James Holzhauer appeared on The Chaser in 2014, about five years before he landed on Jeopardy!, and did pretty well for himself. From the beginning, Holzhauer was a quiz show master. Questions are thrown at him rapid-fire, and Holzhauer knocks them out of the park, one after the other.
Read MoreThomas Billington, aka the Dynamite Kid, found fame wrestling as part of the British Bulldogs in the 1980s. Sadly, things wouldn't end well for the wrestler.
Read MoreThe metal singer saw fame through two different camera lenses: The one that got him paid, and the one that took his mugshots. You might not know it, but Ozzy Osbourne has a bit of a criminal past.
Read MoreRichards and saxophonist Bobby Keys "played it a little far" when they stole their tour doctor's bag and snuck off to the bathroom at the Playboy Mansion.
Read More"He was walking death," Joe Perry said of Thunders' lowest point in the 1980s. "Every time I ran into him, he was desperately trying to get from hour to hour. You'd hear that he'd tried to clean up, and then he'd be back living on the street again."
Read MoreFor the moment, let us put aside the mountain of evidence -- that's right: real, tangible, plentiful evidence, not electromagnetic blips -- that Ghost Hunters is totally fake, and focus on the show's origin story. It starts, as all good ghost stories do, with a skeptic who started seeing things.
Read MoreWhen Frank told his wife to choose between him and Randy, Lib and Randy moved to their own place. As Lib told People, "I never spoke to the man again. Randy might have given me the courage to leave a bad situation, but Randy did not break up the marriage."
Read MoreRobinson had been telling the crowds, "This is live rock 'n' roll being brought to you commercial free." The company running the tour, Lone Wolf Productions, saw it as a slam against Miller Beer, the tour's corporate sponsor, so they fired the band.
Read MoreMany of Tesla's greatest contributions to science came from his ideas, not necessarily the things that he was actually able to build. As you'll see, many of Tesla's designs would ultimately lay the foundation for today's technologies. We're fortunate that some of the others were never built.
Read MoreThere's a reason for the saying, "the only two things to survive a nuclear war would be cockroaches and Keith Richards." Since one might think there's nothing about Keith Richards that could possibly shock anyone now, it's particularly surprising to learn that he had an extremely nerdy childhood.
Read MoreAn accident in his early childhood left him in the hospital for "six or seven months." In fact, despite rumors that the 29-year-old was shot in the eye, Wap actually attributes the loss of his left eye to a childhood disease, congenital glaucoma.
Read MoreMusic history is full of performers who were far too wasted to give the people what they paid to see, but Kenny wasn't one of them. Just like the card player of his most famous song, Rogers knew when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and when it came to booze, he decided to just never ante up.
Read MoreStewart himself didn't address the wild story at all for many years. Maybe he figured his career was doing fine in spite of some people's beliefs about his leisure-time activities. And publicity is publicity, no matter what. Spell the name right, right?
Read MoreThey'd sing, play music, and go through a number of routines to keep the eyes looking their way. This would lead to a couple of stints in Hollywood before their death in the late 1960s. Unfortunately, the Hilton sisters didn't reach fame by living easy lives, and their deaths were equally tragic.
Read MoreWoody is not the only famous member of the Harrelson family. His father, Charles Harrelson, achieved infamy in an entirely different way.
Read MoreSteiner sells real estate in Georgia. That's right: you can buy land in the Peach State from a world tag team champion. He's still got the goatee, but he kicked the spandex and his iconic headgear, usually opting for the classic dad look of a pastel polo shirt and jeans (every job has its uniform).
Read MoreIn 2014, actual Monkee Mickey Dolenz was a guest on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast and when the topic came up, he confessed, "I just made a joke. 'Everybody auditioned for the Monkees, Stephen Stills, Paul Williams and Charlie Manson!' And everybody took it as gospel. And now it's an urban myth!"
Read MoreNo one has pinpointed all four locations with certainty, but finding these waters have occupied the time of many scholars. It's not even certain that the Bible divulged the location correctly.
Read MoreReal ghostbusters -- sorry, "ghost hunters" -- stay within budget and don't filch the petty cash while phantasmagorically engaged. These ghost hunters, on their show Ghost Hunters, use some pretty low-tech tech to measure the movements of the unliving.
Read MoreWhen you haven't moved from your desk (or couch) for hours since breakfast, you'll suddenly hear a low rumbling sound -- your stomach growling.
Read MoreRogers shared that he had been offered other endorsement deals, including commercials for cigarettes, beer, and liquor, but he'd turned them down, which is ironic, considering one of his signature songs, "The Gambler," features characters indulging in both whiskey and cigarettes.
Read MoreHarriet Tubman -- abolitionist, suffragist, and former slave -- is one of the most influential political activists in American history. In recent years, advocates have proposed commemorating her many achievements by putting her face on the $20 bill, which is coming due for a redesign.
Read MoreThe president has continued to make the false claims and inspiring his supporters in Arizona and Michigan to gather in Phoenix and Detroit to chant opposing slogans. Trump's refusal to wait until all votes have been counted have some wondering how he would take the possible loss.
Read MoreWhen he decided to branch out into the global luxury aviation business in 2007, he boasted in an interview after multiple tall glasses of scotch on the rocks, "I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that." He had just bought 50 Airbus planes in Paris, a $7 billion order.
Read MoreIn a post about the new music from SOAD's website, the band writes, "These two songs ... speak of a dire and serious war being perpetrated upon our cultural homelands of Artsakh and Armenia." They say that the "corrupt regimes" of Turkey and Azerbaijan are committing "genocidal acts with impunity."
Read MoreConjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were born in Brighton, England in 1908. Their mother was an unmarried barmaid named Kate Skinner; their father was unknown. Skinner soon handed over the twins to Mary Hilton, the woman who owned the pub where Skinner worked and had assisted at their birth.
Read Morethe presidency may be "the highest office in the land," but he is no autocrat, let alone dictator. After all, that's the kind of ruling class and non-egalitarian system of government that the United States' forefathers wanted to do away with.
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