Chernobyl is one of the worst nuclear accidents ever, but the USA had its own mess-up: the 1979 nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island. Three Mile Island wasn't as bad as Chernobyl, but it was a big mess. Here are secrets they tried to hide about the nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island.
Read MoreBillionaire Ross Perot has died at age 89. What did the straight-talking Texan do with his time on Earth, aside from ruin George H.W. Bush's chances at a second term? Well, it turns out that Ross Perot didn't cost Bush the election in 1992. Here's that story and other facts about Ross Perot's life.
Read MoreCalifornia is earthquake country. It's only a matter of time before the Big One strikes. Here's what we know about California earthquakes.
Read MoreOn July 7, 2019, it happened again: The U.S. women's national soccer team delighted its fans and thumbed its nose at the naysayers by winning their fourth World Cup in a feat of rarely seen sports dominance. Here's a deeper look at the USWNT.
Read MoreRoyals tend to live way more dramatic lives than their subjects. History is filled with stories of monarchs living large from the moment they are born.
Read MoreA billion dollars is a lot of money. It's hard to imagine how people become billionaires, but even stranger is that some billionaires lose it all.
Read MoreOceans are great, but they aren't always kind to ships. To survive out there, a ship needs to be remarkably tough and be captained well. But it also takes luck. Here are ships that mysteriously vanished.
Read MoreBrittany Murphy won the hearts and minds of movie lovers with her performances in such late '90s and early aughts classics as Clueless, 8 Mile, Riding in Cars with Boys, and Girl, Interrupted. But Brittany Murphy suddenly died in 2009, and her death is still a mystery.
Read MoreWhen P.T. Barnum's name comes up these days, it's mostly for one of two reasons. Either someone loved him in The Greatest Showman or someone really loves animal crackers. But in real life, P.T. Barnum was a pretty darn complicated person. Here's the messed up truth of P.T. Barnum.
Read MoreFreakshows. They're a weird thing, but here are some people who made performing in them their bread and butter.
Read MoreHumans have a tough time adjusting to new technologies. That's certainly proven true for smartphones and screens, as anyone who can afford to has been staring at a screen for the last decade-ish. Here's what we know about headlines suggesting people are growing horns because of their phone use.
Read MorePut simply, death. Just a massive, horrifying amount of violent death occurred during this period of discussion, be it from war, famine, or more war. Go ahead and count your lucky stars that you weren't born in pre-modern China, a time when some seriously messed up things happened.
Read MoreThere's nothing like getting on a plane for the first time. Sure, once you've flown a couple times, it's easy. But the first flight, the sudden rush of air as the airplane soars into the clouds -- that's something. It's also scary to think about your airplane disappearing, like these airplanes did.
Read MoreFans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe generally know what to expect when they go to catch the latest Marvel movie: a whole lot of entertainment and fun. But with all that fun has come a lot of sadness and tragedy. Here are the darkest Marvel movie moments.
Read MoreLet's face it: Hollywood is not great at keeping its based-on-a-true-story stories very accurate. Usually it's more like a Hollywood biopic might have gotten some of the names right. Maybe. Here are biopics that just lied to your face.
Read MoreHigh-speed rail in the USA hasn't made a lot of progress in the last 50 years. Here's why the U.S. doesn't have a high-speed rail network.
Read MoreSharon Tate is better known for how she died than how she lived. In 1969 she was one of five people killed by members of Charles Manson's Family cult, an event reimagined in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Here are things you probably didn't know about Sharon Tate.
Read MoreIt's really easy to identify an A-list actor. After all, we've seen them in dozens of films, on magazine covers, and all over the internet. But for some roles, the actors have to disappear. Here are actors who were completely unrecognizable in a movie.
Read MoreThese messed up things actually happened during World War II. And it's so much worse than you think.
Read MoreFor wrestling fans, the biggest story of the year is unquestionably the rise of All Elite Wrestling. AEW has exploded out of nowhere and seems intent on giving WWE a run for its oodles and oodles of money. Here's a look at the story behind AEW.
Read MoreAlmost as long as television has existed, game shows and trivia quiz shows have been big draws. Once game shows realized throwing huge amounts of money around could bring in the eyeballs, they upped the ante. But some contestants sent them packing. Here are the biggest payouts in game show history.
Read MoreNickelodeon, the "first network for kids," is more than four decades old. And Nickelodeon truly changed the game in televised children's entertainment, opening up territory never dreamed about for kids. However, in Nickelodeon's quest to be edgy, they sometimes went into really, really dark areas.
Read MoreIf you like roller coasters, the 2020s are going to be great. Here are some of the biggest, baddest, craziest roller coasters coming our way in 2020 and beyond.
Read MoreIn the world of rock biopics that twist facts and gloss over the less PG-13 traits of their subjects, the honesty of Motley Crue's The Dirt is fairly refreshing. But even a good movie can't keep everything in. Here are parts of Motley Crue's story that The Dirt completely ignored.
Read MoreScientists don't just work on new technology and advancement; they also try to solve old mysteries. Here are mysteries scientists just can't explain.
Read MoreThere's viral video of millions of black balls covering a reservoir in LA. But why? Here's the real reason that reservoir is covered in 96 million black balls.
Read MoreDragons, giants, White Walkers, and that weird thing Melisandre gave birth to in a cave — everyone knows Game of Thrones is all just fantasy. But there are a lot of historical parallels in Game of Thrones, and George R.R. Marting included many of them intentionally.
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