There was one trade that, although it definitely fits the criterion of being positively filthy, Rowe didn't feel he could cover in his usual comedic fashion: crime scene cleanup. "It's a great dirty job, but it's hard to be lighthearted about a body left in a trunk for three days in a swamp,"
Read MoreAccording to Copeland, Padovani "could play guitar better than I could, and I could play guitar better than Joe Strummer ... well, in those days. So I reckoned he'd be okay, but I didn't figure Sting would see it that way."
Read MoreBut little did people know that Papa, as Hemingway was sometimes called, was also a spy. No, not just for the US, but for the Soviet Union.
Read MoreOur modern impression of the 1980s wouldn't be very familiar to the people who actually lived through the decade. Here are some things people get wrong about the 1980s.
Read MoreAt the age of four, Vai walked up to a piano, struck a key, and knew right away that the notes to the right went higher and those on the left went lower.
Read MoreMichael Landon was a star, popular for his roles on Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven. However, his life had some ups and downs.
Read MoreEruptions occur because super-hot molten rocks called magma rise through the earth's crust and surface, according to Oregon State University's Volcano World.
Read MoreSometimes things get a little wild, and a hurricane is nearby when you're at Disney World. Here's what happens when that unique circumstance takes place.
Read MoreThe Moulin Rouge has survived fire, two World Wars, and a near riot over a kiss. This is the untold truth of the Moulin Rouge.
Read MoreAs The List noticed during the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence October 7, the latter spent several minutes not noticing the housefly that set up shop atop his white hair, while the rest of the global audience looked on and wondered how in the world he didn't notice.
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started a campaign to ensure the safety of planes' drinking water after a sample of 300 planes showed 15 percent of them tested positive for coliform, which in turn indicates that other, potentially harmful, bacteria might also be present in the water.
Read MoreNot only did people drink beer for pleasure, but by brewers' advertisements that often extolled the mental and physical benefits of their product.
Read MoreInterviews with Secret Service agents and bystanders revealed what it was really like witnessing JFK's assassination.
Read MoreWith a normal wave, water only moves on the surface, which is why if you want to get out of a wave, you dive below it. But tsunamis reach deep down, so they're almost impossible to escape. This also means a tsunami can be faster or slower, depending on water depth.
Read MoreLyon Sr., like his presidential father, also had a second wife, and was in his 70s when Lyon Jr. (1925) and Harrison (1928) were born, said CBS. Lyon Jr. died on September 26, 2020 at 95.
Read MoreWhile every other nation in the world has a rectangular or square flag, Nepal's flag instead follows a double-pennant design, and has done so for centuries. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, this makes Nepal the only modern country with a non-quadrilateral flag.
Read MoreThis is the messed up history of how HIV/AIDS spread, was stigmatized, and how it is now treated.
Read MoreHis final Instagram birthday post to Wolfgang featured a photo of the newborn. "The Best Day Of My Life. Happy Birthday Wolf! I Love You So Much!! Your Pop," the legendary shredder posted. As it would turn out, Eddie Van Halen's last Instagram post would be a similar message of love for his family.
Read MoreThe Violent Femmes could be considered an underappreciated band of the late '80s and early '90s, but whose innovative music gave them a cult following.
Read More"I think the wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part," Hawking said. The physicist and author of A Brief History of Time completely and unabashedly owned his technological "accessories" during his life, recognizing how critical they were in getting people to listen to his lectures.
Read MoreRoll Call reported in 2018 that the majority of Greg Pence's wealth comes from a pair of antique malls in his home state of Indiana.
Read MoreExcalibur, King Arthur's fabled sword, has two different origin stories: 1) It was given to him by the Lady of Lake, and chucked back into the lake by Arthur's knight Bedivere after Arthur was mortally wounded, or 2) It was pulled out of a stone by boy Arthur, signaling his divine right to be king.
Read MoreTensions ramped up between the two during the making of the 1980 album Women and Children First, particularly when it came to shooting the album cover and inset photos with provocative fashion photographer Helmut Newton.
Read MoreRonnie Spector of the Ronettes climbed to fame in the 1960s with hits like "Be My Baby" and "Walking in the Rain." But her story was full of tragedy.
Read MoreA pandemic is a terrible thing to live though, but they all will eventually come to an end. Here's what brought history's worst pandemics to an end.
Read Morehe music from the Edward Van Halen tape sure sounds like the work of Eddie Van Halen, but was it actually him? In 2012, TMZ finally got the answer to this question once and for all when a reporter/Van Halen fan accosted Eddie Van Halen on an escalator to ask him about the alleged cameo.
Read MoreBrian May of Queen is a man of many talents. Not only is he a brilliant lyricist and an imaginative guitar player, he's also an astrophysicist. He's also managed to build a guitar all from scratch, thanks to random stuff around the house, his dad, and ingenuity. It's the Red Special.
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