The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey is a versatile actor with a career that has let him experiment with many roles. Despite tragedy and failure, he's remained successful.
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Matthew McConaughey is a versatile actor with a career that has let him experiment with many roles. Despite tragedy and failure, he's remained successful.
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Read MoreTheories about regarding the Whitechapel murders in 1888 London. "Jack the Ripper" was the named used by newspapers, coming from someone claiming credit.
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Read MoreA Sunday school staple, the Tower of Babel is a goldmine for artists and poets, and a warning story. But was it real? This is the Tower of Babel explained.
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Read MoreThe Tower of London has been known for torture and execution from the 16th century well into the 20th. Here are the most notable deaths in the Tower of London.
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Read MoreAmerican abolitionist Harriet Tubman is often described in American history books, but the story of her child is lesser known. Here's why that's the case.
Read MoreThe Roaring Twenties was a time of plenty, with wealth and success flowing freely. And hot on its heels were con artists, whose greed upended many lives.
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Read MoreThese bizarre things really happened at the Eiffel Tower. Back before everyone loved the tower, they actually really hated it.
Read MoreIt was incredibly difficult to escape the Tower of London, but some people did succeed. These are the craziest ways prisoners escaped the Tower of London.
Read MoreThe Latting Observatory was taller than anything built in New York City before 1853. But what happened to it? And why do so few people even know it existed?
Read MoreThe Leaning Tower of Pisa is at the same time one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy and one of the marvels of medieval engineering.
Read MoreThese messed up things really happened at the Tower of London. Sure, there were a lot of executions, but there was other weird stuff, too.
Read MoreWhat is it about con artists? Is it their daring? Their ingenious schemes? Their successes? Count Victor Lustig -- or whoever he was -- had all that, and more.
Read MoreChris Skaife has one job and one job only: to keep watch over the ravens at the Tower of London. Here's the foreboding reason it's imperative that they live.
Read MoreActress Vivien Leigh and her only child, daughter Suzanne, had a complicated relationship. Learn more about how the mother and daughter got along.
Read MoreThe tragic death of Whitney Houston in 2012 shocked the world, but it wasn't until afterward that a few previously unknown things about her came to light.
Read MoreMost know the dark history of the British East India Company and its ties to European imperialism. But the tea industry also still has shady secrets today.
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Read MoreThough many associate diamonds with wealth and glamour, the dark secrets of the diamond industry include ongoing human rights abuses and violence.
Read MoreBeing a child star is immensely difficult, and Hollywood is merciless. Read on to learn more about child stars who have ended up in jail.
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