Fiona Apple, that '90s musical wunderkind, a classically trained pianist who dropped an album at age 17 and has been selling recordings and racking up awards ever since, also spent some time behind bars. Here's why.
Read MoreEven if your only exposure to boxing comes in the form of a few seconds of idle channel-surfing every now and then, you're probably aware of Mike Tyson and Tyson Fury. But which is faster and more furious? Who would win in a matchup?
Read MoreElegant and marble-like, cat eyes have a hypnotic quality to them and do a fantastic job of scaring the bejesus out of unsuspecting people when those peepers creepily glow in the dark. But what colors do they actually see?
Read MoreFacebook has magnanimously decided not to needlessly endanger its employees. Good job.
Read MoreElon Musk and Warren Buffett: two guys who really are toward the top, if not at the top, of their respective games. So what's the beef?
Read MoreDespite creating the holiday, Anna Jarvis was aghast at what it had come to represent, ultimately fighting to have it abolished, before the task eventually took its toll.
Read MoreFrom everyday decisions to tracking apps, here are some truly creepy things about living in China.
Read MoreAt 18 registered specimens left, this snake species is now considered the most endangered snake species in the world.
Read MoreiPhone. iPod. iPad. iOS. iWork. iTunes. iPhoto. The modern society is so inundated with Apple's admittedly pretty neat "i" products and apps that it's hard to avoid mentally associating a product with that particular letter. But what does the "i" in iPhone really stand for?
Read MoreThere are many highly unlikely ways to die, and unless you count the increasingly convoluted Rube Goldberg deathtraps of the Final Destination franchise, a meteorite strike is doubtlessly at the top of the list.
Read MoreThe word "supermoon," according to NASA, was first coined in the year 1979 by one Richard Nolle. Britannica notes that Nolle, an astrologer, claimed at the time that supermoons were portents of oncoming calamities such as earthquakes and severe weather patterns.
Read MoreAmazon worker horror stories are nothing new, but low wages are merely one of the worst things about being an Amazon employee.
Read MoreBrian Howe, former lead singer for the band Bad Company, died from cardiac arrest on May 6, 2020, at his home in Florida. He was 66 years old. Here's why he left the band.
Read MoreThough the break could probably be described as "acrimonious," Brian Howe, who died May 6, 2020, at the age of 66, was often quoted as referring to his time with the band Bad Company as "a lovely ride."
Read MoreEric Clapton is one of the most successful musicians of his generation, to the point that he's been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame no less than three times. Still, don't take that to mean that old Slowhand has been living a cozy and worry-free life of making music.
Read MoreJeopardy! debuted back in the 1960s as a daytime game show. Created by Merv Griffin, it moved well and truly into syndication in 1984, helmed by Alex Trebek, and there it has remained. That's a lot of answers in the form of a question. And some of them are bound to be verbal missteps.
Read MoreFrom his humble musical beginnings as a folk duo with Stevie Nicks to his illustrious career in Fleetwood Mac and assorted solo albums, Lindsey Buckingham has been an important part of the pop culture tapestry for decades. Here's how much that music career has earned him.
Read MoreMost every single day all of Disney's many magical, sensory-overloading theme parks have thrown open their gates. But sometimes sadness, tragedy, fear, and caution can overcome even the joy and glee produced by "the happiest place on Earth." Here are all the times the Disney theme parks have closed.
Read MoreA cult leader's first convert is themselves. No matter how obviously skeevy or devious they may seem to outside observers, the leader remains the hallowed object of self-worship, and their own most zealous believer.
Read MoreVile and defiant until the bitter end, the infamous "Killer Clown" had spent years fighting to have the last laugh. He would spend his last 14 years clogging up the courts with appeals, like a stubborn turd in the toilet of justice.
Read MoreWhy do birds always disappear every time winter's near? Just like trees, they long to leave in the fall. Obviously, those lines came from sublime songbird Karen Woodpecker, but they also speak to the common phenomenon of bird migration.
Read MoreJackie Robinson's retirement -- like most of his career -- was complicated.
Read MoreLike many Americans, you may currently find yourself wrapped up in a steaming hot, antimicrobial love affair with hand sanitizer, the gelatinous goop keeping our meathooks unoccupied by the germs that hate our freedom. You might even be using the stuff on the daily. You'll probably want to stop.
Read MoreMost of Jimmy Buffett's movie turns have been of the blink-and-you-miss-him variety, in true cameo fashion, no doubt for the fun of it, rather than the fame.
Read MoreThere's this old thought experiment called the Ship of Theseus. If some guy named Theseus has a ship, and over time, he removes and replaces every part of said watercraft, is it still the same ship? If you put a new head on your mop, and then put a new handle on the head, is that still your mop?
Read MoreIt all started on April 23rd, 2005, with an 18 second video posted by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. It was called "Me at the zoo." It's still available to watch, the only video posted to the channel.
Read MoreAndrew Cunanan's childhood reads like a California dream come true. But even though he had the life equivalent of a royal flush, Cunanan wasn't satisfied with the hand he was dealt.
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