The Tragic Last Days Of Stan Lee
You'd think with the level of fame Lee amassed in geek and mainstream culture, the end of his life would've been pretty grand. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. His last days were filled with tragedy.
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The Tragic And Scandalous Story Of 'Baby Doe' Tabor
The story of Baby Doe Tabor isn't your typical rags-to-riches-to-rags Wild West story. This is the tragic and scandalous story of 'Baby Doe' Tabor.
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The Least Popular Backstreet Boys Member Might Surprise You
Boybands come and go, but while they're around, there's always intense debate about them. What's their best song? Who's the best singer? Who's the hottest member? At the risk of inciting a throng of angry millennial fangirls, people even fight about the least popular members.
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What You Didn't Know About Andy Griffith
After he graduated, he taught high school for three years. "First day, I'd tell the class all I knew," he told The Saturday Evening Post, "and there was nothin' left to say for the rest o' the semester." He was born to perform, though, and he created a road show with his wife, Barbara Edwards.
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The Surprising Truth About Michael Jordan's Flu Game
In a career filled with legendary performances, Michael Jordan's "flu game" is one of his most well-known and well-loved. During Game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals, Jordan was sick to his stomach and reported feeling "really tired and very weak," and asked coach Phil Jackson to use him "in spurts."
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The Tragic Death Of Edwin Jackson
In the early morning hours of February 4, 2018, Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson asked his Uber driver to pull over. He wasn't feeling well and needed to get some air. In a tragic turn, Jackson and driver Jeffery Monroe were struck by a drunk driver who had swerved onto the shoulder.
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The Tragic Story Of Dancer Isadora Duncan
A pioneering dancer with an outsized personality, Isadora Duncan's bizarre life was rife with tragedy.
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The Untold Truth Of Annette Funicello
Charismatic actress and singer Annette Funicello was an incredible phenomenon in the 1950s and 1960s, yet there are things that her fans may not know about her. This is the untold truth of Annette Funicello.
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Here's How MythBusters' Jamie Hyneman Got Involved With Special Effects Work
Speaking to StarWars.com, Hyneman said he researched possible new careers and made a list of his interests. And he didn't just make a pros and cons list; he actually went to a library and studied up on what these different jobs entailed. He landed on special effects, particularly animatronics.
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This Reptile Was Steve Irwin's First Pet
Irwin got his start early. At six, he received a 12-foot scrub python as a pet. He named it Fred. Strange gift? Not really, since both his parents, Lyn and Bob Irwin, were naturalists, and the Crocodile Hunter spent lots of time with them looking at wildlife as he grew up.
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Inside Missouri's Indian Cobra Scare Of 1953
Indian cobras are "large highly venomous snakes," one of the "'big four' species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in India." Native to southeast Asia, they are "can be found throughout India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and southern Nepal," often near water. But Missouri? Not so much.
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Bizarre Historical Uses For Poison
Poison as a means of murder is as old as history, but we've also employed it for a heap of other purposes. Here are some bizarre historical uses for poison.
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Graveside Rituals At Famous Burial Spots Explained
The most fashionable cemeteries out there with lots of famous residents can get millions of visits, and each seems to have adopted specific graveside rituals.
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How Tim Tebow Dismantled His Own Career
one former Broncos staffer called the holier-than-thou persona "the most self-centered humble guy I've ever met." This attitude quickly turned his teammates and coaching staff against him. Tebow was so full of himself that he began to charge $50,000 to speak at churches.
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Why Jimi Hendrix Was Never The Same After Covering Hey Joe
Upon leaving the military Hendrix performed as a session musician under the name Jimmy James, but it was while fronting his own group, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966 in New York, that Hendrix had a fortunate meeting that would forever change the course of his musical career.
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Strange And Bizarre Ways Halloween Has Been Altered
Halloween hasn't always been trick-or-treating and parties. Here are some of the strange and bizarre ways Halloween has been altered through history.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 18 Spooky Facts About The Movie
In October 1993, movie fans were treated to The Nightmare Before Christmas, and no Halloween since has been complete without at least one re-watch.
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Why People Are Freaking Out About Animals Evolving Into Crabs
The hot evolutionary question at the moment is, "why do so many creatures evolve into crabs?" It's a query that suggests many more questions: What do you mean, so many creatures? Do different animals evolve into the same thing? Could it happen again? What is so special about crabs?
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The Dark Side Of Albert Einstein
While we rightly celebrate Einstein as the foremost practitioner of modern physics, we must also acknowledge that he's a human being who's done some terrible things. Although a genius, he was not a good husband who may have contributed to a system that denied his wife respect as a scientist.
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History's Most Bizarre Burials
People bury their dead differently than they used to. From vampire graves to Ferraris, here are some of history's most bizarre burials.
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This Was Bruce Lee's Hidden Passion
Bruce Lee was more than a martial arts figure. He had hidden depths, such as his love for poetry and philosophy. And when you think about it, poetry and philosophy shaped much of his fighting style.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Satanic Panic
The crazy real-life story of Satanic Panic includes quack doctors and criminal investigations.
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The Time A Hungover Player Led His Team To Win The Super Bowl
Quite a bit has changed in the NFL over the decades. For example, as journalist Bryan Armen Graham tweeted in 2014, players at the first Super Bowl were photographed chugging Fresca and smoking cigs like a bunch of cool kids.
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The Untold Truth Of Jethro Tull
If influence and longevity aren't your bag, there's perhaps one final fact about Jethro Tull that might convince you they are not a group to be scoffed at: that over the course of their long and varied career, they managed to sell an estimated 50 million records worldwide.
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The Biggest Scandals To Hit Warner Brothers
The films of Warner Bros. have captivated audiences for generations. However, the work that goes into the art is sometimes filled with secrets and scandals.
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The Man Who Was Arrested Over His Christmas Decorations
One Blackpool, England resident has made a name for himself as the town's foul-housed Christmas curmudgeon.
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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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