When these highly ornamented places need to be translated into movie sets and relatively non-green-screened environments, it becomes exceedingly tricky to craft just the right space. Details and broad strokes need to be balanced to stay true to the novels' vision, and also provide enough details.
Read MoreWhat causes the seemingly otherworldly, colorful display known as the Northern Lights, or, more formally, the Aurora borealis in the north and Aurora australis in the south?
Read MoreWhen his body is engaged, his mind does a better job at dismantling puzzles and coming up with new ideas. As Wired described the clip, "It sure sounds Californian, but there must be something to it." Hyneman himself says, "The mind and the body really aren't so separate."
Read MoreThis is the messed up truth of the Council of Nicaea.
Read MoreAccording to initial reports by the Orlando Sentinel, he died of the brain injury, but those reports turned out to be incorrect. According to U.S. Motorsport, Dr. Barry Myers, a professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University, reviewed Earnhardt's autopsy images.
Read MoreAny break up is complicated. Such is the case with The Smiths.
Read MorePetty didn't find modern music appealing at all and was disappointed by what he discovered. For him, classical legends were inspirational. The turning point for the singer was meeting musical icon Elvis Presley as a 11-year-old.
Read MoreEventually, the near-legendary image of a child plopped before a TV screen with a bowl of cereal on a Saturday morning was no more.
Read MoreCapone was estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of at least 33 people, according to a contemporary report in the Chicago Herald Tribune. What sort of death does such a figure as Al Capone deserve? Whatever you think, the story of his final days is a deeply unfortunate one.
Read MoreHungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis was the first to link hand hygiene to the spread of disease in the 1840s. Semmelweis pioneered the practice of hand-washing.
Read MoreBonsais are not a type of tree. It's an art form traditionally practiced in Japan and influenced by Buddhism.
Read MoreWhen it comes to notorious serial killers, there's probably none higher on the list than Jack the Ripper, but what about the Yorkshire Ripper? This is the the untold truth of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Read MoreJoan Jett freely admits that her iconic "look of black leather, black eyeliner, and a black shag haircut," as well as her sound, are not entirely original; her inspiration was rocker Suzi Quatro.
Read MoreLongtime Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys, was not exempt from the show's revolting tactics.
Read MoreMyra Gail attracted plenty of attention from journalists during the couple's trip to England, where a local reporter, Paul Tanfield, engaged in a conversation with Lewis about Myra. How old is she? Lewis promptly revealed that Myra was 15.
Read MoreBarry White had a successful career and is often remembered for his love ballads, but his life wasn't easy. This is Barry White's tragic real-life story.
Read MoreAccording to Leto, his father went out to get a carton of milk, only to metaphorically end up on a milk carton himself, back in the early 1970s when Leto was only a baby. The story gets a bit darker. Leto's dad remarried, and Leto never heard from the guy again.
Read MoreIn Johnny Cash's last year, he suffered the loss of his wife, recorded music prolifically, and released a series of cover songs.
Read MoreThe Vietnamese-born actress Thuy Trang was on her way to a very successful Hollywood career when her life was tragically cut short in 2001.
Read MoreThe situation around the Circleville poison pen letters eventually turned from terrifying to deadly. What's even scarier, the Circleville letter writer may still be out there. The Circleville letter writer sent poison pen letters to multiple residents of the small town, accusing them of misdeeds.
Read MoreChief Blackbird was a notorious leader who spearheaded the cause of the Omaha Native American Indian tribe in the 18th century. But the way he was buried was timeless.
Read MoreThe Bonus Army was a protest held by as many as 25,000 veterans of World War I and their families who descended upon Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand the bonus checks they'd been promised in order to help them get through the economic turmoil of the Great Depression.
Read MoreJay-Z and Nas, two huge name rappers from Queens in Long Island, New York, maintained a rivalry that would come to define that era of hip-hop.
Read MoreThe Codex Gigas. No, this isn't the name of a companion piece to the Necronomicon, or the sacred tome for a race of cosmic necromancers from Warhammer 40k.
Read MoreCaleb Moore readied his snowmobile. He was about to begin his run at the 2013 Winter X Games Snowmobile Freestyle event, an event he had earned the Bronze medal for three years running. He didn't know it would be his last.
Read MoreIn the 20th century, sports was mostly dominated by golf, boxing, baseball and horse racing. Then Jim Thorpe took the sporting world by storm.
Read MorePlenty of important historical milestones have taken place on Halloween. Here are some noteworthy historical events that happened on Halloween.
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