Mankind has spent centuries selectively breeding dogs to be the fastest, the smartest, the largest, and the dumbest. But what about the healthiest? Have humans, in their eternal hubris, bothered to create a special breed of dog designed not to have such a short lifespan?
Read MoreThere are a few inanimate objects which, when spotted in the wild, hold the high-class, semi-mythic air of, say, a mustachioed UFO or a Wendigo in a floor-length evening dress. But among them are the incredibly expensive Lamborghini.
Read MoreLocated at the lowest point on Earth's surface, per Britannica, the Dead Sea -- or "Sea of Death" (Al-Baḥr Al-Mayyit) as it's called in Arabic -- isn't a lake of fire, but it burns like hell. And it's not doing too well. In fact, it's dying... so to speak.
Read MoreBill Goldberg entered the world of pro wrestling as a man of few maneuvers and even fewer words. Luckily for Goldberg, he never had to do much to win a fight.
Read MoreIt doesn't hurt to be married to a rock legend who genuinely loves you, especially if it's someone like Gordon Sumner, known to most of the world as Sting, former front man for The Police. However, Trudie Styler has a life and legend of her own, thank you very much.
Read MoreWhen Kenny Rogers died March 20, 2020, at the age of 81, he'd had a good run in several aspects of show business. Among the lesser known of his contributions may be the fact that he helped the Eagles get their start.
Read MoreLong before Jimmy Hoffa became a punchline or a Scorcese movie he was one of the most powerful union organizers and leaders in American history. Here's his story.
Read More2020 has had an incredibly rough start, thanks in no small part to the novel coronavirus. But in March 2020, to the joy of ears everywhere, a diamond shined through that roughness — specifically, a Neil Diamond.
Read MoreThe coronavirus, or COVID-19, is scary. The pandemic is definitely spreading sickness, fear, and even death. It's bringing out the worst in some people, but in others? It's bringing out the best. And that's what we want to talk about. Here are positive things that have come out of the coronavirus.
Read MoreDoes your heart have a roving eye for dogs, or rather, a rover eye that compels you to obsess over every speck of every inch of a canine? Maybe you study dog drool, or you swoon over the pitter-patter of their paws, but the best part of man's best friend is the tail, that butt appendage of the gods.
Read MoreGypsy Rose Blanchard said she felt freer in prison than she did growing up with her mother. This is the story of her tragic childhood.
Read MoreAfter weeks of speculation, on March 24th, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo would be postponed until 2021. The move came in response to concerns regarding the continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreJohnny Cash's met his first wife, Vivian Liberto, shortly before he shipped out to Germany with the Air Force. According to SFGate, they exchanged some 10,000 pages of love letters during his enlistment. They married when he returned in 1954.
Read MoreThe son of a house slave named Lydia, Robert Smalls was born behind his owner's house in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1839. He would go on to live a truly incredible life.
Read MoreEngland's Elizabeth I, last of the Tudors, was the second-longest-reigning monarch of what William Shakespeare referred to as "this sceptered isle." She was said to be beautiful, until this happened...
Read MoreWhen Green's Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.opened in 2017, it supposedly showcased 16 pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Unfortunately, "up to 90% of the 75 fragments sold since 2002 could be fakes." And in the case of the Museum of the Bible, it turned out to be 100 percent.
Read MoreWith frontman Gavin Rossdale, Bush sold millions of albums and churned out big, bombastic hits. But there’s a lot more to this band than meets the eye, and today, we’re taking a look at the untold truth of Bush.
Read More"Free Bird" has become a running joke to request the song at concerts. During Skynyrd's concerts, the song might last an extra 5 minutes, or slightly more than a ding-a-length. It didn't start off that way, though. So how did "Free Bird" become a run-on song?
Read MoreHonestly, it's not one of the better jobs in the world, or even in religion. Nevertheless, somebody's gotta be Pope.
Read MoreMary Austin, long-term love of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, had a fascinating relationship with him. Here's the story behind the love of Mercury's life.
Read MoreHemingway actually had a lot of houses. So just how much is one of these places worth?
Read MoreIf you tend to see the Vikings as cruel, sadistic, muscle-bound axe-lovers, the blood eagle execution is all the evidence you need to back it up.
Read MoreOne might rightly assume the Man in Black fought an ostrich just to watch it cry.
Read MoreLee was born in San Francisco, but moved to Honk Kong with his family when he was three years old. When he was 18, he returned to the US. Why? Well, the story goes...
Read MoreIf there's one band that's synonymous with the heavy metal genre, it's Metallica, and not just because they have the word "metal" in their very name. Here's how precious, monetarily speaking, their metal is.
Read MoreAmong the many public events and groups impacted by the pandemic, the novel coronavirus has struck the international athletic community, causing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to announce postponement of the 2020 Summer Games and Paralympics, originally scheduled for Tokyo, Japan.
Read MoreHobby Lobby: depending on your point of view, it's either a pillar of ethical what-have-yous, or the punchline to a middling Bill Maher joke.
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