Sometimes, a documentary needs to massage the truth if it wants to get an Oscar … assuming there’s any truth to massage at all. From political propaganda to musical tales, these Oscar-nominated documentaries lied to your face.
Read MoreWhen the infamous bank robber and outlaw John Dillinger was buried in an Indiana cemetery, his relatives put him under 3 feet of concrete and scrap metal. Now they're going to dig John Dillinger up and see what they find. Here's the true story of John Dillinger.
Read MoreHumans love sports. We're thrilled by skilled competition, dazzling displays of hand-eye coordination, and impossible acrobatics that entertain, inspire, and sometimes cause severe injury. But which entertaining and inspirational sport causes the most, worst injuries?
Read MoreThese days, the word "daddy" followed by "long-legs" sounds more like a description of Jeff Goldblum than a colloquial title for a kind of arachnid. The truth is, everything you think you know about these eight-legged fellows -- like the "fact" that they're crazy poisonous -- might be wrong.
Read MoreSt. Patrick is a renowned saint, but not everyone may know he was a real person who lived in the fifth century. Here's everything we know about St. Patrick.
Read MoreThe sun is the yeast which allows the dough of life to arise, without which humanity would never have bred. It comprises over 99.8 percent of all mass in our solar system, which formed around it about 4.6 billion years ago. So what will happen when our heavenly benefactor dies?
Read MoreWith everything from chilling references to other games, hidden messages, and gruesome theories about everyone's favorite Companion Cube, here are some of the creepiest things in Portal.
Read MoreThese are some of the creepiest things we've ever encountered in the Final Fantasy series. Some are major story points, while others might just be a horrible implication or especially terrifying enemy. Regardless, these are the things that will keep you up at night.
Read MoreThe Crusades were a pretty violent time for Europe and the Middle East. Tragically, though, the violence isn't the only thing that would kill you if you lived during the Crusades. Here's why you would never survive the Crusades.
Read MoreThe card at UFC 239 was stacked, but the fight between Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren turned out to be all anyone could talk about after it produced the fastest knockout in UFC history. Here's the tale of the tape and the story behind the fastest knockout in UFC history.
Read MoreWoody Harrelson and his father, Charles, don't have a lot in common. Why is that? Well, probably because Charles Harrelson was a hitman.
Read MoreAmerican moviegoers have standards, and it's most obvious when looking at the world's enthusiastic embrace of some of Lady Liberty's greatest film catastrophes.
Read MoreA zombie apocalypse could be fun, if it goes the way that TV shows and movies imagine it. But the thing about enjoying a zombie apocalypse is you'd have to survive the zombie apocalypse first. Here are a whole bunch of reasons you wouldn't survive a zombie apocalypse.
Read MoreHis name was Joseph Merrick. He was talented, intelligent, and "a gentle, affectionate and lovable" person.
Read MoreAs well-versed players know, the happy landscape can turn into a nightmare in a matter of seconds. Here are some of the creepiest things we found in Minecraft.
Read MoreRemember the thrill of opening a pack of trading cards and finding one with your favorite player on it? Well, you'd be a lot more thrilled if you were to open a dusty old box in someone's attic and find a pristine copy of one of these expensive trading cards.
Read MoreIt took enterprising players recording their findings to prove these myths, so we owe it to them to talk about the wild stuff they found. Let's take a look at some of the downright weirdest proven myths in Grand Theft Auto.
Read MoreCops may play the good guys in movies, but bold and brilliant outlaws seem heroic. These are some remarkable real-life capers that belong on the big screen.
Read MoreYou don't have to be a Bible-thumper to know about the Twelve Apostles from the Bible. Called by Jesus to follow him, the Twelve Apostles were a dozen dudes who chilled with Jesus and asked lots of dumb questions so he could give understandable answers. Here's what we know about the Twelve Apostles.
Read MoreChernobyl 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.
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