Bands That Don't Sound Anything Like They Used To
Most musicians evolve, but some change to the point where how they started isn't even remotely close to how they wound up. It's like two different bands.
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Stories By Rani Baker
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The Double Life Of Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow is famous for his football and his faith, and while both have earned him quite a bit of controversy, there are more puzzling chapters to his story.
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The Untold Truth Of Rickrolling
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The Real Reason You Don't Hear From Steve Perry Anymore
When you think Journey, you think lead singer Steve Perry, and right now he's pretty MIA, both from the band and from public life, really. But why?
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Embarrassing Songs Of Beloved Rock Stars
These beloved rock stars are probably embarrassed by these songs. Good thing they're immortalized.
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The Untold Truth Of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone has been accused of being frozen in the era of its heyday and blowing off modern innovations that could have worked in the publication's favor.
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Strange Things That Happened On The Set Of Serial Killer Movies
Movies like Silence of the Lambs, Saw, Zodiac, and Halloween were hell behind the scenes.
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There are plenty of myths and urban legends about JFK most of us take for granted, which are not true at all.
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Strangest Things Accidentally Filmed On TV
Broadcasting live on television can be a perilous thing. Sometimes, bizarre things just sort of happen.
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The Untold Truth Of Carnivals
Carnivals aren't all fun and games. Let's look into the lesser-known history of just how these things began.
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The Untold Truth Of Jim Henson
Before Jim Henson, puppeteering was mostly the realm of vaudeville frivolity and avant-garde weirdness. Henson made puppets that you'd want to talk to and hug instead of the dead-eyed horror automatons prevalent in other television shows of the '50s and early '60s.
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Lamest Way To Die In Games
Some of these deaths are so frustratingly absurd, you consider dropping the controller and taking up a new and personally-insulting hobby.
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Secrets Nintendo Doesn't Want You To Know
Nintendo was founded back when Jack The Ripper was still on the loose -- a company that old has a lot of skeletons in their closet (even more than ol' Jack).
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False Facts About Legend Of Zelda You Always Thought Were True
The Legend of Zelda's non-linear gameplay, plus its intentionally vague "hints" scattered throughout the games, led to a constant rumor mill about the series.
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The Untold Truth Of The Legend Of Zelda
It's hard to believe, but the first The Legend of Zelda game came out over three decades ago. That's a lot of history, some of which is not widely known.
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False Facts About Pokemon You Always Thought Were True
Pokemon has been around for decades, along with all sorts of myths. We track down several of these rumors and provide the context and actual truth behind them.
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The Untold Truth Of The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a quirky, charming cult film with so many odd details to obsess over that people are still discussing new theories and swapping trivia.
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The Weird History Of Pacman
The history of the video game Pac-Man includes video games, songs, TV shows, and a whole lot of lost productivity.
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Action Stars Who Are Actually Really Terrible Fighters
Just because you film a movie fight scene, doesn't mean you're suddenly Bruce Lee for real.
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The Real Reason Why POGs Disappeared
Like most '90s fads like Hammer Pants and Pauly Shore's career, it's difficult to explain why Pogs were ever considered desirable. Or even explain them at all.
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The Untold Truth Of The Secret Service
Turns out, there's some pretty surprising, lesser-known details about the Secret Service and its history, which we're gonna go ahead and document here
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The Weird History Of Tetris
Imagine trying to explain Tetris to someone who had never heard of it. Sounds insane, right? The history of the game, believe it or not, is even stranger.
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Most Epic Internet Trolls Ever
Throughout the internet, folks have emerged proving the art of trolling is much more subtle, strategic, and funnier than what many more crude trolls do.
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