The Truth About Bruce Lee's Only Official Fight
A martial arts legend, Bruce Lee defeated a whole bunch of bad guys on the silver screen. But in real life? Lee only had one official fight, and it was less than spectacular.
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Bizarre Radio Signal From Space Repeats Every 16 Days
E.T. might be out there phoning home, and Canadian scientists just wiretapped him. A new discovery born of a collaboration between the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and the Fast Radio Burst Project has scientists as baffled as they are enthusiastic.
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Why The XFL Is Going To Fail
After failing hard in 2001, the XFL is finally back … but things aren’t looking good for Vince McMahon’s football league. From stiff competition to the trouble with talent, here are the reasons why this new XFL is going to fail.
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How Alexander The Great Really Built His Empire
The stories of antiquity are filled with great generals. But of all the great heroes of the classical period, none conquered as much or as quickly as Alexander the Great.
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The Real Reasons Polar Bears Are Endangered
Fun fact: the World Wildlife Fund refers to polar bears as marine mammals -- you know, like whales and orcas and dolphins – because they spend so much of their lives on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean. Here's why they are endangered.
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The Truth About Every Assassination Attempt On Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria had her supporters, but also her detractors. Over the course of 42 years, at least eight times someone tried to cut short her reign. Here's the truth about every assassination attempt on Queen Victoria.
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The True Meaning Behind The Guy Fawkes Mask
"Remember, remember," theatrically inclined teenagers will tell you, "the fifth of November." Over the last forty years, Guy Fawkes and his grinning visage have occupied an ever-growing corner of the societal hive mind. But here's the true meaning behind the mask.
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How Dirty Water Fountains Really Are
Water fountains are never the hero of anyone's story, save for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest when Chief Bromden smashes a mental hospital window with a water fountain and escapes. But even then, he didn't drink from it. Here's how dirty water fountains are.
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Princess Feodora: The Truth About Queen Victoria's Sister
The royal life isn't for everybody, with its constant demands and unceasing visibility. Some people don't want that. That seems to have been the case with Princess Feodora, who dodged the royal throne by being born to the wrong dad. Here's the truth about Queen Victoria's sister Princess Feodora.
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The Truth About The Ancient Egyptian 'Board Game Of Death'
The ancient Egyptians were deadly serious about their board games, especially when it came to senet. This board game wasn’t about having fun. It was about death and the afterlife.
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The Tragic Story Of Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness was a Prohibition agent working in Chicago. In his 20s, handsome, and with a knack for providing good newspaper quotes, Ness led a team that really did put a crimp on the bootlegging business. Then things turned tragic.
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Pantera's Tragic Real-Life Story
Pantera originated groove metal. Guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, bassist Rex Brown, and singer Phil Anselmo provided a soundtrack for the disaffected, and a loud one at that. This is the tragic real-life story of Pantera, one of metal's greatest bands.
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The Real Reason Whale Sharks Are Endangered
While the endangered whale shark isn’t a threat to humans, the massive fish often finds itself in trouble whenever it swims too close to people.
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How Dirty The Ocean Really Is
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that an estimated eight million metric tons of plastic enter the world's oceans annually. That's tantamount to the weight of about 90 aircraft carriers. Just how dirty is the ocean?
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The Truth About Genghis Khan's Death
Genghis Khan was the first Khal Drogo and the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. The seemingly indomitable Mongol conqueror cemented his legacy while raining searing, equine death on the Khwarazm empire in 1219. But even great warriors meet their own end. Here's the truth about Genghis Khan's death.
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The Deadliest Martial Art In The World
After thousands of years of knuckle-popping physical inhumanity to our fellow man, have we found a definitive answer to the question "what's the deadliest martial art in the world?"
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Whatever Happened To Janis Joplin's Famous Porsche?
The last song Janis Joplin ever recorded was about a car. Her voice was the engine powering the a capella masterpiece, "Mercedes Benz." Of course, according to the lyrics, her friends all drove Porsches, and according to reality, so did she. But whatever happened to Janis Joplin's famous Porsche?
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The Dog Breed That Has The Best Sense Of Smell
Dogs: they're man's best friend. They're our loyal companions. They stand by our sides when times get tough, assuming that we keep feeding them our unfinished jerky sticks and scratching those hard-to-reach places. But which dog has the best sense of smell?
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The Truth Behind Jeffrey Dahmer's Death
Jeffrey Dahmer said of his first murder victim, "The guy wanted to leave and I didn't want him to leave." But here's how Dahmer himself died.
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The Story Behind Margaret Tudor's Secret Marriage
Margaret Tudor was the daughter of King Henry VII and older sister of King Henry VIII. She was promised in marriage to James IV of Scotland, part of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland in 1502. But there's more to her story.
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The Truth About Alexander The Great's Horse, Bucephalus
Let's rip this Band-Aid off up front: Alexander the Great's horse was named Bucephalus, and no, his name didn't mean anything that you're imagining.
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The Truth About Chernobyl's Radiation-Eating Fungus
If you know one thing about Chernobyl, you probably know that it was the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history. So it may not come as a surprise that weird, radiation-eating organisms have been discovered there.
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The Truth About Pavlov And His Dogs
You may think Ivan Pavlov discovered Pavlovian responses by conditioning dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell. But that wouldn't ring true to Pavlov, since everyone describes the iconic dog study incorrectly. Here's the fascinating and occasionally ugly truth about Ivan Pavlov and his dogs.
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The Untold Truth Of Bob Seger
Bob Seger plugged away at music for more than 50 years. From his athletic background to the real reason he retired, here's the untold truth about Bob Seger.
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Physicists Determine Ideal Soap Recipe For Bubble Blowing
Forget curing cancer, of finding a vaccine to prevent coronavirus. Science has finally put its money where its mouth really is by coming up with what must be the greatest discovery since Albert Einstein invented sliced bread. We're talking, of course, about a recipe for better soap bubbles.
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What Happened To People's Late Fees After Blockbuster Closed?
Late fees, man -- the clawing, creeping, unfortunate fact of the video rental age. But now that the great beast Blockbuster has been bound in the ancient tongue and imprisoned in a strip mall in Bend, Oregon, can we finally rest easy about our late fees?
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Here's How Much Money Dan Bilzerian Is Really Worth
There are many questions people ask themselves about Dan Bilzerian, such as "Why does he act like that all the time?" and "Will that beard eventually reach his eyebrows?" Money comes up a lot too.
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