Solar eclipses are the the KISS concerts of astronomical occurrences ... and, just like a KISS concert, you'd be foolish to look directly at it without some form of eye protection. Why is that, though?
Read MoreWhile song lyrics tend to stick to an unmistakable point — usually along the lines of "Oh, I love you" — they occasionally are just ambiguous enough to leave it up to the listener to decide what's happening. Bob Marley achieves this in "I Shot the Sheriff."
Read MoreIt's hard to imagine a famous rock band with a happier image than the Foo Fighters, and they've had plenty of drama and tragic incidents.
Read MoreIt's officially known as the "president's emergency satchel," but realistically, that name makes it sound like it has an extra set of Oshkosh overalls and a pack of wet wipes. Maybe that's why it's more widely recognized by its bro-down-heavy, guitar-riff-worthy nickname: the nuclear football.
Read MoreIf there's one thing we know about Shakespeare, it's -- well, practically nothing. But there's plenty to talk about, including the poem on his grave.
Read MoreA full eight years before the shootings at Columbine High School resulted in the deaths of 13 students in Littleton, Colorado, well before school shootings became tragically passe, and before online bullying even existed, Pearl Jam released their 1991 masterpiece "Jeremy."
Read MoreMadonna once described her early musical training, playing instruments and writing music for the first time, as "one of the happiest times of my life."
Read MoreThe 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story takes liberties with the details of Lee's life. Here are a few of the times Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story lied to you.
Read MoreIf there's one band that's notorious for breaking up, it's The Eagles. Here's why Randy Meisner left.
Read MoreThrough extensive advertisements and daytime talk show segments, the History Channel announced that they had finally solved the big one: the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Boy were they wrong.
Read MoreMany hearts broke in the chest of emo teens on Friday, March 22, 2013. After 12 years, My Chemical Romance, one of the biggest bands of the 2000s, had split.
Read MoreKris Kristofferson is one of those people, you look at his life and you think to yourself, "What can't this guy do?" But even his stellar career had its low points.
Read MoreQuite a few famous musicians have died tragically young. Some, however, died young ... and were brought back to life.
Read MoreThough they've flirted with new wave, rock, Gothic pop and even dance over the years, Depeche Mode have always sounded like themselves, thanks to singer Dave Gahan. Given their success, he must be doing pretty well, right?
Read MoreImagine you're rich and famous. Oh no, you've been kidnapped! What do you do?
Read MoreIke Turner wasn't always the poster child for spousal abuse.
Read MoreGhost is definitely a band that people either "get" or not.
Read MoreIn 1996, Anders Colsefni, the original lead singer of Slipknot, approached Jim Root with the offer of a lifetime -- would he join Slipknot? The answer, originally, was no. Multiple times.
Read MoreDan Bilzerian is a lot of things, and true to his self-appointed "King of Instagram" title, it's sometimes hard to tell which claims are true.
Read MoreHistory buffs love museums. And if you believe in ghosts, museums find themselves housing some restless spirits. Here are some creepy tales of haunted museums.
Read MoreRecord companies are out to make money, and there's a lot of shadiness going on that proves they don't care how they do it, they're perfectly happy to get rich off the backs of the music artists with the real talent. Here are insane times music artists were screwed over by their recording companies.
Read MoreProsecutions of homosexuals increased in England after World War II, and one of the individuals so ensnared was a mathematician -- Alan Turing.
Read MoreSomeone once told Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins that their '90s emblem "Semi-Charmed Life" sounds like "summer and everything is going to be wonderful." But the truth of the song is a little less charming.
Read MoreIf anybody knows anything about Ben-Hur, it's chariot races. Even the film version feels pretty ancient. So it may not be a surprise that almost every cast member is no longer alive. Save for one.
Read MoreIn 2015, the world lost yet another rock star when Scott Weiland died. Yet despite his massive success, he was nearly broke.
Read MoreThe summer before, a traveling circus came to town, owned and operated by Agnes Thatcher Lake. Wild Bill was smitten.
Read MoreWhy does Wild West history include so many ghost stories? Here are some creepy tales of Wild West ghosts.
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