Though beautiful, some of the U.S. terrain is not particularly easy to traverse. Here's why this national park trail in Utah is so dangerous for novice hikers.
One of the most famous stories in the Bible is that of Noah's Ark, but few know the strange details of Noah's birth, or that he wasn't just the Flood Guy.
About 717 to 661 million years ago Earth entered the "Sturtian Snowball Earth event." Recent studies have shed light on what this time was really like.
On the surface, Wheatus' "Teenage Dirtbag" seems like a song about a crush on a girl, but it was also inspired by Satanic panic accusations in the 1980s.
The High Holy Days, or the Ten Days of Awe, start with Rosh Hashana, also called the Day of Judgement. So why is Yom Kippur considered to be so important?
You've probably heard the transatlantic accent without even realizing it - and you might not know that unlike other accents, its origins were intentional.
Actress Anne Heche died nine days after crashing her car into a California home. These are the controversial conspiracy theories surrounding her death.
If you've ever traveled south of the U.S. border, you might have experienced travelers' diarrhea, or Montezuma's revenge. Here's the story behind the name.
Anthony Sully was a police officer before he fell into a life of substance abuse and murder. Here are the details of the disturbing California Bay Area case.
The BTK serial killer began murdering in the 1970s; in 2005 Dennis Rader was convicted of the string of brutal murders. So what is prison life like for him?
The Salem witch trials ended in the deaths of several men, women, and children who were accused of practicing witchcraft in 1692. Here's how many people died.
Large quantities of Bavarian beer are synonymous with Oktoberfest, so it's not surprising the event leaves many with alcohol poisoning. Here are the numbers.
The rise of rap in the early '80s coincided with a new piece of hardware: the sampler. Here is the musical motherlode - the most sampled songs of all time.