• The Truth About Alex Trebek's Wrestlemania Appearance

    Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy! has died at 80 years old, according to a statement on the show's official Twitter account. One organization that posted a remembrance to him was the WWE, as Alex Trebek once hosted Wrestlemania.

    By Nicole Rosenthal November 8th, 2020 Read More
  • The Tragic Death Of Johnny Thunders

    "He was walking death," Joe Perry said of Thunders' lowest point in the 1980s. "Every time I ran into him, he was desperately trying to get from hour to hour. You'd hear that he'd tried to clean up, and then he'd be back living on the street again."

    By Nicole Rosenthal November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • This Is How Ghost Hunters Got Its Start

    For the moment, let us put aside the mountain of evidence -- that's right: real, tangible, plentiful evidence, not electromagnetic blips -- that Ghost Hunters is totally fake, and focus on the show's origin story. It starts, as all good ghost stories do, with a skeptic who started seeing things.

    By Cody Copeland November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • What You Don't Know About The Black Crowes

    Robinson had been telling the crowds, "This is live rock 'n' roll being brought to you commercial free." The company running the tour, Lone Wolf Productions, saw it as a slam against Miller Beer, the tour's corporate sponsor, so they fired the band.

    By Nick Vrchoticky November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • The Inventions Nikola Tesla Never Completed

    Many of Tesla's greatest contributions to science came from his ideas, not necessarily the things that he was actually able to build. As you'll see, many of Tesla's designs would ultimately lay the foundation for today's technologies. We're fortunate that some of the others were never built.

    By Daniel Leonard November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • Inside Keith Richards' Surprisingly Nerdy Childhood

    There's a reason for the saying, "the only two things to survive a nuclear war would be cockroaches and Keith Richards." Since one might think there's nothing about Keith Richards that could possibly shock anyone now, it's particularly surprising to learn that he had an extremely nerdy childhood.

    By Karen Corday November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • What Really Happened To Fetty Wap's Eye?

    An accident in his early childhood left him in the hospital for "six or seven months." In fact, despite rumors that the 29-year-old was shot in the eye, Wap actually attributes the loss of his left eye to a childhood disease, congenital glaucoma.

    By Nicole Rosenthal November 7th, 2020 Read More
  • This Is Why Kenny Rogers Didn't Drink Alcohol

    Music history is full of performers who were far too wasted to give the people what they paid to see, but Kenny wasn't one of them. Just like the card player of his most famous song, Rogers knew when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, and when it came to booze, he decided to just never ante up.

    By Cody Copeland November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • The Strange Urban Legend About Rod Stewart

    Stewart himself didn't address the wild story at all for many years. Maybe he figured his career was doing fine in spite of some people's beliefs about his leisure-time activities. And publicity is publicity, no matter what. Spell the name right, right?

    By Karen Corday November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • What Rick Steiner Has Been Doing Since Leaving Wrestling

    Steiner sells real estate in Georgia. That's right: you can buy land in the Peach State from a world tag team champion. He's still got the goatee, but he kicked the spandex and his iconic headgear, usually opting for the classic dad look of a pastel polo shirt and jeans (every job has its uniform).

    By Cody Copeland November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • Did Charles Manson Audition For The Monkees?

    In 2014, actual Monkee Mickey Dolenz was a guest on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast and when the topic came up, he confessed, "I just made a joke. 'Everybody auditioned for the Monkees, Stephen Stills, Paul Williams and Charlie Manson!' And everybody took it as gospel. And now it's an urban myth!"

    By Karen Corday November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • Is The Garden Of Eden Actually Underwater?

    No one has pinpointed all four locations with certainty, but finding these waters have occupied the time of many scholars. It's not even certain that the Bible divulged the location correctly.

    By Sandra Mardenfeld November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • Will Harriet Tubman Appear On The $20 Bill?

    Harriet Tubman -- abolitionist, suffragist, and former slave -- is one of the most influential political activists in American history. In recent years, advocates have proposed commemorating her many achievements by putting her face on the $20 bill, which is coming due for a redesign.

    By Aimee Lamoureux November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • The Reason Billionaire Vijay Mallya Lost His Money

    When he decided to branch out into the global luxury aviation business in 2007, he boasted in an interview after multiple tall glasses of scotch on the rocks, "I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that." He had just bought 50 Airbus planes in Paris, a $7 billion order.

    By Cody Copeland November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • System Of A Down's Protect The Land Lyrics Explained

    In a post about the new music from SOAD's website, the band writes, "These two songs ... speak of a dire and serious war being perpetrated upon our cultural homelands of Artsakh and Armenia." They say that the "corrupt regimes" of Turkey and Azerbaijan are committing "genocidal acts with impunity."

    By Eric Meisfjord November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • The Awful Thing The Hilton Sisters' Mother Did

    Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were born in Brighton, England in 1908. Their mother was an unmarried barmaid named Kate Skinner; their father was unknown. Skinner soon handed over the twins to Mary Hilton, the woman who owned the pub where Skinner worked and had assisted at their birth.

    By Karen Corday November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • These Are The 5 Things Presidents Can't Do

    the presidency may be "the highest office in the land," but he is no autocrat, let alone dictator. After all, that's the kind of ruling class and non-egalitarian system of government that the United States' forefathers wanted to do away with.

    By Richard Milner November 6th, 2020 Read More
  • The Truth About Harriet Tubman's Connection To Canada

    Tubman lived in Canada from 1851-1861, bringing with her many of the formerly enslaved people she saved, to live a free life. In those times, Canada had already outlawed slavery and provided shelter and work for many escaping the United States.

    By Emilia David November 5th, 2020 Read More