Steven Seagal is a great many things: Actor, blues musician, a reportedly difficult coworker, and possibly useless in an actual fight. Does he have the black belt (or, better yet, belts) to prove his skills, or is he one of those martial arts actors who don't even have a black belt?
Read MorePutting the music first but standing up for their rights when necessary, Pearl Jam has raged both inside and outside of the machine for three decades, and its members have a lot of stories to tell. Here's a look into the legendary and untold truth of Pearl Jam.
Read MoreWill Rogers was the man who famously observed that he never met a man he didn't like, giving rise in turn to innumerable jokes about how "Will Rogers never met my brother-in-law/fill in the blank." Here's the story of his tragic death.
Read MoreBorn at Westminster Palace in 1489, Margaret Tudor didn't need a silver spoon in her mouth because, according to biographer Sarah-Beth Watkins, the infant princess was baptized in a silver font "lined with fine linen cloth of Rennes." Here's the truth about King Henry's sister.
Read MoreSo you, like the terrifying Nosferatu, the quietly noble chupacabra, and Nicolas Cage before you, have heard the seductive call of the night and decided to give in to your insatiable lust for blood. What's going to happen to your body?
Read MoreDonnie Yen: are his skills for real, or just for show?
Read MoreA recent Gallup study shows folks across this great land of ours visiting the library more often than going to the movies last year. Here's why.
Read MoreAs if Australia hasn't suffered enough, it now has sharks that – wait for it – walk. First Steve Irwin, and then bush fires turning koalas into tiki torches, and let's not even mention Paul Hogan.
Read MoreKobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On January 26, 2020 he perished in a tragic helicopter accident that the world will be struggling to process for a long, long time. Let's take a look at the timeline of Kobe Bryant's career.
Read MoreSnow White is a Disney movie that's inspired by a seriously dark story, courtesy of the Brothers Grimm. So if you want the grisly details, here are the messed up origins of the classic Disney film.
Read MoreIf dogs are manipulative, cats are actively wrapping us around their little finger, quietly purring in their little heads as they have already made us do what they want before we even know it. For instance, that "crying for help" thing? Let's see how they do it.
Read MoreThe price of hearing aids, for the record, is a scam. They don't need to be so expensive. Here's why they are, anyway.
Read MoreBeggars can't be choosers, and nobody begs better than dogs. They'll eat almost anything. So what about cat food, then? How bad could it possibly be?
Read MorePicking a band name isn't easy. Often, it takes a few tries to get it right, even for groups that have become iconic. And some of the original names of legendary bands are dumb, confusing, and downright terrible.
Read MoreIn 2020, as in every other year, the world lost individuals who left an indelible mark on their sport. Here are the athletes we lost in 2020.
Read MoreAccording to a study recently published in Nature, scientists have discovered that graying hair, that long-dreaded (that's wordplay, and it's great) sign of inescapable mortality, may be caused by stress. So stop worrying about it and it won't happen. Are you still worried? It shows.
Read MoreThe Python Bowl was a special ten-day event set up by state officials in order to raise awareness to the Everglades' massive python problem, and judging by the fact that it attracted over 750 participants, it's probably fair to say that the stunt was a successful one.
Read MoreA group of researchers from Ohio State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have released a paper stating that they've extracted a series of 15,000 year-old viruses from the ice of a glacier in Tibet.
Read MoreOn January 24, 2020, the Rolls-Royce announced that they have plans to "install and operate factory-built power stations" by the year 2029.
Read MoreThe daughter of a yeoman farmer, Anne Hathaway lived with her family in a farmhouse in Shottery, England, less than a mile and a half away from Shakespeare's birthplace -- just a spear's throw away.
Read MoreJet Li has been a martial arts prodigy for about as long as such honorifics have been possible for him to achieve. With a track record like that, it's easy to believe that Li has more black belts than most of us have regular, keeping-our-pants-up belts. How many does he have, exactly?
Read More"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" leans on the shadowy aspects of the occult big time, but here's what Sabrina gets wrong about the occult.
Read MoreToday, we're taking a look at athletes who’ve made extreme sacrifices to keep competing.
Read MoreJimmy Buffett has lived a colorful life. So today, we're finally going to find that lost shaker of salt as we look at the untold truth of Jimmy Buffett.
Read MoreIn news that will have Rick O'Connell saying something awesome like "Here we go again" and then rolling out his emergency firearms stash, British scientists have "resurrected" an ancient mummy. Sort of.
Read MoreOn December 31st of 2019, the World Health Organization was informed by Chinese officials of what appeared to be a pneumonia outbreak in the densely populated city of Wuhan. By January 9th, the cause was determined to be a new strain of coronavirus. Two days later, the first fatality was reported.
Read MoreInsulin hasn't always been expensive. In fact, in most places it's quite cheap. So, what gives? What has happened within the last century or so to make diabetics have to ration their insulin and potentially risk their lives? Let's find out!
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