The Tragic Truth About The Cretaceous Mass Extinction
There really was no safe place to hide from the Chicxulub impactor. Here's the awful, awful truth about the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous.
Read MoreThere really was no safe place to hide from the Chicxulub impactor. Here's the awful, awful truth about the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous.
Read MoreIt won't surprise you that passionate sports fans are often the most irrational individuals. These are the sports trades and signings that made fans go nuts.
Read MoreHere's how the Civil War changed Christmas for America.
Read MoreWith his iconic hat and epic beard, the 16th president is one of the most fascinating Americans who's ever lived and a man with a rich history of untold truths.
Read MoreThe 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. But the first and only Grammy Award ever to be revoked was awarded in 1990. Here's what happened.
Read MoreLiterary feuds have captured the imaginations of readers for millennia. Here are some of history's feistiest writerly wrangles.
Read MoreThe McMartin Preschool trial ended up becoming the longest and most expensive trial in the history of the US.
Read MoreFor all of Elvis' career, his manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, was calling the shots, and he was pretty shady. Here's the truth about Elvis Presley's manager.
Read MoreFrom various types of fighting each other to fighting animals to mostly other types of fighting, here are the most intense sports of the ancient world.
Read MoreTunnels can lead to something ordinary, nothing at all, or in a few cases, something very strange. Here are some secret tunnels that lead to strange places.
Read MoreEven when an earthquake isn't topping the Richter scale, it can still do an incredible amount of damage. These are the most devastating earthquakes of all time.
Read MoreBeing Roman emperor was one of the most dangerous jobs in history. You had to be devious.
Read MoreNot all sports divas are equal. Legacies are often fluid, changing year by year and, in many cases, by location. Here are the biggest divas in sports history.
Read MoreThe end-Triassic extinction paved the way for dinosaurs, so that they could then be taken out by an asteroid, thus paving the way for humans to rule the Earth.
Read MoreWhat are the world's most dangerous sports? Here are some historical and contemporary sports that you might want to avoid.
Read MoreEnergetic, happy dogs running in the park with their owners are certainly cool, but sometimes, the situation calls for the opposite.
Read MoreHidden in the menu among all those willpower targeting calorie missiles are a few options that won't leave your self-esteem, or your arteries, covered in grease
Read MoreThe Superstition Mountains are mysterious and dangerous, but they just might hold the Lost Dutchman's Mine and a bunch of gold. Maybe.
Read MoreMuch like that of the vampire he brought to life, Bela Lugosi's story is a fascinating one. This is the tragic real-life story of Bela Lugosi.
Read MoreThe trauma of Ireland's Magdalene laundries is difficult to forget. This is the tragic truth about Ireland's Magdalene asylums.
Read MoreWilliam Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer's heated competition basically invented clickbait. Oh, and there's a chance that they helped start a war.
Read MoreGoogle has become so big that it does what it wants and doesn't care who knows it. Still, the company has a few bad habits it would rather keep under wraps.
Read MoreBeneath the Italian Alps near Turin, you'll find the Temples of Damanhur, alternately known as the Temples of Humankind, a sprawling subterranean complex.
Read MoreAngels hold a special place in Western thought, but they are some of the most misunderstood beings in the Bible. Here are things people get wrong about angels.
Read MoreThere is a dark side to the stand-up comedy profession: getting punched at a show. Here are stand-up jokes that triggered attacks on stage.
Read MoreIt turns out that ancient Olympic games were much, much different than the ones we're used to seeing today, and for starters, these sports were much bloodier.
Read MoreLike them or not, there are plenty of good reasons why the DC movies changed how its comic book heroes looked.
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