Bizarre Historical Uses For Poison
Poison as a means of murder is as old as history, but we've also employed it for a heap of other purposes. Here are some bizarre historical uses for poison.
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How Tim Tebow Dismantled His Own Career
one former Broncos staffer called the holier-than-thou persona "the most self-centered humble guy I've ever met." This attitude quickly turned his teammates and coaching staff against him. Tebow was so full of himself that he began to charge $50,000 to speak at churches.
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Why Jimi Hendrix Was Never The Same After Covering Hey Joe
Upon leaving the military Hendrix performed as a session musician under the name Jimmy James, but it was while fronting his own group, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966 in New York, that Hendrix had a fortunate meeting that would forever change the course of his musical career.
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Why People Are Freaking Out About Animals Evolving Into Crabs
The hot evolutionary question at the moment is, "why do so many creatures evolve into crabs?" It's a query that suggests many more questions: What do you mean, so many creatures? Do different animals evolve into the same thing? Could it happen again? What is so special about crabs?
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The Shady Life Of Daniel Ruettiger, The Man Who Inspired Rudy
Rudy isn't the only man in history to use his name -- which inspired a classic football film -- to sell merchandise, though it does fall rather nicely into the category of American hero, transformed into a brand, like Walt Disney
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The Dark Side Of Albert Einstein
While we rightly celebrate Einstein as the foremost practitioner of modern physics, we must also acknowledge that he's a human being who's done some terrible things. Although a genius, he was not a good husband who may have contributed to a system that denied his wife respect as a scientist.
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This Was Bruce Lee's Hidden Passion
Bruce Lee was more than a martial arts figure. He had hidden depths, such as his love for poetry and philosophy. And when you think about it, poetry and philosophy shaped much of his fighting style.
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The Time A Hungover Player Led His Team To Win The Super Bowl
Quite a bit has changed in the NFL over the decades. For example, as journalist Bryan Armen Graham tweeted in 2014, players at the first Super Bowl were photographed chugging Fresca and smoking cigs like a bunch of cool kids.
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The Untold Truth Of Jethro Tull
If influence and longevity aren't your bag, there's perhaps one final fact about Jethro Tull that might convince you they are not a group to be scoffed at: that over the course of their long and varied career, they managed to sell an estimated 50 million records worldwide.
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This Is How An Advertisement Actually Predicted Pearl Harbor
In 1941, about two weeks prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, an advertisement in The New Yorker seemed to predict the attack.
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Here's How Wallabies Ended Up In Ireland
We know what you're thinking. Ireland is just about as far from Australia as you can get, both in terms of distance and climate — how could wallabies possibly be living there? Well, as you can guess, they didn't get there naturally.
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The Untold Truth Of Tool
Tool is a band that tends to provoke either rabid devotion or uncomprehending, blank stares, and very little in between.
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The Truth About The Sex Pistols' John Lydon
For many, the image of John Lydon –- or as he is often better known, Johnny Rotten –- will forever be tied to his opening lines on The Sex Pistols' "Anarchy In The UK."
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What The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Didn't Tell You
As with any historically based drama, the new Netflix film from screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7, has audiences asking how accurate it is, and how much was cooked up for entertainment purposes.
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The Truth About Bruce Lee's Parents
Bruce Lee was one of the most famous human beings of the 20th century. As a result, the story of his parents is often overshadowed by the successes and scandals of Lee's life, but they were each fascinating people in their own right.
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The Real Reason Bruce Lee Is Buried In Seattle
Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, and he grew up in Hong Kong … so why is he buried in Seattle?
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What It Was Like Taking Part In The Liberation Of WWII's Concentration Camps
Taking part in the liberation of World War II's concentration camps was an unimaginable horror that most Allied troops did not expect. It's estimated that up to 20 million people died in concentration camps. A small percentage survived to be liberated by Allied troops during World War II.
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The Calmest Cat Breed In The World
Everyone has heard stories of cats that engage in a dawn-to-dusk, search-and-destroy cry for help that involves shredding furniture, draperies, or anything on a counter top. What's the calmest breed of cat?
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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Michael Negrete
Here's a series of terrifying thoughts. First, the human mind can only visualize numbers up to a certain point. After that, they're just abstract concepts. Thus, for all of one's perceived individuality, it is entirely true that sometimes people just ... disappear.
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The Real Reason Cream Broke Up
By the time that blues rock band Cream marked its third year as a band, the three-piece had basically already broken up -- in November of 1968.
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The Untold Truth Of A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Fred Rogers was the beloved host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on public television from the mid-1960s until 2001. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood features the almost-as-beloved Tom Hanks donning that iconic red cardigan. This is the untold truth of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
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The Untold Truth Of Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist, rose to fame in October 2012 after a gunman shot her for championing every girl's right to education in her homeland. She was also the youngest person ever to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the untold truth of Malala Yousafzai.
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What Nigel McGuinness Did After Leaving Wrestling
McGuinness has also used his clout to call for increased hepatitis vaccinations in the ring and put an end to purposeful bleeding -- wrestlers secretly cutting themselves or opponents ("blading," per The Ringer) to produce blood during a match and, presumably, make the match more exciting.
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Here's Why Mark Twain Was Linked To Halley's Comet
In 1909, Twain told his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, "I came in with Halley's Comet ... It is coming again ... and I expect to go out with it ... The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'"
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The Darkest Movies Of The Past Decade Nobody Is Talking About
The 2010s were full of brutal, gruesome movies. But not all of them got the attention they deserved. From psychologically disturbing dramas to gory horror flicks, these are the darkest movies of the past decade that nobody is talking about.
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False Facts About Ozzy Osbourne You Always Thought Were True
Ozzy Osbourne has lived a life so unbelievable that many bonkers stories about him are indeed real. But a lot of common knowledge about the man is just plain wrong. Here are the false facts about Ozzy Osbourne that you always thought were true.
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The Real Reason Buses Don't Have Seatbelts
Everywhere you drive, people or things are constantly reminding you to buckle up. That's what makes it all the weirder that when kids get on a school bus, there are no seatbelts to be found. How is that legal? Well, here are the details you need to know about why buses don’t have seatbelts.
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