You probably know King Tut's fancy gold mask, and you probably also know that he was a boy king and his tomb was cursed. But there's more than that — King Tut had a short and sordid life, a mysterious death, and some weird stuff going on with his family tree. This is the untold truth of King Tut.
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Banksy's works and very existence continue to entice, entertain, provoke, and baffle audiences all over the world. But where did he come from? What motivates him to create artwork after artwork? What kind of person is he? Let's take a look at the untold truth of Banksy.
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Sally Ride entered the history books on June 18, 1983 when, as part of the crew of Space Shuttle STS-7, she became the first American woman in space. Ride was celebrated as a heroine and a pioneer. But Ride was more than an impressive resume in a space suit. Here's the untold truth of Sally Ride.
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Joni Mitchell may have "retired" from public life and the music industry, but that doesn't mean she stopped earning money. She's still worth a lot.
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The most infamous buccaneer of the Golden Age of Piracy, Blackbeard, got his start as a privateer during Queen Anne's War. This is how the fearsome Blackbeard commandeered his notorious ship, built a reputation based purely on appearance, and evaded capture until his 1718 beheading.
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When the news of Blink-182's second falling apart, due to Tom DeLonge's lack of interest, started to spread in 2015, people nodded in an understanding manner. However, in 2016, he told Mic that he primarily broke from Blink-182 to form a new company that would focus on UFOs.
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Masahiko Kimura's glossy catalog of muscles and skill made him scary. But his attitude made him terrifying.
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You can actually learn something from Drunk History, be it a about forgotten war hero or how one shouldn't mix tequila with wine. This is the untold truth of Drunk History.
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Famous authors have pseudonyms when they publish something racy. Then there are revolutionary heroes who take on pen names out of spite. That's what happened when Benjamin Franklin couldn't get his work published in his brother's newspaper.
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In the vast, seemingly endless ocean of weirdness available on the internet, Japanese game shows stand head and shoulders above the rest.
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Freemasonry has a murky history, but it's several centuries old, and it claims to be even older than that. Here's what life is really like as a Freemason.
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Ever watched a tennis match, seen the players lob balls back and forth, and think, "Wow, this could go on forever." Well, one match almost did.
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It's a celebrity deathmatch for the ages. In one corner, you have Steven Seagal. In the other, John Leguizamo. Or, Luigi, if you prefer.
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Singer, producer and Top 40 hitmaker Shaggy hit a home run in 2000 with "It Wasn't Me", a catchy dancehall-pop crossover track with verses contributed by rapper Rikrok. Here's how it came to be.
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Al's seventh birthday was auspicious -- or more precisely, the day before, because that's the day that a door-to-door salesman stopped by their house in Lynwood, California, just south of Los Angeles. He was shilling for a music school that offered lessons in guitar and accordion.
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There are a lot of weird things you don't know about The Smurfs. Prepare to question your most basic assumptions about these mushroom-fixated arboreal ingenues.
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Who was Davy Jones? And why did he keep a locker if his work kept him out at sea so often? Wouldn't a storage unit be a more realistic option? Skim a few websites for historical societies and you'll notice that the answers are varied, evocative, and bizarre.
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Eight members of the Sutton family poured into the police station and reportedly uttered words that would, in decades since, inspire a deluge of delightfully corny B-grade science-fiction classics: "We need help. We've been fighting them for nearly four hours."
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Sumner Redstone became the CEO of National Amusements, Inc. in 1967, and their already prominent hold on the entertainment industry got some extra oomph thanks to his belief that, basically, content providers would come and go, but the content itself would always be in demand.
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It's a story that seems more at home in a psychological horror film than in the real world, and first hand accounts of the events involved feel unsettlingly removed from reality. But the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons are a matter of record. Weird, weird record.
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When the going gets dangerous, at least MI6's highest-functioning sociopath can still be counted on to lock and load, utilizing that classic firearm that we've all come to associate with James Bond: a .25 ACP Beretta with a skeleton grip.
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Mail workers and dogs usually don't mix. But at some point, the United States Postal Office (USPS) adopted a dog as its mascot. If you thought the USPS, already America's favorite government agency, couldn't endear itself more to people, you thought wrong.
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On August 9th, 2020, the WWE released a statement confirming that James Harris, better known by his in-ring persona Kamala, had passed away at age 70.
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Alternative rockers Radiohead made headlines in early 2018 when it was revealed that the five-piece sued pop prodigy Lana Del Ray. However, Radiohead may not be the first to use the catchy tune.
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It's probably not unusual for people to think of Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash. Great love story, great subplot for Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in 2005's Walk the Line.
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From Civil War ghosts to asylum inmates, people believe some hospitals have admitted patients that never left. Here are some creepy tales of hospital ghosts.
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Anthony Wilford Brimley was a bona fide acting legend, and the owner of the most majestic mustache this side of Sam Elliott. While he never established himself as a leading man, he made his name as one of nature's great supporting actors, and tended to elevate any project he appeared in.
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