In 1666, when the Great Fire of London swept through the city streets, it destroyed a massive part of the medieval structures. To finally explain the Great Fire of London, learn exactly how it was started, what was destroyed, and why a French watchmaker was blamed for starting the fire.
Read MoreIt's a bit difficult to reduce all of this information into "most popular" or "least popular" when considering social media engagement, general public perception, endorsements and engineered publicity, language ability, dancing and singing acumen, and so on. Debates among fandom are never ending,
Read MoreCase in point: have you ever had a sneeze attack as soon as you walk out into the sun? Or do bright lights help you sneeze when you get a tickle in your nose? Luckily, you're not as weird as your friends think you are as you stumble around in search of a bright light to help you say "achoo!"
Read MoreHumor is a distinctly human trait. While different cultures and generational groups might disagree on what we find most funny, the tendency to laugh at jokes unites all of humanity. And humor is by no means a modern invention; humans have probably been telling jokes since we first started talking.
Read MoreDuring the recording of 1995's Balance, Sammy and Eddie's "once harmonious songwriting relationship hit a sour patch," per Ultimate Classic Rock. "That was the record where if I said black, Eddie said white, and I'd say, 'Okay, white,' he'd say, 'No, I want black,'" remembered Hagar.
Read MoreIt turns out that some sinkholes are more extraterrestrial than we thought. Scientists now believe the mysterious lakes discovered on Saturn's moon Titan could be sinkholes, revealed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Read MoreMost popular bands have made a bad record. For Van Halen, the consensus seems to be that 1998's Van Halen III tops the worst album list. Not too surprising, really. Any sequels with a three in the name really never measure up, do they?
Read MoreIn 2000, Mötley Crüe lost both longtime drummer Tommy Lee and his replacement, Randy Castillo, within a matter of months. According to NRK, drummer Samantha Maloney, then best known as Hole's touring drummer, got an e-mail from Nikki Sixx asking if she'd like to fill in. She jumped on a plane.
Read MoreAC/DC's lead guitarist Angus Young is well known for his wild stage presence, including his duck walk and schoolboy uniforms. Angus Young has been wearing his schoolboy uniform on stage for the last four decades, but the reason he does is because his older brother Malcolm insisted on it.
Read MoreThe onetime bandmates and friends separated in 2013 during the Because We Can Tour after Sambora never showed up for the gig.
Read MoreRudd's "procuring murder" charges, as they are called in New Zealand, were dropped within days of his arrest, but he remained charged with "possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis, and threatening to kill." AC/DC released a short statement.
Read MoreAs one of the most iconic landmarks in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower stands at 300 meters high, but few people know that the Eiffel Tower was actually built for the International Exposition in France in 1889. This is the bizarre history of Gustave Eiffel and the harsh criticism he faced.
Read MoreAvicii, the stage name of Tim Bergling, became interested in music at a very young age. But subsequent worldwide success took a terrible toll on the young man.
Read MoreWhen Jay-Z released 2013's Magna Carta ... Holy Grail, critics were particularly savage, as The Atlantic recounts. Pretentious, portentous "dad rap" written by a "bored first-class denizen on his fourth Bloody Mary ordering opulent, au courant, marvelously vapid beats out of a SkyMall catalog."
Read MoreFor the longest time, many thought that Mythbusters stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman were a couple.
Read MorePretty sure you've heard that we humans only use 10 percent of our brains. You probably heard it from teachers or from movies. But, like many things school lied to you about, this is one fact that definitely doesn't stand up to actual science.
Read MoreAC/DC has been filling stadiums and making some of the best headbanging music since the 1970s, despite changing lineups, death, unruly fans, and more.
Read MoreSociety is indeed full of heroic figures like these. But when it comes to the total number of lives saved, there is one man who has all these others beat. That man is the American agricultural expert Norman Borlaug, who may have prevented over a billion deaths.
Read MoreHis mom has Canadian citizenship, which he therefore shares, so it was simply a good choice for him when thinking of the future. Canada was a gateway to Silicon Valley, full of "all the cool stuff." Musk did exactly that: He leveraged his education in Canada to move to the US and build a startup.
Read MoreDr. Phylis Canion, a rancher/nutrionist in Cuero County, caught sight of a bluish, hairless, dog-ish creature on her property in 2007 that supposedly sucked all the blood from her goats, chickens, and other livestock. Canion's story spread because of an episode of The Unexplained Files.
Read MoreBrockie's roommates found him unconscious at his home the night of March 23. They called the authorities, who pronounced Brockie dead; he was just 50 years old. The Associated Press later released the news that an autopsy revealed he had died of an accidental heroin overdose.
Read MorePink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most celebrated rock albums of all time. Did you know it was linked to The Wizard of Oz?
Read MoreBritish New Wave group Depeche Mode have been up for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2017 and 2018, so why are they finally being inducted in 2020? The real reason Depeche Mode is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame might have to do with their heavy use of synths.
Read MoreFrom early Doobie Brothers hits like "China Grove" and "Listen to the Music" to the compositions of Michael McDonald, such as "Takin' It to the Streets" and "What a Fool Believes," their songs aren't simple "three-chord rock 'n' roll." He said the musicianship is "more subtle and more complicated."
Read MoreTragedy can strike at any time, even in moments of personal glory. Sadly, this was what happened to Nigerian soccer player Sam Okwaraji. Okwaraji, who played professional football for European clubs and represented Nigeria, tragically died during a World Cup qualifying match against Angola in 1989.
Read MoreYes is a prog-rock band, first formed in London in 1968. Like lots of bands that have soldiered on through the decades, there have been many, many Yes lineups.
Read MoreHis biggest regret? "Not having been educated enough to protect himself from unscrupulous record executives." Calling himself "ignorant, illiterate really," he recalled, "I was so glad to be famous, but if I had my life to live over again, one of my greatest desires would be to be more educated."
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