You're beginning to wonder why your fingers aren't at their peak. They're stiff. They hurt. You might be thinking, "I'm getting too old for video games," but age doesn't have a lot to do with it. Chances are, you have Nintendoitis, a repetitive stress injury.
Read MoreWith a horror movie, you can always click the television off if you creep yourself out. You can't do that when the paranormal intrudes on the real world.
Read MoreFellow actor Michael Masse fired a prop gun and Brandon Lee fell to the ground. And didn't get up. The prop was supposed to be loaded with a blank.
Read MoreLister explored her sexuality in her coded diaries, "unabashed in their emphasis on pleasure rather than shame," reports GLBTQ. In 1821 she noted (per HistoricEngland), "I love, & only love, the fairer sex & thus beloved by them in turn, my heart revolts from any other love than theirs."
Read MoreBeing the inspiration for a children's book probably feels a lot like being a child star: You don't really understand what's going on until you're much older, and by then, the damage has been done. That was what it felt like for Christopher Robin Milne.
Read MoreEngland has many famous queens, from its reigning monarch Elizabeth II, to Gloriana herself, Elizabeth I, to Victoria, the grandmother of Europe. But we don't often talk about the queen of ancient times who ruled England and fought back Viking invaders.
Read MoreSome sinkholes, such as those in Guatemala City, caved in after a week of strange sounds and left the landscape pockmarked with holes. One sinkhole, however, is so huge and stunning that it looks like a portal into another world, hewn into a mountainside.
Read MoreEveryone loves a chance encounter between two icons, and none captures the imagination more than the story of how Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett happened to meet the young -- though already massive -- Andre Rousimoff, later known as the famous wrestler Andre the Giant.
Read MoreHe knew more about the universe than most of us. Basically, we should take whatever Hawking believed with a sense of weight. Even when he suggested that aliens would kill us.
Read MoreReedus has a thing for collecting hair as keepsakes. Maybe not from every show or movie he's worked on, but we know he has more than one person's hair from The Walking Dead. We also know he's a bit of a weird dude.
Read MoreUltimately drugs put him in the violent situation that took his life. On November 20, 2012, the triple champion boxer was shot in the head outside of a bar in his hometown of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in what appeared to have been a drug-related incident.
Read More"I think it is very beautiful for the poor ... to share (their suffering) with the passion of Christ ... the world is being much helped..."
Read MoreAndrew Johnson was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president and assumed the United States presidency after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln on April 15, 1865. Less than three years later, Johnson was facing impeachment. Here's the truth about the first president to be impeached.
Read MoreThis might come as a shock to all the cat lovers out there, but Fluffy isn't actually an adorable demon from hell. He's just smart because his brain is similar to ours.
Read MoreOn October 4, 1957, The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, and its mere existence sent the United States into a frenzy. Here's why Sputnik was such a big deal.
Read MoreWe gear up for parties to commemorate the two spookiest holidays of the year: Halloween and the Day of the Dead. A lot of people confuse these traditions, thinking they're basically the same holiday by two different names, and that couldn't be further from the truth.
Read MoreLady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby met in 1768 in Wicklow, Ireland, and lived together as a couple in Llangollen, Wales in a house known as Plas Newydd. Butler and Ponsonby appear to have considered their partnership a marriage. This is the untold truth of the Ladies of Llangollen.
Read MoreDespite decades of research and investigation into the whereabouts of the Nazis' renowned trove of gold bars, speculation remains about their "true" fate, which would equal billions upon billions of dollars. Even to this day, would-be prospectors and treasure hunters continue to search.
Read MoreThe discovery of phosphine doesn't immediately capture the imagination. It might become more striking, however, when we consider that the gas is closely associated with life on Earth.
Read MoreThe author was not only accomplished, he lived an insane and exciting life, including, per Biography, marriage to an Academy Award-winning actress, Patricia Neal. And on top of all that, he was a pretty awful dude who said some pretty awful stuff.
Read MoreIt's a story where one person's individual actions endangered thousands of lives and how personal freedom fought against the public's health. Typhoid Mary is the subject of many ethical debates and is the original case study for the asymptomatic spread of disease.
Read MoreCelebs mingled with the non-famous, and people of all genders, persuasions, and ethnicities danced the night away, usually under the influence of substances.
Read MoreOne of the more fascinating things about Nefertiti is the mystery of what happened to her. According to the Ancient History Encyclopedia, Nefertiti disappeared from historical records despite her years as one of Egypt's most important women.
Read MoreSeagal is an avid fan and player of blues guitar, and his collection of famous axes will wow anyone who's into wailing their woes away.
Read MoreBorn Vincenzo Capone, Al's oldest brother took on the American name James after the family immigrated to New York and settled in Brooklyn. The Capone brother who took the side of law and order would go on to garner fame for his own daring exploits.
Read MoreNo other musician is quite as linked to their famous looks like glam rock superstar David Bowie. Here is a look at David Bowie's most iconic looks.
Read MoreHis popularity and his nicknames came from his "vitamin injections," which got their kick from "30 to 50 milligrams of amphetamines..."
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