Led Zeppelin is known as one of the most influential English rock bands of the last 50 years, but they mysteriously never had a top 10 hit in the UK because they hated releasing singles. Led Zeppelin was so opposed to releasing singles because of a dispute in 1969 with their record company.
Read MoreEven after Elvis Presley's untimely death in 1977, the Presleys have been through a lot. This is the tragic real-life story of the Presley family.
Read MoreBy the early '60s the brothers were fighting constantly. Said Phil, "There were too many people making too much money off us, keeping us going. Things were too confused. We should have taken a long rest. But ... we couldn't."
Read MoreHe learned about a job at a radio station in Springfield, Missouri, and that the manager of the station liked planes. "I put on my naval officer's uniform and my wings of gold and went in and talked about airplanes for about 30 or 45 minutes and I had my first job in radio," Barker said.
Read MoreThe world's oldest bottle of wine was discovered in a Roman tomb in Speyer, Germany. Dating back to 325 AD, the world's oldest bottle of wine has been miraculously preserved due to one weird Roman ingredient: olive oil. Topped with a wax seal, the oldest bottle is now in a museum.
Read MoreFake news as a term soared during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The phrase was used so often that the Collins Dictionary dubbed it the word of the year in 2017. While "fake news" means different things to various people, its basic definition is news that is fabricated.
Read MoreOn July 23, 1982, an all-too-real tragedy occurred while filming the movie adaptation of the classic television show The Twilight Zone. Per History, on the last day of shooting, veteran actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee Shinn Chen and Myca Dinh Le, were killed while filming a segment.
Read MoreAxl Rose has an attitude that has put fans into a love-hate relationship with him. Rose and GNR bandmate Slash had a love-hate relationship of their own.
Read MoreHistory's Vikings is a lot of dramatic fun, but the show is historically accurate in some ways. Here are some things Vikings gets right about history.
Read MoreSometimes, it really sucks being part of a talented family. Even worse when you're the middle child. That was exactly how LaToya Jackson felt growing up. Unfortunately maligned throughout her career, Jackson's life has been dotted with pain and strife.
Read MoreArtsakh, a region situated in current Azerbaijan, has repeatedly declared its independence, and the people of Artsakh have been denied time and time again.
Read MoreFood plays a surprisingly important role in Star Trek. Since a lot of this is alien food, it can get crazy. Here's some of the bizarre food explained.
Read MoreIf he knew that the type of life he lived would lead to such a violent and early end, Biggie Smalls was well aware that the music he made would endure even after he was gone, and he named his follow-up album accordingly: Life After Death was released on March 25, 1997, just 16 days after his murder.
Read MoreFormula 1 racing is its own unique sport, even as far as racing sports are concerned. The cars used in Formula 1 are their own thing, and their design isn't replicated in any of the other racing sports.
Read MoreThere is sad news, however, for fans of George Harrison, who comes in last in the Beatles' popularity contest run by CBS, with a mere 8 percent of the vote. (Ringo, who wrote and sang the least material but was a memorable character in the Beatles films and interviews, got 11 percent of the vote.)
Read MoreThe tradition of caroling around the holiday season has a bizarre history. First done during pagan rituals thousands of years ago, caroling initially had nothing to do with Christmas. The bizarre history of caroling includes wassailing, Saint Francis of Assisi, and a ban on Christmas itself.
Read MoreWhen you think of Black Sabbath, you probably picture Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off of a bat that was thrown on stage, or the feud between him and Ronnie James Dio. But there's one member whose name is only raised to glory by serious music aficionados, and he was on bass guitar: Geezer Butler.
Read MoreStephen King has defined horror for a generation, but his rise to the top of the literary heap has been anything but easy.
Read MoreOne of the strangest incidents to occur during the band's long career occurred in the early 1980s, when an unexpected connection between the band and a notorious L. A. County serial killer put the band on the front pages for all the wrong reasons, and led to them being tarred as devil worshipers.
Read MoreLovecraft Country doesn't hesitate to drop historical references, and it gets quite a few things right about the history it's referencing.
Read MoreLee was married to Linda Lee Cadwell at the time of his death, but that didn't stop him from finding love in forbidden places.
Read MoreAge is a virtue when it comes to bonsai trees.
Read MoreHow many of you know who Krist Novoselic is? We're guessing it isn't many.
Read MoreNot all Thanksgiving traditions have such a nostalgic feel to them. Some are just downright weird.
Read MoreWhat are the origins of these Halloween urban legends? This is the history of Ouija boards, jack-o'-lanterns, and Halloween campus killers.
Read MoreGenerally, Vikings could be very terrible.One of those terrible elements of Viking culture is the possible invention of criminal profiling. You know, the kind that predicts if people will be criminals based on how they look. The thing that some authorities still use even though it's unfair.
Read MoreChances are you've seen one of Dude Perfect's trick shots in your social media feed. How do their obscure skills rank in the Guinness Book of World Records?
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