Joshua Tree National Park's got death, despair, stifling heat, and a dark and sinister past. Joshua Tree is in the Mojave Desert, the only place on Earth where you'll find the giant yucca plants called "Joshua Trees." The park's history is full of tragedy. This is the tragic history of Joshua Tree.
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Read MoreLike any parent, Mother Nature makes the rules. However, some of her laws are exceptional and exceptionally strange. These are the strangest laws of nature.
Read MoreAfter his passing, Yoko Ono is reported to have had her husband John Lennon's body cremated. But where are his ashes scattered?
Read MoreIf you want to know more about the fascinating and untold truth of the squad, here's a look into the rise, dominance, and unique appeal of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Read MoreNearly forty years after his final match and four years after his death, the name Muhammad Ali is synonymous with pugilistic excellence. But he wasn't always named Muhammad Ali.
Read MoreReady for a stunning revelation? Make sure you're sitting down, not operating heavy machinery, and preferably barefoot because this news would knock your socks off so fast you'd suffer third-degree friction burns. Okay, you ready? Sometimes famous musicians abuse drugs. Including Slash.
Read MorePhil Collins should need no introductions, but in case you've managed to avoid his name, including his work with Genesis, here's how he became the singer.
Read MoreWhat if you were Henry VIII's kid? Would life be all strawberries and high fashion as the child of England's most notorious ladykiller?
Read MoreMost of the world has locked down due to coronavirus. But not every country has been on board. The world's Scandanavian meatball mecca, Sweden, has refused to play ball, opting not to lock down parts of the country. Why aren't the Swedes sweating coronavirus as much as some other places?
Read MoreWith the rise of the coronavirus, what's left of the mall experience is often shuttered as part of the nation working together to stop the spread. Classic mall stores such as Sears, among others, may not survive the pandemic.
Read More"The real story of the Old West can never be told unless Wyatt Earp tells what he knows, and Wyatt will not talk," said perhaps the oldest of those friends, William Barclay "Bat" Masterson.
Read MoreAnyone even cursorily familiar with the WWE is probably aware of Roman Reigns. Less known is that he used to be a football player with professional dreams.
Read MoreIn many ways, dogs are just like us. They love a long walk in the sun, they want to eat cats, and they can spend hours every day screaming at small animals outside the living room window. And they, like us, smell terrible.
Read MoreRegardess of everything else Lennon was (and he was a lot), there's one thing he certainly was: Filthy rich.
Read MoreSix years isn't such an age gap in a relationship, married or otherwise, ahead or behind. It maybe gets a little more problematic when the groom is 21 and the bride is 15. Somehow, Loretta Webb and Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn made it work.
Read MoreIn good news for both fans hoping to see a season two of Chernobyl and radioactive fire monster enthusiasts, radiation levels in the area surrounding the site of the infamous 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident began spiking on Saturday, April 4th.
Read MoreAn estimated 50,000 women died there between 1938 and 1945. This place was relentlessly inhumane. Yet the horrors of Ravensbrück went overlooked for decades.
Read MoreBiography says this of Edward Theodore Gein: He "wasn't actually a serial killer — he only admitted to killing two women." So there you go. That's all. Not such a bad guy. Especially if you're a Hollywood writer.
Read MoreScott Weiland was a charismatic frontman who played a huge part in the Stone Temple Pilots' success, but eventually parted ways with his most famous band. What could have prompted him to do so? What was the real reason Scott Weiland left Stone Temple Pilots? Let's find out!
Read MoreWhen you think about Agatha Christie, what springs to mind? Subterfuge. Conspiracy. Occasionally, it was just as evident in her real life as it was in her books.
Read MoreIf you've been living in a cave the last few months (and that's not unusual) you've probably revisited Pikotaro and his ubiquitous "Pen Pineapple Pen" (PPAP) song. Here's his story.
Read MoreLife experiences are subjective, so a lot of this is guess work, but from the information available, owning a big cat sounds terrifying to the point of unscheduled trouser irrigation.
Read MoreFrom South American empires to European kingdoms, these civilizations were destroyed practically overnight.
Read MoreBonnie and Clyde are consistently credited with killing 13 people, nine of them law enforcement personnel. But there's more to the story.
Read MoreA few months ago, times were simpler -- largely because Tiger King hadn't yet premiered. But now that it has, with its puzzling cast of characters, we have names like Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle, and equally puzzling financial situations. With his money in mind -- how did the tiger earn its stripes?
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