger signed a solo deal with CBS Records and spent much of 1984 writing songs for his first album. To the annoyance of Richards, Jagger publicly declared his lack of interest in the Stones.
Before Matt Cameron, a whole slew of others banged on the old Pearl Jam skins. One of those drummers was Dave Abbruzzese, who abruptly left the band in 1994. Many people thought it was a simple creative split. We're here to tell you otherwise.
ou might think that the world of funk metal has enough room for two outspoken, flamboyant frontmen to coexist peacefully. Not so much. Anthony Kiedis of Los Angeles-based Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mike Patton of San Francisco's Faith No More had a decades-long rivalry in which they traded insults.
Despite their previous success together, trouble was brewing in the Steiner family. As Hulk Hogan's New World Order rose to power, Scott began to see the possibility of more fame as a solo wrestler, so he turned on his brother and joined Hollywood Hogan's new stable at SuperBrawl VIII.
Depending on who you believe, no one has ever found the Ark. Not only is the Ark a piece of religious history, it's believed to hold wondrous powers that could wipe out whole nations, part seas, and probably do some other miraculous biblical stuff.
So, we here at Grunge decided to take an informal poll asking you lovely netizens to answer one of the cosmos's most pertinent, enduring, and unanswerable questions: "Who was the best rock band from the '90s?" That poll, viewable on YouTube, garnered quite a fair amount of worldwide attention.
What is Christmas like for those who can't participate -- for those people, perhaps, locked inside correctional institutions for the mistakes they made in their lives? This is what it's really like to celebrate Christmas in prison.
The Miami Marlins made baseball history on November 13, 2020, when they hired Kim Ng (pronounced Ang) as the team's new general manager. She is now believed to be the first woman to hold the position in Major League Baseball. Ng is now the highest-ranking woman in any MLB team's baseball operations
The story follows the United States Army's 45th Infantry Division (aka the Thunderbirds) as they fight their way from Sicily to Germany on a 500-day march. The animated Thunderbirds struggle through Axis territory, freeing Europe from Nazi oppression. Narration for the series is by Mike Rowe.
Taylor's hit "Fire and Rain" captures audiences with its sweet melody and beautiful chorus, but the song's melancholy lyrics have also led many people to wonder about the true meaning behind the verses. Each verse speaks to different struggles Taylor has faced in his life.