The Real Reason Jerry Lewis Stopped Working With Dean Martin
Although they were both sad to see it happen, Martin and Lewis knew that, in Jerry's words, "there was no getting around it: The time had come to call it a day."
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Things Christopher Walken Fears The Most
For a guy who's played some seriously terrifying roles in movies, you'd think Walken would be less scared of the physical world, but as he tells The Guardian, "I don't mind dangerous psychic things, but dangerous physical things are -- I don't even go into crowds. I don't go to the airport."
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The Scariest Stories Of Pirate Ghosts
Sightings of ghost pirates have been recorded all over the world. Ready to have your timbers shivered? Read on for some of the scariest pirate ghost stories.
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Inside The Final Days Of Russia's Last Czar
Emperor Alexander III, Nicholas's father, had died at age 49 of kidney disease, says Biography, but apparently had not taken the time (or made the effort) to teach his son a thing or two about governance. Or, at least, how not to upset your entire country to the point of rebellion.
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Was King Richard III A Monster Or Just Misunderstood?
The surviving image of Richard III is an evil hunchback who took the throne by committing murder. But was King Richard III a monster or just misunderstood?
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The Final Moments Of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader turned fascist dictator, who ruled from 1925 until 1945. It all caught up with him in the end.
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What You Don't Know About Helen Keller's Famous Friendships
To better understand Helen Keller's fascinating story, it can be helpful to look at the people she chose to befriend. From inventors to authors to actors, Keller was buddies with many unique individuals over her 87-year lifespan. Here's what you don't know about Helen Keller's famous friendships.
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The Truth About The World's Deadliest Diving Spot
The Blue Hole at the edge of the Red Sea, also known as the "underwater cathedral," is a sinkhole around 100 meters deep. It's also known as the deadliest diving spot in the world and, despite the warning, divers continue to enter its water. This is the truth about the world's deadliest diving spot.
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The Wacky Truth Behind The Creator Of Baseball
The need for a purely American origin of baseball, which in American fashion, needs a singular American inventor, was due to a debate raging about where it was invented, if it was a British creation or American. So some men went looking. This is the wacky truth behind the creator of baseball.
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How Gigantic Ships Ended Up In The Middle Of The Uzbekistan Desert
Wanderers in the Aralkum Desert, a stretch of sand between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, may find themselves stumbling upon a strange sight: the rusted corpses of boats strewn far away from any apparent sea. But why? Here's how gigantic ships ended up in the middle of the Uzbekistan desert.
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Is It Possible For Planes To Be Struck By Lightning?
If you've ever had to fly in the middle of a bad thunderstorm, you might have found yourself wondering: Is it possible for planes to be struck by lightning?
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How Basketball Game Rules Are Different In North Korea
A number of special rules have been added to the North Korean version of basketball. Here's how basketball game rules are different in North Korea.
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Upsetting Historical Facts You Wish You Hadn't Learned
Some facts about history you just wish you never knew, like that people used to sit in dead whales to cure arthritis or that human fat was an old cure for gout. These upsetting historical facts will make you question everything you knew about Bull Run, Peru, and Ivy League schools.
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What You Didn't Know About Bruce Lee's Acting Career
Lee actually starred in over 20 films in Hong Kong before he even turned 18, according to Cheat Sheet. Although he was born in San Francisco, California, his family moved back to Hong Kong soon after his birth, and that's where he got his early start as an actor. His first role was as an infant.
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The Untold Truth Of Phineas Gage
The metal rod entered below his left cheekbone, destroyed a molar, slid behind his left eye, through "the underbelly of his brain's left frontal lobe," and through his skull, exiting out of the top of his head.
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The Tragic Death Of NFL Receiver Chuck Hughes
As reported by The New York Times, Hughes lost consciousness during the game. Medics rushed to his aid and tried to revive him, but he never woke up.
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The Greatest Books Written In Prison
The greatest books written in prison illuminate the harrowing events of life behind bars, such as Nelson Mandela's Conversations With Myself.
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Was Doc Holliday Really A Dentist?
He was a gambler and an infamous Wild West gunfighter, even while he suffered from a terminal illness.
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The Elaborate Heists Of King Tut's Tomb
When Carter found Tut's tomb, he knew from the start that he wasn't the only one to have discovered it. There was evidence that the tomb had been entered at least twice already by grave robbers and raiders in search of the treasure that was usually buried with people as important as pharaohs.
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Star Trek Uniforms Fully Explained
Today, a fan can take just a single aspect of Star Trek and dive into it for weeks, like the uniforms. Here's a rundown of the Star Trek uniforms, explained.
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Why It Rains Fish In One Landlocked Honduras City
at least once per spring or summer (and sometimes more), after "a torrential downpour, thunder and lightning, conditions so intense that nobody dares to go outside," the land-locked city is treated to "hundreds of small, silver-colored fish" all over the ground.
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The Truth About The Strange Disappearances On The Galapagos Islands
The island's peace and quiet wouldn't last long. Shortly after the Wittmers arrived, a flamboyant European, Eloise Wehrborn de Wagner-Bosquet, arrived on the island, calling herself the Baroness. She brought along her two lovers, Robert Philippson and Rudolf Lorenz, and a worker, Manuel Valdivieso.
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Fascinating Facts About The Legend Of Mulan
Was Mulan a real person? Did she really fight disguised as a man? Here are some fascinating facts about the legend of Mulan.
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The Truth About The Guinness World Record Set By Thirty Seconds To Mars
"We thought documenting this for posterity with Guinness World Records would be fun especially as we aren't any good at growing our fingernails very long or cultivating the world's largest squash," Jared commented, adding that they'd been touring for two long, crazy years.
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This Is Christopher Walken's Hidden Talent
He's all that and a bag of chips, but you'd never know he knows it. Even his hidden talent is down to Earth. It turns out that Christopher Walken, a guy you wouldn't want to mess with (if you took his films seriously), has a real passion for cooking.
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The Unsolved Mystery Of Lake City Quiet Pills
How are two Reddit accounts, a controversial subreddit, Fark.com, the military, a mysterious death, a major assassination, and Lake City Quiet Pills all connected? That's a great question that internet detectives are trying to figure out. This is the unsolved mystery of Lake City Quiet Pills.
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The Medicinal History Of Sodas Explained
The history of soda can be traced back to 1767 when chemist Joseph Priestly added carbonation to water for medicinal purposes.
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