Times Narcos Lied To You About What Really Happened
Netflix's Narcos has probably taught Americans more about Colombian history than decades of Discovery documentaries. But it stretches the truth sometimes.
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Biggest Cat Fails Caught On Camera
Cats are famous for their boisterous buffoonery -- running amok and to hell with the decor. But it works for them, because their whoopsies are just so adorable.
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Wrestlers Who Died In The Ring
Professional wrestling is a dangerous job. Here are professional wrestlers who died in the ring, sometimes with an audience and sometimes without.
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The Scariest Thing In It Follows Isn't The Shape-Shifting Monster
2014's It Follows is one of the best regarded horror films of the 2010s, partly because of the actually super-scary shape-shifting monster that anchors the film. But It Follows is actually about something far more terrifying than a monster. Here's the scariest part of It Follows.
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12 Presidents Who Never Graduated College
"Anybody can grow up to be president!" That's the story we're fed from the time we're small when we don't know much about the nation's highest office. In reality, you usually have to go to college. But there are actually a few presidents who haven't graduated college.
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The True Story About Oskar Schindler From Schindler's List
Schindler's List took home a slew of Oscars, but there are things more important than awards and accolades. More important is the true story. Oskar Schindler was very real. How much of his on-screen portrayal was accurate?
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Fictional Movie And TV Languages You Can Actually Learn To Speak
For every Dothraki chant or Klingon speech you've ever heard, there's been a hardworking linguist who spent years developing a complex language.
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The Biggest Scandals To Hit GoFundMe
When you make it easy and appealing for huge groups of people to give strangers money, the mere fear of being swindled will lead to distrust and backbiting.
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What Really Goes On At Bohemian Grove
The Bohemian Club, which meets in Bohemian Grove in California, is an exclusive gathering of mostly rich white men with plenty of power. The members of this not-so-secret cabal run around the California woods annually, mostly drinking and goofing off. Here's what really happens at Bohemian Grove.
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What Really Happens To Immigrants At The U.S. Border
Immigration is an incredibly hot-button issue. In 2018, it hit the headlines in a big way, but mostly not in a new way. Struggles over immigration have been going on for decades. Here's what really happens to immigrants when they reach the U.S. border.
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Best Companions In Video Game History
It's so much easier to hunt mutants with a digital dog, or kill zombies with a digital daughter-figure. Who needs real friends when you've got these buddies?
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Eighties Relics That Should Be TV Shows
Here's a look at some of the gnarliest things from the 1980s we wish were made into live action TV shows.
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12 Great Christmas Songs You've Never Heard Of
Christmas music is pretty much impossible to ignore. There are all kinds of Christmas songs out there, and plenty of Christmas songs are terrible. But there are lots of great Christmas songs you've probably never heard of.
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Disturbing Secrets The Government Doesn't Want You To Know About The Presidency
The president of the United States is the leader of the free world, right? POTUS is one of the most important jobs in the world, and it comes with a lot of responsibility ... and powers or weird rules. Here are some disturbing secrets the government doesn't want you to know about the presidency.
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What The Detroit Pistons' Bad Boys Look Like Now
The NBA has gotten really tame. If you're wishing for a rougher basketball game, look back to the Detroit Pistons Bad Boys. Here's where the Bad Boys are today.
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Things About Holiday Characters Only Adults Notice
Holiday characters are great. They're probably half the reason we enjoy the holidays at all. But while most holiday characters are for the enjoyment of children, not everything they do is child-friendly. Here are things only adults notice about holiday characters.
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The Best Video Game Of 2018 Is Not What You Think
2018 was a truly incredible year for video games. This embarrassment of riches makes for a pretty good time for gamers, until it comes time to decide which one is actually the best. We've got our definitive choice for the single best video game of 2018 — and it might not be the one you'd expect.
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The Best Multiple Sport Athletes
From the early days of American sports, up to today, few have been able to master multiple sports, and the ones that did (for the most part) became legends.
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Politicians Who Wasted The Government's Money In The Most Ridiculous Ways
Nobody really likes paying taxes, but they pay for our roads and schools and so on. Unfortunately, sometimes the wrong politicians get the keys to the national piggy bank. Here are some of the most egregious examples of politicians wasting government money.
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What The 1989 San Francisco 49ers Look Like Now
The 1989 49ers squad is perhaps one of the best of the era, dominating their season and producing a lopsided Super Bowl. Here's where the 1989 49ers are now.
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Musicians Who Disappeared In 2018
Every musician has their peak, their time in the sun. Plenty of musicians then drag things on into eternity, touring and mashing up old hits just to pay the bills. Others slowly fade into obscurity or dip out altogether. Here are musicians who disappeared in 2018.
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The Real People Who Inspired These Harry Potter Characters
You might be surprised at just how many of your favorite magical figures in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World have a real-life counterpart walking around with some major bragging rights (or, in a few cases, shame) about lending their traits to some of the most popular characters on the page and screen.
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Avengers: Endgame Is Not Going To End How You Think It Will
In Avengers: Infinity War, viewers were left on a serious cliffhanger. It would be a significant understatement to say Avengers: Endgame is hotly anticipated. But Avengers: Endgame probably won't wrap the story up into the tidy ending you might be expecting. Here's why that is.
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Chilling War Stories That'll Haunt You For A Long Time
War is hell, so it's no surprise there are tons of terrifying stories out there about the things that happened during war. Some of those soldiers carried their wartime stories for years without ever revealing them. Others passed the legends on. Here are chilling war stories you won't forget.
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Historical Events That Surprisingly Happened At The Same Time
Some of the innovations that we still depend on today first appeared centuries ago, and some things that seem really ancient still existed pretty recently.
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Animal Behaviors That Are Eerily Similar To Human Behaviors
Humans have long believed that we're better than animals. When they start holding funerals and hiring hit men, though, that becomes a lot more difficult.
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The Most Ridiculous Trick Plays In NFL History
Football is a lot of swearing, hard hits, amazing comebacks, and trickery. Lots and lots of trick plays. The conventional way to play football is generally agreed to be the most effective, but sometimes you gotta shake things up. Here are the most ridiculous trick plays in NFL history.
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