Modern historians have come to see William McKinley as an important POTUS who advanced America's global standing through assertive foreign policy. But Leon Czolgosz saw McKinley through the eyes of a man who had lost his standing in America and had possibly lost his mind, and wanted him dead.
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The English, on the other hand, have had a prime minister since Robert Walpole in 1721, generally considered the first of the line of 77. Unlike the U.S., of that select group of elected leadership, the Brits have had to work through only one assassination: of Spencer Perceval, in 1812.
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Long before Jimmy Hoffa became a punchline or a Scorcese movie he was one of the most powerful union organizers and leaders in American history. Here's his story.
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Pandemic is one of the best-selling board games of all time. But who made this peculiar game about disease? Why is Pandemic so popular? And what untold truths can a strange board game reveal about how pandemics spread in the real world? Here's the untold truth of the Pandemic board game.
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The story goes that around 1980, John J. B. Wilson went to see a 99 cent double feature that ended in an impassioned plea to get his money back. It would be this experience which led to the fittingly bizarre rise of the Razzies.
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It doesn't hurt to be married to a rock legend who genuinely loves you, especially if it's someone like Gordon Sumner, known to most of the world as Sting, former front man for The Police. However, Trudie Styler has a life and legend of her own, thank you very much.
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With frontman Gavin Rossdale, Bush sold millions of albums and churned out big, bombastic hits. But there’s a lot more to this band than meets the eye, and today, we’re taking a look at the untold truth of Bush.
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Tennessee Williams lived a life every bit as dramatic as the subjects of his stories. It seems only natural that the practiced showman would go out in the color he loved best: high drama. But it was an anticlimactic ending. Here's the truth about Tennessee Williams' bizarre death.
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The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has more than a little experience, as well as education. Dr. Anthony Fauci has been head of NIAID since 1984, appointed during the Reagan administration, which means he's worked successfully for six different presidents.
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What with the coronavirus, rumbling of a coming depression tumbled out of the Twitter feeds of pessimists, while the more pragmatic but still not-fun-at-parties crowd foresaw a fast-approaching recession. And that begs the question: what's the difference?
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You don't normally call someone a caveman as a compliment, but Ice Age humans were way cooler than stereotypes or even scientists have given them credit for.
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The coronavirus has been terrible for much of the economy. But as people embrace social distancing and prepare to weather the pandemic storm, some companies have had a much sunnier financial outlook throughout.
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Americans like to smell good, groom, and generally bathe regularly. We like our plumbing and ready access to potable water, hot when we need it and cold when we don't. And we like our toilet paper.
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The Ozzman cometh, and he's bearing some bizarre words of wisdom. Former Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne is known for quite a few eccentric behaviors. Over a lifetime of wild statements, which are the words that stand out the most?
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If the name Sylvia Browne rings a bell, you may recall her as the self-described psychic who routinely appeared on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live. Browne, who died in 2013, wrote that, "In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe..."
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Born April 4th, 2012 and affixed with the moniker Tardar Sauce, the mixed-breed dwarf kitten with a perpetually perturbed outer appearance became known to the world at large as Grumpy Cat, an internet celebrity of such ubiquity as to command her own personal brand.
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If you want to thrill and amaze the young ones in your life, just open up as many credit cards as you can find and pick up the Astolat Dollhouse Castle, AKA the most expensive toy in the world. How expensive are we talking? Try "very."
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Kerri Rawson's father was Dennis Rader the BTK killer, whose chilling moniker stood for "bind, torture, kill." Over a 27-year period he killed 10 people. Rawson had known one of them personally: a woman who lived down the street. Here's the untold truth of the BTK killer's daughter, Kerri Rawson.
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There are two kinds of serial killers: those who get caught and those who don't. Some serial killers are smarter than others, eluding capture with an uncanny ability to leave little trace, while others seem to get off through sheer luck. So who is the most dangerous active serial killer in 2019?
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Code Blue! We have a strange story about thousands of people who dressed as smurfs and gathered in a tiny French village despite the risk of spreading COVID-19.
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Pigs are often viewed through food-colored glasses, but they're more than just the other white meat. Sweet, loyal, and with remarkably human-like intelligence, they make great pets. And when danger strikes, pigs go ham, protecting people they care about from becoming the other dead meat.
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Even the strange world of subatomic particles isn't above the aesthetic allure of symmetry.
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Umbrellas. They just kind of go with the word "dapper." Occasionally, umbrellas get repurposed, but for some reason, society has long held the opinion that opening one indoors is bad luck. Why?
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There's no doubt most people have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that deadly swath of sea in the Caribbean known for the ships and planes that have vanished there without a trace. But it's not the only oceanic area known for strange disappearances. There's also the Devil's Triangle.
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Life is a journey, not a destination. But the band Journey always seemed destined to succeed with Steve Perry at the helm. Until they started paying him not to sing...
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What goes into the wild life of a microblogging kingpin and serial entrepreneur? If you're Twitter's Jack Dorsey, those fast times include dating supermodels, chastising presidents and limiting yourself to one meal per day.
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Melissa Moore always sensed that there was something off about her father, Keith Jesperson. Now we know just how off he was.
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