The Romanovs were assassinated in 1918, but that’s just the final act of their heartbreaking story. From troubled romances to major health issues, here’s the tragic real-life story of the Romanovs, the last imperial rulers of Russia.
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What if Bruce Lee had a temper? Imagine how horrifying a guy with his skillset would be, should he have a propensity for temperamental outbursts. That's scary, and also worthy of further investigation.
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After the stock market plunge of early 2020, how is Bezos faring?
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If you're not familiar with the name Randy Rhoads, chances are you've still heard him play. Rhoads was the virtuoso guitar player who shredded on Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo records, and a major part why the Ozzman managed to pick himself up from the slump he'd been in ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steal the international spotlight, infecting hundreds of thousands and tanking the stock market. Meanwhile, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates appears to have dropped a considerable amount of cash in the past few months.
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Merle Haggard's youth really does sound like a country song: raised in a converted boxcar during the Great Depression, his father died when he was eight years old, after which he became a juvenile delinquent. In 1957, though, he pushed his luck a little too far.
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Someone of Andre the Giant's size and professional stature is bound to have some stories attached to him, true or not -- though as an old theater professor once said, "All my stories are true. And some of them really happened." So what really happened to Andre?
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Frida Kahlo is one of the most admired artists of the 20th century. But Kahlo's artistic genius came at a price. Her personal life was marred with tragedy, loss, illness, infidelity, and chronic pain that plagued her throughout her time on Earth. This is the tragic real-life story of Frida Kahlo.
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During the 1998-99 NBA season, the league went the extra mile to grab fans' attention after a contentious lockout. As part of that promotional effort, the Charlotte Hornets invited Master P (real name Percy Miller) to give it his best shot during a preseason tryout.
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Finding the optimism in Sixx's dire recollections and warnings often feels like sifting for diamonds on a beach. You'll find them, though, if you look hard enough.
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If you're not sure about shelling out $6.99 a month for a Disney+ subscription, don't worry: the Disney family definitely does not need your pocket change.
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More than a mere way to pad the DVD, movie commentary is sometimes even better than the films themselves.
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Mindhunter is a Netflix thriller series about a small unit of FBI agents who revolutionized the way law enforcement hunts for serial killers by using psychological profiles drawn up by interviewing dozens of incarcerated killers and figuring out how their minds work. But how real is Mindhunter?
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Florence Nightingale invented the modern nursing profession and changed the course of public health forever. But the woman who did so much to improve health care spent much of her own life sickly, reclusive, and averse to media attention. This is the tragic life of Florence Nightingale.
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There is, in fact, a verified holder of the record for most world records. Known to the world as Ashrita Furman, he is a pinnacle of human achievement.
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Mozart was a genius with a gross sense of humor, an inability to handle money, and a life filled with tragedy right up to his dying moments. Here are a few heartbreaking facts about him you might not know.
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Few great historic disasters are without precedent, and before the catastrophic Fyre Festival there was the legendary screw up that was Woodstock '99. So what went wrong?
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In 1969, Doors front man Jim Morrison was described as a "demonic vision out of a medieval Hellmouth," and "the Sex-death, Acid-Evangelist of Rock, a sort of Hell's Angel of the groin." Despite this, Morrison described his life in Los Angeles as "anonymous."
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One tends to run out of superlatives when describing an artist as creative and influential as David Bowie. Can we say the same for his bank account?
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When you put aside the machismo and bragging rights, it's difficult to say exactly why human beings have always felt a need to reach the summits of mountains. Nevertheless, there's a reason summiting Mt. Everest is considered one of the classic feats of adventure sports.
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Snoop's had his spoon in a lot of soups, and seeing as he's been super famous since the 1990s, it's only fair to assume that he's scooped up some serious dough most of the time. The question is, exactly how much has he earned over the years? Let's find out how much Snoop Dogg is really worth.
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Walt Disney may have started out as an apprentice ad cartoonist, but he finagled his love for animation into a media empire. Just how much was this smokey human success engine worth at the time of his death?
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In 2020, rapper and actorJa Rule unironically advertised his tax preparation company, Value Tax, on Twitter. According to Complex, he posted, "IT'S TAX SEASON!!! It's simple, walk in let us do your taxes, walk out with cash in hand," adding, "... we also do credit repair!"
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David Bowie was an iconoclast, a cultural monolith, and, with the help of those leggings that he wore in Labyrinth, the source of a lot of confusing new stirrings in the coming-of-age stories of many Gen Xers. He also possessed a unique appearance that drew in audiences.
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Amy Winehouse lived a short life that, nevertheless, brought her great fame. Her amazingly strong, jazzy voice created powerful hits like "Rehab" and "Back in Black," and made her a household name. How much did she earn in the process?
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The music industry has seen plenty of strife, not to mention a steady string of litigation, and here are some of the silliest lawsuits that band members have ever filed against each other.
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Bon Jovi is a household name. But the members of this group have suffered their fair share of setbacks. Here’s the tragic real-life story of Bon Jovi.
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