Spend a couple of minutes reading about the production history on any movie and you'll quickly come to the conclusion that the film industry is basically a century-long issue of Marvel's old "What-If..?" comic. And for a brief window of time, Jean-Claude Van Damme was the alien monster inspiring a young Arnold Schwarzenegger and company to return, post haste, to the chopper.
Read MoreThere have been tales about doppelgangers for a long time. What if you're not the only you out there? Here's the legend of doppelgangers explained.
Read MoreCorey Haim shot to stardom at the age of fifteen, with his role in the vampire coming of age of film Lost Boys.
Read MoreGrant Imahara was the robot guy on Mythbusters. He built mechanical arms to hold samurai swords, among other things, and invented rigs to swing tree trunks into trucks. Imahara, though, might surprise you ... especially when you find out how much he's worth.
Read MoreIn 1945's "Road to Utopia," Bob Hope and Bing Crosby walk up to the bar and order drinks. But how much whiskey did people really drink in the Old West?
Read MoreThe sphinx never really existed, but it's probably one of the most mystifying creatures ever imagined. Here's the legend of the sphinx.
Read MoreJohnny Cash. The Man in Black. The great rebel of country music, and one of the precious few artists of the genre who grew to enjoy widespread mainstream appeal, to the point that he could justifiably be called a rock star. His career as a recording artist spanned six decades ...
Read MoreThe world was shocked when Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. This is what her next 19 months were like.
Read MoreWhen the History Channel show The Curse of Oak Island began, no one knew it would run for seven seasons. But the show's unexpected popularity has made the mystery surrounding the treasure island even more intriguing.
Read MoreThe artist formerly known as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" was an enigma. The legend put it best in one of the many classic songs from the Purple Rain soundtrack, "I Would Die 4 U," in which he declared, "I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I am something that you'll never understand."
Read MoreWith a vast discography that spans all the way back to 1976 means that, as with any other prolific musician, Tom Petty must have a few overlooked gems of a song that somehow never received the attention and adoration that they richly deserve.
Read MorePer the International Gem Society, only in the last century have diamonds been pedestaled as the epitome of luxury.
Read More"The Man Who Sold the World" turned out to be so well-received, and such a tremendously successful performance, that Nirvana incorporated the song into 31 live shows after the recording of Unplugged...
Read MoreIt's accepted wisdom that nothing succeeds like success — if it worked one time, it'll probably work the next time, too. Oscar Wilde once observed, "Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." Both lines would apply to the phenomenon known as The Walking Dead ...
Read MoreFor nearly two decades, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, unleashed a reign of explosive terror on the United States. This is truth about the Unabomber.
Read MoreThe British automaker is known for high-performance cars that cost anywhere from $184,000 to a whopping $2.2 million.
Read MoreMeet "American hero," 64-year-old Donald Gorske, who ate 30,000 Big Macs over the course of 46 years,
Read MoreThose of a certain age might be forgiven for confusing Davy (though he preferred David) Crockett and Daniel Boone. Their timelines overlap, though Boone, born in 1734, could have been a grandfather to Crockett, born in 1786. Here's how Boone lived, and eventually, died.
Read MoreFrom San Francisco to Chicago to New York City, Americans have sure been playin' a mean pinball for almost 100 years. But this seemingly innocuous game was once illegal coast to coast.
Read More"I love her so much and I don't even know her yet!" Those were the words Albert Einstein penned in 1902 about a baby that most of the world still doesn't know.
Read MoreJimi Hendrix is arguably the most magnificent guitar wizard in the history of rock music. Though his life was a short and tragic one, Hendrix still found the time to revolutionize the guitar sound, cement his place as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and give the world ...
Read MoreOn January 15, 1919, a storage tank holding 26 million pounds of molasses in Boston ruptured. Here's why the Great Molasses Flood was worse than you thought.
Read MoreGuitarist Bob Kulick has died, age 70. His younger brother, Bruce -- "I am heartbroken" -- made the announcement May 29.
Read MoreThis is the crazy true story of America's first female terrorists: the (almost) all-woman left-wing revolutionary group the May 19th Communist Organization.
Read MoreCarlos Santana has had a fascinating life. And he's been married. Twice, as a matter of fact, to two fascinating people.
Read MoreRadiohead hasn't released a new album since 2016's A Moon Shaped Pool, so of course fans eagerly await the next one. And they might be waiting a while.
Read MoreWith his social media fame, considerable financial resources, and buff looks, it was really just a matter of time before Bilzerian got his mitts in the movie business, and at the time of writing, his IMDb page indeed shows a handful of roles -- to be precise, five.
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