The world of entertainment is full of amazing fighters with black belt-level martial arts skills to spare: Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and ... Willie Nelson? Wait, that can't be right.
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NBA players are some of the highest paid athletes in the world, and among them, few are higher paid than LeBron James. But just how much has he made?
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John Henry "Doc" Holliday. Even people who don't like westerns seem to like Tombstone, and even people who don't like Val Kilmer (which is hard to believe) seem to like the former Batman's portrayal of Doc Holliday. Here's how he spent his final, tragic days.
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Old-school MTV wasn't just about the music videos. Our MTV just had way fewer pregnant teens and sexy werewolves.
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These dumb movies have explosions that make no sense and were thrown together at the last minute on underfunded sets.
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South Park has been lampooning pop-culture for two decades and in that time, numerous misconceptions and myths have arose about the show.
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People love them some disaster preparedness, especially when it's served with a side of firearms, paramilitarism and paranoid survivalist dogma. It's no big surprise, then, that National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers garnered some of the network's highest ratings. So why was it canceled?
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With his splits and spin-kicks, Jean-Claude Van Damme ruled the action movie scene from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. But does he have the black belts to prove it?
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Steven Seagal has been making heavy allusions to his involvement with the Central Intelligence Agency since his early days in Hollywood. He's stated that he "did special favors" for the CIA and helped to train their operatives. But did he actually work with them?
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These days, you can get LEGO sets of nearly all conceivable shapes, sizes and themes, but unfortunately, there's still one thing where there's not much room to negotiate: The price of all LEGO sets tends to be rather steep. Say, what's up with that? How come LEGOs are so incredibly expensive?
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On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died at the unbelievably young age of 32. Already a mega star in China, Lee left a black hole where the stardom used to be. His passing was a shock in the U.S., too, but each country would mourn differently. Here's why Lee had two funerals.
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The mid-2000s were a hell of a time to have a symmetrical face and know how to kick things. It was Jet Li's time to shine. Why wouldn't he want in on the Matrix?
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When you own a highly profitable company and a vet school saves your dog from dying of cancer, there's only one thing to do... spend $6 million on a Super Bowl ad to thank them.
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Regardless of the beginnings of Flex Tape, the Flex products are pretty well-known these days. Since they are products and therefore are exchanged for money, surely this means that Mr. Swift has made a buck or two in the process? Hey, let's see just how much the Flex Tape guy is actually worth!
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For 20 years, Kobe Bryant dominated basketball, joining the NBA directly out of high school and going on to win five championships and to be named 2008's All-League MVP. But none of that answers the real question: what was he pulling in before taxes?
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Howard Hughes packed a lot into his life. To say Hughes was an ambitious eccentric is an understatement. Here's the tragic real-life story of Howard Hughes.
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Jet Li is an undisputed martial arts superstar who has given the world some of the greatest fighting moves (and movies) in existence. Yet, recent years have brought worrying whispers that insinuate all might not be well in the Li-land. Here's the truth about his illness.
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However you feel about Joe Rogan personally, millions of people appreciate the range of perspectives that appear on his podcast. With more than 7 million subscribers, the Joe Rogan Experience is one of the most popular programs on Earth. Here's how much money he makes per episode.
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Despite his tragic death at a relatively young age, Andre the Giant's in-ring career was truly legendary. But how much money does a legend make? Did Andre's peculiar career choice make him rich before his untimely demise? Let's find out how much money Andre the Giant was worth when he died.
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Will 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.
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A 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.
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Kobe 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.
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Snow 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.
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The 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.
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Jet 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?
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The crowd goes wild. Bob Costas lauds you, and you take to the podium to claim your Olympic medal. Once the national anthem has concluded, photographers line up to take your picture. Do you pump your fist? Cry tears of joy? No. You open wide and bite down on your Olympic gold. But why?
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Comedy fans across the world are mourning the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones, who CNN reports passed away on January 21st, 2020 at age 77.
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