The Real Reason Vince Clarke Left Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode has always been a group subject to drama as intense as their music.
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False Things You Believe About Malcolm X
Malcolm X remains one of the most complex and controversial figures in American history. Here are some of the false things you believe about Malcolm X.
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Inside The Tragic Death Of Grant Imahara
"When I was a kid, I never wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to be Q, because he was the guy who made all the gadgets," said Grant Imahara. Throughout his career, he did exactly that -- a career which ended with his death on Monday, July 13, of a brain aneurysm. He was just 49 years old.
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The Truth About Neil Young And Rick James' Motown Band
Neil Young and Rick James. You probably don't associate the two music legends with each other. But at one time they made sweet music together.
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Here's How Abraham Lincoln Predicted His Own Death
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865, an 1895 book which collects anecdotes from Ward Hill Lamon about his presidential friend, included one particularly odd note about a dream.
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The Untold Truth Of The Navajo Nation
The Diné, also known as the Navajo Nation, have a long history on the North American continent. This is the untold truth of the Navajo Nation.
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The Real Reason People Used To Believe Griffins Existed
The griffin -- also gryphon (says Mythology), also grypes (says Theoi) -- traditionally is a blend of an eagle's front crafted onto the body of a lion. And it may have been based on a real animal.
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The Truth About T.Rex Singer Marc Bolan And David Bowie's Relationship
After attending Bolan's funeral, where Bowie told Rolling Stone that ""I'm terribly broken by it. He was my mate."
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The Real Reason Thomas Edison's First Invention Failed
Recent history has not been kind to Thomas Edison. Once remembered as a titan of creative thought, today he's become more or less synonymous with the corrupt underpinnings of American industrialism and man's capacity to dash his rivals' dreams, or go to New Jersey and electrocute an elephant.
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The Messed Up Truth Of The Egyptian Pharaohs
When we talk about pharaohs, we really are talking about ancient history -- Ancient Egyptian history, with a dollop of the Greeks thrown in for good measure.
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Things The Vikings Couldn't Live Without
Life as a Viking wasn't easy, but there was more to it than legend makes it seem. Here are the things that the Vikings couldn't live without.
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The Untold Truth Of The Pyramids Of Giza
The Pyramids of Giza have inspired awe, speculation, and more than their fair share of "alternative history" theories.
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The Messed Up Story Of The 1992 L.A. Riots
The 1992 LA riots rank high as one of the most racially volatile moments in post-Civil War America.
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Rock Stars Who Died Tragically
The phrase "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse" became reality for many rock stars, many of whom have died tragically over the years.
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The Popular Songs That Led Zeppelin Ripped Off
Sometimes even the greatest musicians need a little bit of inspiration from others. That's certainly the case for the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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The One Song Neil Young Wrote That He Couldn't Stand
Surprisingly enough, one of the very songs that helped Neil Young reach the rock mainstream has become a song that Young himself learned to detest.
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The Tragic Death Of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett
Considering modern longevity -- 78.6 years now, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- 60 just seems younger and younger, especially as an endpoint, as it was for Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett.
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The Truth About The Nazi Plot To Blow Up The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam is exactly the sort of thing that a Bond villain would want to blow up. Enter the Nazis, the real-life Bond villains of the mid-20th century.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Johnny Cash's You Are My Sunshine
For a song that's been adapted into multiple children's games and musical anthologies, Johnny Cash's take on "You Are My Sunshine" is nothing short of dark.
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The Tragic Death Of T.Rex's Marc Bolan
In 1977, 'Heroes' became the last performance Marc Bolan, the lead singer and guitarist of the pioneering glam rock band T.Rex, ever played.
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Here's How The Founders Of Apple Actually Met
Steve Jobs first founded what would be one of the largest tech companies in 1976 with his business partner, Steve Wozniak. The two met on a chance occasion, and it's a good thing fate was in their favor, or we might not have had the iPhone, the MacBook, or the iPod.
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Here's How Trent Reznor Really Feels About Old Town Road
When Lil Nas X's management realized that the beat for his hit "Old Town Road featured the banjo from "36 Ghosts IV" by Nine Inch Nails, they grew understandably panicked.
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The Truth About Kenny Loggins And Stevie Nicks' Relationship
Fleetwood Mac's second album, Rumours, dropped in 1977, and they hit the tour circuit to support it. Their opening act was none other than a now-solo Kenny Loggins.
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Why Travis Fimmel Didn't Return After Vikings Season 4
Vikings has been a truly massive success for the History Channel, and for the show's first four seasons, it was spearheaded by a larger-than-life main character.
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Mulan Might Actually Have Existed. Here's Why
Mùlán has served as inspiration in China for centuries, an example of self-sacrifice for the greater common good; of devotion to family; of bravery. Could she have actually existed?
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What The Surviving Stars Of Blazing Saddles Are Doing Today
It's been a while, but unlike a lot of comedies, Blazing Saddles holds up nearly 50 years after its release in 1974. It was the Western parody that saw not only the longest flatulence joke in cinematic history, but lined up racial stereotypes and slapped them silly.
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The Real Reason Billy Corgan Can't Stand D'arcy Wretzky
Every band has its drama. Sometimes it blows over by the time they decide to go on a reunion tour. Not so for the Smashing Pumpkins, a band that's known for not only generation-defining albums but also for the infighting between its members.
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