This Was Woodstock's Highest Paid Performer
Even though hundreds of thousands of people crashed the Woodstock music festival in August 1969, the event's organizers still had to pay the 32 musical acts.
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How David Hasselhoff Is Connected To The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
When people hear the name David Hasselhoff, they may have different reactions, and before the Berlin Wall came down, he was no stranger to Germans.
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This Is Where Jimi Hendrix Is Buried
A January 1970 Rolling Stone article stated that Jimi Hendrix used marijuana, hash, cocaine, and acid. Hendrix would be dead by September of that year.
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The Twisted Truth About The Dark Lord Of Rome
One of the more notable members of the Borgia clan was fourth generation member Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate second son of Rodrigo Borgia.
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The Untold Truth Of Evangelist John Wesley
The Methodist Church in the UK says there are somewhere around 60 to 80 million Methodists worldwide, making it one of the larger Protestant traditions
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This Is How Many Toes North Pole Explorer Robert Peary Lost
The danger that an explorer faces, particularly those who go to the most inhospitable places on Earth, is the loss of one's body parts to the elements.
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The Surprising Way Teeth Were Once Used As Medicine
Knowledge of the human body and how to treat it is always growing, and now we have access to surgeries and procedures that were just dreams centuries ago.
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The Reason New England Once Banned Christmas
The founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who left England because of persecution, thought little of Christmas and opened their shops on December 25.
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The Real Reason Sigmund Freud Hated The United States
Sigmund Freud, pioneer in the then-emerging study of the role the mind plays in one's health, shared his fellow Europeans' love and hatred of the U.S.
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How Nirvana Helped Rejuvenate Weird Al Yankovic's Career
Nirvana helped Weird Al Yankovic revitalize his career after a three-year slump that started with the 1989 box-office bomb UHF.
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The Tragic Reason Gwen Stefani Became No Doubt's Lead Singer
It's hard to imagine the dynamic and attention-grabbing Gwen Stefani as a backup singer, but in her former band, No Doubt, that's how her career started.
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The 9,000-Year-Old Beer Discovered In China
Ah... beer. What could be finer than a pint of cold, frothy beer after a hard day's work? Stroll into a pub, peruse the taps, make your choice, sit and chill.
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Rules Astronauts Have To Follow Every Mission
Being an astronaut is very grueling, with a lot of requirements that would give anyone who is not 100% dedicated a reason to reconsider.
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Why Mark Twain Couldn't Stand The Post Office
The strangest of all Twain's clashes came not at the expense of a single person but rather of a vast and faceless organization: the United States Post Office.
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Did Ted Bundy Ever Actually Confess? Here's What We Know
On death row since 1979, Ted Bundy had made the most of his post-conviction years, offering his assistance with criminal profiling to the FBI.
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The Odd Reason Johann Sebastian Bach Spent A Month In Jail
Born into a family with multiple other famed musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest figures in the history of classical music.
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Here's Why John Lennon Actually Hated Songwriting
In his last interview, Lennon was transparent about hating the process of writing the songs that would become inextricably woven into the fabric of our lives.
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The Interesting Truth About Lunar Cataclysm
Known as the Lunar Cataclysm, scientists think that there was one 50-million-year period when the moon was pummeled by meteorites, some of them quite large.
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Here's Who Inherited Kurt Cobain's Money After He Died
From the outside looking in, probably no one pegged Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain as the kind of guy who would have a will. Those instincts would be correct.
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Why Ferdinand Magellan Was Considered A Traitor To His Home Country
Ferdinand Magellan approached Portugal's King Manuel repeatedly to ask him to fund a westward voyage to the Spice Islands, to no avail.
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We Could Have Avoided The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Here's How
The BP oil spill was a gargantuan disaster, but it could have been totally avoided if the company had done a better job. Here's what could have happened.
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The One Object In Our Solar System That Has Been Both A Planet And An Asteroid
Most of the time, planets, asteroids, and other celestial objects are all properly classified, but there are times that things can change.
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Here's Who Inherited Amy Winehouse's Money After She Died
On July 23, 2011, Winehouse was found dead at home from accidental alcohol poisoning. Winehouse did not have a will. Her net worth was around $4.66 million.
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How Long Would It Take To Walk Across The Moon?
The circumference of the moon at its equator is 6,783 miles, or roughly the distance between Miami, Florida, and Tehran, Iran.
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This Is The Best And The Worst Path You Can Choose In Netflix's Escape The Undertaker
Here are the best and worst paths to take in Netflix's new interactive film Escape The Undertaker.
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How A Surfing Accident Changed John Wayne's Career
It's hard to imagine John Wayne hanging ten, catching the big one, and riding the wave in like a gunslinger chasing down a band of outlaws - but he did.
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Why Florida Would Have Never Been A State Without John Quincy Adams
Anyone who has enjoyed the warm, beautiful beaches of Florida owes thanks to John Quincy Adams, as his talks with Spain changed the geography of the U.S.
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