Petty didn't find modern music appealing at all and was disappointed by what he discovered. For him, classical legends were inspirational. The turning point for the singer was meeting musical icon Elvis Presley as a 11-year-old.
Read MoreEventually, the near-legendary image of a child plopped before a TV screen with a bowl of cereal on a Saturday morning was no more.
Read MoreCapone was estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of at least 33 people, according to a contemporary report in the Chicago Herald Tribune. What sort of death does such a figure as Al Capone deserve? Whatever you think, the story of his final days is a deeply unfortunate one.
Read MoreWhen it comes to notorious serial killers, there's probably none higher on the list than Jack the Ripper, but what about the Yorkshire Ripper? This is the the untold truth of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Read MoreJoan Jett freely admits that her iconic "look of black leather, black eyeliner, and a black shag haircut," as well as her sound, are not entirely original; her inspiration was rocker Suzi Quatro.
Read MoreMyra Gail attracted plenty of attention from journalists during the couple's trip to England, where a local reporter, Paul Tanfield, engaged in a conversation with Lewis about Myra. How old is she? Lewis promptly revealed that Myra was 15.
Read MoreAccording to Leto, his father went out to get a carton of milk, only to metaphorically end up on a milk carton himself, back in the early 1970s when Leto was only a baby. The story gets a bit darker. Leto's dad remarried, and Leto never heard from the guy again.
Read MoreThe Vietnamese-born actress Thuy Trang was on her way to a very successful Hollywood career when her life was tragically cut short in 2001.
Read MoreThe situation around the Circleville poison pen letters eventually turned from terrifying to deadly. What's even scarier, the Circleville letter writer may still be out there. The Circleville letter writer sent poison pen letters to multiple residents of the small town, accusing them of misdeeds.
Read MoreThe Codex Gigas. No, this isn't the name of a companion piece to the Necronomicon, or the sacred tome for a race of cosmic necromancers from Warhammer 40k.
Read MoreChief Blackbird was a notorious leader who spearheaded the cause of the Omaha Native American Indian tribe in the 18th century. But the way he was buried was timeless.
Read MoreThe Bonus Army was a protest held by as many as 25,000 veterans of World War I and their families who descended upon Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand the bonus checks they'd been promised in order to help them get through the economic turmoil of the Great Depression.
Read MoreCaleb Moore readied his snowmobile. He was about to begin his run at the 2013 Winter X Games Snowmobile Freestyle event, an event he had earned the Bronze medal for three years running. He didn't know it would be his last.
Read MoreClearly, Elon Musk has had a tumultuous career. But the entrepreneur's most unfortunate moment may have been the time he lost all his cash in 2010.
Read MoreIf the average North Korean had access to the full internet, they'd be shocked to find that the rest of the world is a lot different than their home country. But of course that is exactly why most of them can't go online.
Read MoreSometimes, animals display behaviors that are weirdly human. Most often, this can be a fluke, such as when a photographer manages to capture animals in an unusual pose, with hilarious results. But what happens when a species displays new behaviors time and time again that aren't necessarily cute?
Read MoreWith centuries of student and teacher history, schools are one of the most common places for ghosts to haunt, from Ireland to Oklahoma.
Read MoreWhile trampolines have sent over a million people to the emergency room, toy manufacturers in the 90s thought, "Why not strap them to kids' feet?" And thus, the moon shoes were born.
Read MoreKnown to the Celts as "The Cave of Melody", what is now known as Fingal's Cave has been well-documented in ancient Irish and Scottish Celtic legends for centuries.
Read MoreAstronauts living onboard the International Space Station 250 miles above Earth experience life a bit differently. On the space station, the effects of microgravity mean astronauts are strapped in while they eat, exercise, and use the toilet. Living on the space station can affect height and aging.
Read MoreA 13-year-old law banning the wearing of "saggy" pants has finally been overturned in the city of Opa-Locka, South Florida.
Read MoreTracii Guns was hanging around stage before a gig for his band, L.A. Guns, when another young man performed a mic check. "Oh s---," Guns recalled thinking to AL, "who is this guy?"
Read MoreDonald Fagen is the co-founder, lead singer, and keyboardist of Steely Dan, a band noted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their "deviously slick music" that made them "the perfect musical antiheros for the Seventies." How much has their musical heroism paid Fagen?
Read MoreBasketball player Hank Gathers was a legend in the making. But his life ended tragically early.
Read MoreOf the many bizarre things that only exist in North Korea, one of the strangest has to be the presence of actual fashion police.
Read MoreOn August 8 2020, Vulture brought the exciting news. Madonna hinted she was collaborating with Diablo Cody, screenwriter of Juno and Tully on... something. Turns out, it's a biopic.
Read MoreAccording to the Formula One website, Senna was aware of his limitations and didn't take his mortality for granted. He viewed racing as a way to learn more about himself. "For me, this research is fascinating," he said. "Every time I push, I find something more, again and again."
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