At some point, Liam Neeson turned from a somewhat intense Irish romantic lead into an action hero. Before Neeson was acting, though, he did have some particular skills, on a physical level, that you might not expect.
Read MorePiecing the Dead Sea Scrolls together has been something of a challenge, so what have we learned? Read on for everything you've ever wondered.
Read MorePower pop hit "Closing Time" by American rock band Semisonic checks all the boxes for a novelty hit: an infectious melody, an easy-to-memorize chorus and a meditative double-meaning, much deeper than you might imagine.
Read MoreBe grateful, because you didn't have to give up the throne of England to get married.
Read MoreHow do you know that a person is possessed?
Read More"Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I mostly only know things are different because people ask me different questions, but I don't feel like things are very changed... I'm the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous," said Elliott Smith.
Read MoreNine Inch Nails emerged in the '90s, offering something completely different from the shiny pop of the day. Here's what fans don't know about Trent Reznor.
Read MoreWhen you do a simple Google search — not "I Heart Steven Seagal," but maybe something close — you're more likely to come up with hot lists of people who don't like the nineties action hero with a penchant for "kill" and "justice" in his movie titles.
Read MoreThe unsolved mystery of Zebb Quinn's disappearance technically is, indeed, unsolved — even though a culprit has been charged. Here's the explanation.
Read MoreBetween finding gold and figuring out whether or not grapefruit is good, dowsing clearly wears a lot of hats. How does such a remarkable feat work?
Read More"The thing about 'Sweet Child O' Mine,' it was written in five minutes," said bassist Duff McKagan. "It was one of those songs, only three chords..."
Read MoreThe Great Lakes have seen tens of thousands of deaths, and some think they're haunted. Here are some creepy tales of the shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
Read MoreWhen you're rock-and-roll royalty, you're going to fall in love and live happily ever after and success is never ever going to change you. And maybe that happened for somebody, but John Lennon wasn't one of them. First wife Cynthia did not have an easy time of it.
Read MoreWhile everyone has their favorite tunes (as well as their guilty pleasures), it can be hard to remember that some of your favorite artists keep certain songs close to their hearts, too.
Read MoreSometimes when a person quits the band, everything works out quietly and well for everyone involved. Things weren't so simple for the band Live, however.
Read MoreAt first glance, you might not expect Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder to befriend former Bull's player Dennis Rodman. Although the two are a seemingly odd pair, they are actually great friends in real life.
Read MoreTake a time machine back to the mid-20th century, a time when tales of the peculiar and unexplained were best told by intense middle-aged men in black suits as they cocked their eyebrows, cradled their cigarettes, and stared directly into your soul.
Read MoreIn the popular imagination, you could not have Nirvana without Kurt Cobain. Yet, while it's difficult to imagine what Nirvana could be without Cobain's voice, lyrics, and his general style that so informed the band's identity, it must be conceded that there were two other musicians in the band.
Read MoreDiscovery's 2017 series Manhunt: Unabomber takes plenty of creative liberties with the truth. Here's how Manhunt: Unabomber lied to you.
Read MoreAs NASA's page on space food asks, "How would you feed a crew of six astronauts on an 80-million-mile, three-year mission to Mars?"
Read MoreThe tale of Noah, and the great flood, is one of the more well-known biblical stories. For historians, academics, and scholars of comparative religion, however, this tale of Noah and the flood is but one iteration of a much older, cross-cultural story that in fact has over 200 versions worldwide.
Read MoreYou would think Prince and Rick James would have been great friends. But in reality, while the two were musical peers, Prince and James were anything but friends.
Read MoreMany comedians have created humor that lasts for ages, and one of those comics is Mitch Hedberg, whose drug addiction would send him to an early grave. This is the tragic real-life story of Mitch Hedberg.
Read MoreDarkness imprisoning me / All that I see, absolute horror ... These lyrics accompany one of the most well-known passages in metal history: the machine gun riff and double kick drums of Metallica's 1988 smash hit "One." Here's what they mean.
Read MoreWhen you look at Mark Twain's history, it's a wonder that he even smiled at all.
Read MoreWhile the public was still in mid-reel over the news of the death of the TV presenter Regis Philbin, WSBT, the CBS-Fox affiliated channel in South Bend, Indiana, announced on July 26 that at a date still uncertain, Regis Philbin would be buried on the campus of The University of Notre Dame.
Read MoreThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of a few literary works to pass into popular culture. This is the bizarre truth of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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