What Stranger Things Gets Wrong And Right About The '80s
Stranger Things is, in many ways, a love letter to the 1980s, but while it's known for its attention to detail, the show gets things both right and wrong.
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Here's What Really Happens When You Win A New Car On The Price Is Right
While a car is coveted, the prize isn't always what it seems. This is true of The Price Is Right. Winning such a big price is thrilling; recipients jump up and down, scream, and then race down to jump behind the wheel of their new ride. But once the lights dim, that dream can become less exciting.
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The Real Reason Blackheart Records Was Created
Some 23 labels in total rejected her self-titled album. "No one was willing to take a chance on a female rocker, especially one with a look and sound as androgynous as Jett's." Undaunted, Jett and Laguna formed their own independent label, Blackheart Records, and released the album themselves.
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The Tragic True Story Of Dennis The Menace
Dennis the Menace has been terrorizing his neighborhood for decades. The character's creator wanted to make his readers feel better about their kids' behavior.
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How David Bowie Saved Trent Reznor's Life
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails didn't always deal well with that fame, and ultimately, it was the fame that led both to a situation that could've killed Reznor, and to none other than David Bowie saving Reznor's life.
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Here's How The Civil War Changed Christmas For America
Here's how the Civil War changed Christmas for America.
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Branding: The Truth About Cattle Logos
Long before the word "branding" was used to describe the click-boosting tactics of Instacelebs, it was used by cowherds to keep track of field-roaming cattle (a funny comparison, to be sure). And we mean "long before," as in pre-written language scrawled on cave walls thousands of years ago.
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Staffer Severely Injured At Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue
Alleged big cat "rescuer" Carole Baskin made news again when an employee at her Big Cat Rescue animal sanctuary was attacked by a tiger in December 2020.
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The Tragic Death Of John Candy
When Candy suddenly passed away at the shockingly young age of 43, people were astounded despite his poor health. This is the tragic death of John Candy.
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Why Slipknot Believes They Were Haunted While Recording Vol 3
Slipknot's believe they had some dealings with the supernatural when making their third album, 'Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses).'
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The Time Wesley Snipes Was Involved In A High-Speed Chase
The 'Blade' actor doesn't just ride motorcycles in movies and one high-speed trip ended in demolition, man.
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How Depeche Mode Scared Another Band Into Sobriety
Members of Scotland's Primal Scream were no strangers to drug use themselves, but what they saw when touring with synth-pop megastars Depeche Mode changed them forever.
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The Real Reason The FBI Struggles To Hire Hackers
The FBI has a rule that's made it harder for them to hire hackers:
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This Is How Simon & Garfunkel Got Their Start
The popular folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel was formed in the late 1950s and continued on to have a successful career for the next 15 years. The precocious duo were just 16-years-old when they signed to the record company Big Records. This is how Simon & Garfunkel got their start.
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Why Recording OK Computer Spooked Radiohead's Thom Yorke
Radiohead wouldn't have made it that far if their third album, OK Computer, hadn't turned into a massive critical cultural staple. Recording OK Computer wasn't easy, though, since Thom Yorke was creeped out through the whole thing. That's what you get when you record an album in a haunted mansion.
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The Untold Truth Of Dolly Parton's Family
Dolly PParton is one of 12 children, all of whom have their own story to tell.
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The Tragic Death Of MLB Pitcher Tyler Skaggs
Skaggs' best year came in 2018, with a 4.02 ERA and an 8-10 record. In the following year, he nearly matched his personal wins record with seven by late June, and, soon after pitching against Oakland, Skaggs and the rest of the team headed for Dallas for a four-game series against the Texas Rangers.
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Before Rudolph Or Frosty, There Was The Cinnamon Bear
Before Rudolph and before Frosty, The Cinnamon Bear was what got kids all hopped up on Christmas cheer this time of year.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Palm Oil Industry
The story of palm oil is a story about the difficulty in backtracking from over-dependence, especially when entire nations' economies are at risk.
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Details You Need To Know Before The BattleBots Season 5 Premiere
BattleBots is back for a brand-new season of total robot destruction. The wildly popular Discovery Channel show returns with 60 teams hailing from all corners of the globe to bash, saw, burn, chop, and stomp their way to victory. Here's what you need to know about the BattleBots Season 5 premiere.
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What Are Simon & Garfunkel Doing Today?
Ultimately, they have sold more than 100 million records together and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. But after each reunion, the two would squabble and go their separate ways, doing their own projects and not speaking for months -- or years -- at a time.
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The Truth About Eastern Europe's Terrifying Version Of Santa Claus
Frau Perchta's role in Christmas, though, has changed over the years. It turns out that she tends to be most active between Christmas and the Epiphany, so people believed she's more of a holiday thing. Frau Perchta preyed on lazy people year-'round before becoming a general threat against children.
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Gold Medalist Who Helped Catch RFK's Killer Passes Away
Rafer Johnson, Olympic gold medalist and hero who helped subdue the man who shot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy has died at the age of 86.
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The Sport John Candy Tried To Play Professionally
He excelled on the football field as his team's offensive tackle. While he was known as a "gentle giant" off the field, in his football pads and helmet he let a more aggressive personality come through, a "formidable, intimidating figure" whose large size made it hard for opponents to get past him.
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The Spooky Superpower Meat Loaf Claims To Have
His most recent claim breaks out of the human realm and into the supernatural. In an interview with The Mirror in 2016, Meat Loaf shocked the reporter with a frank proclamation that he could see the spirits of the dead.
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The Tragic Death Of Jeff Porcaro From Toto
Allmusic immortalized the artist by claiming, "it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro." Via Toto and countless others, Porcaro made his name as one of the top pop-rock drummers of the generation.
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Inside The Time Disney Stole The Idea For A Theme Park
We've got Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, and others, including smaller theme parks like Florida's Epcot Center and Animal Kingdom. So when is enough enough for these guys? Well, back in 2000, they actually tried to nick an idea for an entire theme park.
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