Who wants to be a millionaire? Pretty much everyone who isn't a billionaire, which is why people love game shows. If you win big on a game show, the money could change your life. But the IRS also gets a cut of your game show winnings. Here's what taxes are like for game show winners.
Read MoreYou may have heard the Old Testament tale of Jonah and the Whale. When Jonah was swallowed by a whale, he was able to relax inside until he thought about what he had done. But is it possible for a human to really be swallowed by a whale? And what would happen?
Read MoreWhat goes through the mind of someone brandishing a Confederate flag? As with all forms of speech, explicit and implicit, context is crucial to interpreting what the Confederate flag has generally meant to groups who used it throughout U.S. history. Here's the real meaning of the Confederate flag.
Read MoreIt hasn't always been smooth sailing for the collective known as the Wu-Tang Clan. From their humble beginnings at Staten Island to the many hurdles they've had to climb since then, the story of the group is riddled with difficulties. Let's take a look at the troubled history of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Read MoreIntelligence is incredibly different to standardize and measure because it takes so many different forms. While humans excel in many realms of intellectual ability, there are plenty of areas in which other animal species abilities exceed our own. So what is the smartest animal in the world?
Read MoreU.S. culture often tiptoes around death. That's decidedly not the case at the Museum of Death, an intentionally grim and morbid museum filled with macabre exhibits. Not surprisingly, the Museum of Death has become a rather controversial attraction. Here's the untold truth of the Museum of Death.
Read MoreToday, we'll take a look at some of the lesser-known aspects of Gene the Demon's life. This is the untold truth of Gene Simmons.
Read MoreShelter is a basic human need. Yet among the elite, some lifestyles stand out for their excess. So what is the most expensive house in the world? There are two contenders for the "Most Expensive House in the World" title, and one distinction. One is a public residence and the other is private.
Read MoreIn a time when it seems like money governs everything in the U.S. you might wonder who was the poorest president in the nation's history. As far as finances go, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Calvin Coolidge were some of the least wealthy presidents. But who was the poorest U.S. President?
Read MorePeople still ask: who killed the beautiful woman and left her dismembered body on an LA street in 1947? Her name was Elizabeth Short, and she was better known as the Black Dahlia. The violence of her murder has kept her from fading into obscurity. Here's what's come out about the Black Dahlia.
Read MoreTo an outside observer, Judy Garland was the epitome of Hollywood glamour. But there was a darker side. Renée Zellweger throws herself into the role of the film icon in Judy, which depicts Garland's tumultuous life in 1968, the year before her untimely death. Here's the untold truth of Judy.
Read MoreBob Ross, the very permed and oft-bespectacled star of PBS' long-running and beloved The Joy of Painting, is many things to many people. Through many seasons of The Joy of Painting, Bob Ross encouraged, enlightened and brought, well, joy, to everyone who watched. Here are Bob Ross' best paintings.
Read MoreHow much do you want the most expensive painting ever sold? If your answer was "almost half a billion dollars," then you could be in the running to purchase the most expensive painting ever sold. Right now, that somewhat dubious distinction goes to Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi.
Read MoreWhy do so many people fear spiders? The vast majority of spiders are harmless, so it's hard to believe that the fear is based entirely on the possibility of a painful or deadly spider bite.Yet spiders are terrifying, terrifying, harbingers of ... what? Do you even know why you're afraid of them?
Read MoreThrough the Vatican's history, there are some stains. Aside from conspiracy theories and abuse scandals, there are lots of things it would rather you not know.
Read MoreLet's take a shortcut. How many times have you though then then though ... I should not take this shortcut because maybe it's a lethally stupid idea? Shortcuts are frequently responsible for grave injury, suffering, and death. Here are some people who paid the ultimate price by taking a shortcut.
Read MoreBeing a woman in Salem, Massachusetts during the infamous witch trials was extra perilous, but the world you lived in was already extra perilous. No, it wasn't fun to be a female citizen of Salem, Massachusetts circa 1692. Here's what life was really like for women during the Salem witch trials.
Read MoreDo dead bodies really stay on Mount Everest? Yes. Well, sort of. Mount Everest is a difficult case, as far as ecological responsibility is concerned, because Mount Everest is a murderous sociopath. People die on Mount Everest just about every year. And it's almost impossible to recover their bodies.
Read MoreDifferent cultures have different no-no numbers. These no-no numbers get treated like no. 2 due to negative associations in their respective cultures. The worst number in the West among Christians is 666, Lucifer's favorite evil digits. But why? Here's the real reason 666 is the Devil's number.
Read MoreWhen Road Runner encountered Wile E. Coyote, he just dropped an anvil on the guy's head. Problem solved. In real life, though, coyotes aren't really trying to eat us. So what should you do if you're out walking your dog on a peaceful summer evening and you encounter a coyote?
Read MoreThe zombie apocalypse is coming, and we need all our best scientific minds working on what to do, where to go, and how to kill them. While doctors are working on a cure for the zombie virus, statisticians built a model to figure out what might be the best place to survive a zombie apocalypse.
Read MoreWhen we heard there was a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy we knew it meant bad news. We've seen the movies. But we have little to fear from the black hole and it's surprisingly quiet. Until now. Our galaxy's supermassive black hole might be up to something weird.
Read MoreThe first moon landing was arguably one of the most dangerous things anyone ever did. To take that kind of risk it seems like you'd want to be earning some pretty serious danger money. So what did the first man who landed on the moon make? Here's how much Neil Armstrong was paid to land on the Moon.
Read MoreThe 2019 Forbes list of the world's richest people counts 2,153 billionaires, which is 55 less than the year prior. But while the wealth of the super-rich has trended downward, wealthy women are on the rise, making history in the process. There were more female billionaires in 2019 than ever before.
Read MoreThere's no one who embodies idea of a fan who became a superstar as much as Mike Mizanin, better known to WWE devotees as the Miz. We've watched every single step of his journey for 20 years. From reality TV star to working the main event of WrestleMania, here's the untold truth of the Miz.
Read MoreThis is how much it costs to rent Richard Branson's island: $77,500 per night on a luxury island in the Caribbean. Yes, for just over one and a half times the average annual salary of one American human, you too can spend a single night on billionaire Richard Branson's secluded Necker Island.
Read MoreWhat appeared on the surface to be a trite number ended up rewriting pop music and cultural history, setting myriad records. Old Town Road by Lil Nas X lasted 19 weeks in Billboard's number 1 spot before being dethroned. Yet the apparent simplicity of its lyrics belies a deeper meaning.
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