This Is How An Advertisement Actually Predicted Pearl Harbor
In 1941, about two weeks prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, an advertisement in The New Yorker seemed to predict the attack.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Chicago
As one of rock's biggest-selling groups, Chicago is one of the most enduring bands of all time. But their start and journey has been full of ups and downs.
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Here's How Wallabies Ended Up In Ireland
We know what you're thinking. Ireland is just about as far from Australia as you can get, both in terms of distance and climate — how could wallabies possibly be living there? Well, as you can guess, they didn't get there naturally.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Don Knotts
While Don Knotts was epically funny on the small screen, his tragic-real life story includes a wounded childhood, struggles and later severe health struggles.
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The Untold Truth Of Tool
Tool is a band that tends to provoke either rabid devotion or uncomprehending, blank stares, and very little in between.
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The Truth About The Sex Pistols' John Lydon
For many, the image of John Lydon –- or as he is often better known, Johnny Rotten –- will forever be tied to his opening lines on The Sex Pistols' "Anarchy In The UK."
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Dolly Parton's Best Movie And TV Appearances
Dolly Parton has found a way to appeal to people of all different backgrounds, sexual orientations, political views, and musical preferences, and she's done her fair share of acting as well. Here are some of Dolly Parton's best movie and TV appearances.
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What The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Didn't Tell You
As with any historically based drama, the new Netflix film from screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7, has audiences asking how accurate it is, and how much was cooked up for entertainment purposes.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The World's Largest Blue Diamond
Before it was cut, the Tereshchenko diamond was allegedly the largest blue diamond in the world. It was initially named after Mikhail Tershchenko.
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The Untold Truth Of Cheech & Chong
Cheech Tommy captured the spirit of early 1970s counterculture with an authenticity that few others could muster. This is the untold truth of Cheech and Chong.
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What It Was Like Taking Part In The Liberation Of WWII's Concentration Camps
Taking part in the liberation of World War II's concentration camps was an unimaginable horror that most Allied troops did not expect. It's estimated that up to 20 million people died in concentration camps. A small percentage survived to be liberated by Allied troops during World War II.
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Who Were The Chicago Seven?
The Chicago 7: a group of countercultural protestors that included hippie icons, dedicated activists, and political theorists. So who were the Chicago Seven?
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The Real Reason Cream Broke Up
By the time that blues rock band Cream marked its third year as a band, the three-piece had basically already broken up -- in November of 1968.
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How Milk Sickness Arose On The Oregon Trail
The hardships of the Oregon Trail claimed the lives of several people who set foot on it. The two primary causes of death were accidents and disease.
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What Nigel McGuinness Did After Leaving Wrestling
McGuinness has also used his clout to call for increased hepatitis vaccinations in the ring and put an end to purposeful bleeding -- wrestlers secretly cutting themselves or opponents ("blading," per The Ringer) to produce blood during a match and, presumably, make the match more exciting.
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Here's Why Mark Twain Was Linked To Halley's Comet
In 1909, Twain told his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, "I came in with Halley's Comet ... It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it ... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'"
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The Truth About The Grateful Dead's Run-Ins With The Law
"What a long, strange trip it's been," sang The Grateful Dead on their hit "Truckin'." No matter; authorities were ready to turn that trip into a bad one.
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This Is What Storage Wars' Dave Hester Is Doing Now
The star was rushed to the hospital in late 2018 after reportedly having a hemorrhagic stroke while sleeping.
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Historical Figures You Didn't Know Were Related
Many historical figures we know throughout American and world history were actually related. Learn the stories behind historical figures like Winston Churchill that connect him to Barack Obama or how Tom Hanks is actually related to Abe Lincoln.
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The Untold Truth Of Daft Punk
There are plenty of unusual music groups, but few are as mysterious as the electronic duo Daft Punk. With a career spanning decades, it's surprising how little we know about them. They prefer it that way. They rarely grant interviews, and can never be seen in public without their iconic robot masks.
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Here's How Much Angus Young Is Really Worth
After more than 45 years of earning his money by duck walking, dropping to the floor for sick guitar solos, miming devil horns on his own head, and running around stadium stages in a schoolboy uniform, it's a fair question: Just how much is AC/DC's Angus Young really worth?
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The Weird Reason Miracle On 34th Street Was Released In The Summer
In blatant contradiction of what we consider to be par for the course for Christmas movies (and Star Wars), Miracle on 34th Street didn't take to the silver screen in December. As The Huffington Post reports, it was released on May 2, 1947, "making it a surprise summer movie about Santa Claus."
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Al Pacino
The tragic real-life story of Al Pacino includes early loss in his family, a struggle with his craft, and the truth of why he left acting in the 1980s.
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When Is It Too Cold To Snow?
In order for snow to fall, three specific conditions need to be present in the atmosphere: cold temperatures, moisture, and rising air.
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Details You Didn't Know About Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan: wine-maker, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, US Army veteran, bird-cage builder, and his real middle name is Herbert?
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American Pickers' Mike Wolfe Knows He Shouldn't Have Sold These Items
Wolfe travels the country, looking for old things to sell or reuse. Sometimes, he sells something that he wishes he hadn't. Strangely, it isn't a rusty old sign or a bike he may have paid more money for than it's worth.
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