Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick is an essential part of American literature and popular culture. One of the most riveting things about the novel is that it's based on a lot of true events. Here are some true events that inspired Melville's Moby Dick.
Read MoreAfter knocking it out of the park as a musician in the 1970s, the rock star (born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947) began helping others knock it out of the park, too: as a softball coach. While he was living in Connecticut, Coach Meat (as players called him) coached a local girls' softball team.
Read MoreThe pickle may have once been just some parents' clever scheme to keep kids from rushing the tree on Christmas morning.
Read MoreThe Redlands drugs bust has been described as the moment that the Rolling Stones lost their innocence -- "that was when the fun stopped," Richards has said. Things took a dark turn in the years that followed as Richards found himself battling an addiction to heroin and generating an urban myth.
Read MoreWe consume more and more energy each year. Right now, most of our energy comes from fossil fuels -- the leading cause of global warming.
Read MoreWhile the atomic bomb is the most notable advancement to come out of World War II, there are a number of technologies that got their start during the war years.
Read MoreThese days, as long as the bank thinks you can pay off your debts, you can get a credit card. But it was a hard-fought battle to get to this point. And it wasn't just unmarried women who couldn't get credit cards; married women had to bring along a man when applying for one.
Read MoreJohnny B. Badd had wins against some of the biggest names in the game, such as Stone Cold Steve Austin and Isaac Yankem, D.D.S., the first iteration of Kane.
Read MoreThe Godfather of Heavy Metal keeps on kicking. He's now 71 years old, and he still rocks the mic on tour. But despite enduring for more than 70 years, Ozzy has almost died on more than one occasion. He tells Rolling Stone, "I should have been dead f****** 10 times. I'm not saying that to be funny."
Read MoreRussian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's real life and worldview fed into his fictional works significantly. This is the crazy real-life story of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Read MoreInnumerable alternate histories have been written about World War II. These are some ways people think World War II could have ended differently.
Read MoreThese female scientists invented and discovered remarkable things that turned into lifesaving breakthroughs. Here are some of the women of scientific history.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreSilicon 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.
Read MoreIn the Victorian era, taking pictures of dead loved ones became popular almost as soon as rudimentary photography was invented and stayed popular for decades.
Read MoreDave 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.
Read MoreDave Grohl has managed to use his success to move around into oceanfront properties, including his new house in Hawaii during the pandemic.
Read MoreIn the Wild West, barbers were an important hub for news, trusted advice, and cleanliness. Here's why barbers were some of the most important people.
Read MoreKnown 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJames Bond's creator Ian Fleming knew many real-life spies who served as models for 007—these are the people who inspired James Bond.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAccording 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."
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreSajak said in a later interview that hosting the show totally sloshed wasn't a weekly occurrence, like he'd made it seem.
Read MoreBefore 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.
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