Christopher Dennis was the famous Hollywood Boulevard Superman for 25 years. But Dennis' life wasn't all flowing capes and amiable photos with admiring tourists. It was filled with sad events that culminated in his untimely death. Here's the tragic real-life story of Hollywood Boulevard Superman.
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Because we love our cats we want what's best for them, but you might not actually know what's best for your cat.
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By the 19th century women were sick of being second-class citizens who were expected to do whatever their husbands told them. But change was going to require some loud, attention-getting stuff, and some people might even have to die. Here's the messed up truth about the women's suffrage movement.
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Ford v Ferrari is the story of when, in 1966, a team of drivers representing Ford won the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. But like any movie based on a true story, Ford v Ferrari's filmmakers took a few creative liberties to make the story more cinematic. Here are 10 times Ford v Ferrari lied to you.
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Tim Burton isn't immune to weird Hollywood drama. You don't make incredible movies like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks! without a few weird things happening. Here are some bizarre things that happened on the set of Tim Burton movies
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One of the most important minds behind the first moon landing was a young woman named Margaret Hamilton. The world's first software engineer, Hamilton worked night and day to make Apollo 11 a success, changing the course of history.This is the untold truth of the woman who took America to the moon.
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Margaret Thatcher was the Iron Lady who ran Britain from 1979 to 1990, a period in which she defined a generation. On the world stage, she was renowned, but examine her closer and you'll see her career was a litany of disastrous choices. This is the messed up truth about Margaret Thatcher.
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Everyone will totally judge you for playing these video games. Some of them might have their bright spots, but are they worth it?
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Everything we know was built off the work of the people who came before us, and they may have been even more scientifically advanced than we previously thought.
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With a drone, you can see the world from a whole new vantage point. But you may wish you hadn't. From natural phenomena seen from a brand new angle to things that are just plain weird, drones have captured footage of some very chilling stuff. Here's some spine-chilling things caught by drones.
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Some rich people just have so much time and money on their hands they don't know what to do with it all. The Hellfire Club was made of those sorts of people. Here's what really went on behind the closed doors of the Hellfire Club.
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The music biopic has long been a staple of the movies, and a well-made music biopic is practically guaranteed to be a smash hit. But it's hard for Hollywood to make good music biopics. Maybe it's just too hard to keep to events that actually happened. Here are music biopics that lied.
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Your grandparents probably believed these really bizarre things. Don't judge too harshly, though -- wait 50 years, you'll see.
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Theoretically, the crew of the starship Enterprise has always been the best that Starfleet had to offer. In practice, the Enterprise crew tends to make decisions that lead to exciting television, and are just terrible. Here are the worst things the crew of the starship Enterprise have ever done.
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2019's Harriet marks the first feature film about Harriet Tubman. While great care was taken to present the real Tubman, a few creative liberties were taken, to better illustrate her world and the values she stood for. Here are some of the things Harriet got wrong about Harriet Tubman's life.
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Lots of countries have organized crime syndicates, but perhaps none of them quite compare to Japan's yakuza. The yakuza are extremely violent, but they also hide in plain sight and many are known to the government. Here's the story behind the yakuza.
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In 2017, a cigar-shaped object named 'Oumuamua drifted in from another solar system. Certain people still think it was a flying saucer, others are planning missions to land on it, and the "object" itself is just drifting further away. Here's the untold truth of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
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Bill Gates is the second richest person in the world, according to Business Insider. While anyone can have a lot of money, Gates' $103 billion fortune, according to Forbes (as of 2019), could be stacked to truly ridiculous heights. Here's how much money Bill Gates makes in a day.
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The 2010s provided the sports world with scandals we'd prefer to forget. Here are some of the ones everyone would rather forget.
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The real-life tale of Anneliese Michel, a young woman who died in the throes of (no pun intended) an unholy number of exorcisms, happened in 1976 in Germany. The story is a chilling reminder of how real the practice of exorcism remains.This is the truth behind the exorcism of Anneliese Michel.
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In 2004, an indie comedy called Napoleon Dynamite debuted. It was frickin' sweet lightning in a bottle: an ultra low budget movie that made back over a hundred times its cost. The star was relative unknown Jon Heder, a BYU alum who captured hearts the world over.
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Pixar produces great films, no doubt about it. Pixar has a habit of hitting you with a one-two punch of adorable characters and cute moments, followed by emotional gut wreckers that'll leave you sobbing on the floor. But those are the obvious ones. Here are details in Pixar movies most people miss.
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From the ancient world to the 20th century, there are plenty of women who didn't just kick butt, but changed the world while kicking all those butts. Many of them have been forgotten or overlooked, but all of them deserve to be remembered. Here are some forgotten women who changed the world.
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Some seemingly absurd movie tropes are so pervasive you almost believe them. That's why Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, and their crew have tested dozens of movie myths over the years, some from specific films and others that are used over and over and over again on the big screen.
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What happened to those few survivors of the Titanic? Some buried the experience for years, while others never got over it, and some didn't seem to be affected.
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The most famous scientists in history seem to have one thing in common: they're all men. But, the old saying goes, behind every great man is a great woman. A lot of great women playing invaluable roles in scientific breakthroughs. Here are some of the most underappreciated women in science history.
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Karen Carpenter, one half of the brother-sister duo The Carpenters, and the velvet voice behind hits like "Close to You" and "Top of the World," enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the 1970s only to literally disappear before her fans' very eyes. This is the tragic real-life story of Karen Carpenter.
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