In news that will have Jeff Goldblum just livid, scientists at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel have resurrected a group of long-dead plants using seeds uncovered at three archaeological sites in the Judean desert. And yeah, these things are incredibly old.
Read MoreWarren Earp is probably best remembered as "Warren who?" Compared to other celebrated Wild West gunfighters like his older brother Wyatt Earp, Warren sounds like a minor historical footnote. But he had an exciting life ... and death. Here's the truth about Wyatt Earp's brother, Warren Earp.
Read MoreIn many ways, Henry VIII was a messed up guy who did messed up things. But was he always like that? Did he jump out of the womb as a spring-loaded ball of supervillainy, or did something happen to make him the oddball tyrant we all know and ... know?
Read MoreMost everybody knows Wyatt Earp. If you're old enough, or if you're a fan of TV reruns from the 1950s, you remember him as brave, courageous, and bold. Just as interesting, and maybe more so, is the story of Wyatt's older brother, Virgil.
Read MoreA scientist underwent an experimental procedure called deep brain stimulation in which a pair of holes "about the size of a nickel" were bored into the top of his skull and two electrodes were implanted in his brain. Here's what happened.
Read MoreWater is literally the elixir of life. Every living thing known to man needs water to continue living. But the amount each creature needs on a regular basis can vary dramatically. But what about the only one you're really worried about: humans? How long can you live without water?
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreIf you own a dog you're probably putting in the work trying to figure out which breed of pup is the most easily manipulatable, so as to train your new hellhound to carry out your orders. Or, at the very least, you'd like one that house trains easily. This is the most obedient dog breed in the world.
Read MoreAs the (super inaccurate) William Wallace of 1995's Braveheart put it, "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom." It's a battle cry for the ages, only slightly hamstrung by the fact that, in real life, they did take his freedom, and, a few weeks later, his life. It was rough.
Read MoreBefore you grab that Purell bottle and start pumping your way to chemical bliss, you should know that drinking hand sanitizer isn’t exactly a whole lot of fun, and yeah, it can really mess up your body.
Read MoreWe have it on good authority that Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her father forty whacks. According to our sources, when she saw what she had done, she hacked up her mom pretty good as well. But what about her sister?
Read MoreNBA 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?
Read MoreWhy is a blood affliction associated with the British monarchy? If anything was going to be called "the royal disease," shouldn't it have been crippling shopoholism or narcissistic personality disorder? Turns out, we can blame Queen Victoria.
Read MoreSome people don't eat in protest, and others just don't have food to eat. But just how long can a body endure without food?
Read MoreSince before the days of Nostradamus, people tried to predict the ways of our successors. Sometimes, we were startlingly accurate. Other times? Not so much.
Read MoreIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia features some of the bleakest, strangest comedy on TV. How did a show this weird and wild come to be?
Read MoreJohn 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.
Read MorePresidents and vice presidents have been involved in hilarious blunders throughout American history.
Read MoreOld-school MTV wasn't just about the music videos. Our MTV just had way fewer pregnant teens and sexy werewolves.
Read MoreThe history of one of cinema's bravest/campiest pirates is stranger than you might think. There are a lot of odd twists and turns in this swashbuckler's saga.
Read MoreFor the majority of us, death is a sad event that ushers in months of mourning. Others, however, take a more lighthearted approach to the inevitable.
Read MoreThese dumb movies have explosions that make no sense and were thrown together at the last minute on underfunded sets.
Read MoreSouth Park has been lampooning pop-culture for two decades and in that time, numerous misconceptions and myths have arose about the show.
Read MoreSome things, like kale and proctology, are objectively good for you but still pretty awful. Such is the case with the weird scientific discovery made by researchers at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, who discovered the technology to knit things out of human skin.
Read MoreOf the many students who trained under the grandmaster Ip Man, none are as famous as Bruce Lee. And if Bruce Lee is the most iconic martial artist in cinematic history, the outfit that he will always be remembered in is the yellow tracksuit he wore in Game of Death, his final performance.
Read MoreDogs are wicked smart, and loyal, which makes most humans love them. Unless, of course, you're allergic. And according to the American Kennel Club (AKC), about 10 percent of you are. So which dog is both small and hypoallergenic?
Read MorePeople 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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