Here's The Youngest Person To Have Won An Oscar
Most Oscars have gone to craftspeople who had been working on their skills for decades, and were thus comfortably into adulthood, when they were honored.
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The Real Reason Rhode Island Didn't Attend The Constitutional Convention
Considering the fact that they joined forces to defeat the British Empire, you'd think the new United States would be, well, united afterward. Not necessarily.
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Details You Didn't Know About Steely Dan
The next time your dad gripes about the lurid content of music today, remind him where Becker and Fagen got the inspiration for the name of the band.
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What You Don't Know About Queen Victoria And The Kensington System
Historians tend to agree that the real purpose of the system was to create an unhealthy reliance of Victoria on her mother.
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Here's Who Inherited Joe DiMaggio's Money After He Died
From baseball superstar, to Simon and Garfunkel reference, to coffee maker spokesman, Joe DiMaggio had a long and frequently successful life in the pubic eye.
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What A Facebook Ban Really Means For Trump
According to Facebook, former president Trump was suspended for "actively fomenting a violent insurrection designed to thwart the peaceful transition of power."
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The Untold Story Of The Newsboys' Strike Of 1899
The newsies were instrumental in the spread of information, and in the summer of 1899, they showed the city of New York just how necessary they were.
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What Montana In 1883 Was Really Like
America in the 19th century was a country, for good or ill, determined to expand its holdings across North America. For Montana, the year 1883 was pivotal.
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Why Senator Gaylord Nelson Founded Earth Day
Earth Day is marked annually, a time for citizens to work together to help heal the planet. It arose from the vision of a U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
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Is This What Really Happened To John McCain's Money After He Died?
U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona lived a life of public service, but also great national popularity. He worked hard and reaped rewards. And after his death?
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Is Ring Of Honor Fake?
It's sports' most often-asked, but rarely-answered question (at least not directly): Is the Ring of Honor (ROH) as honorably authentic as its name implies?
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Why Barry White Was Ridiculed By His Fans In His Last Days
Barry White's fans were not "fans" of his medical issues, and he likely died with one of his last memories being of his fans serving him with ridicule.
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The Truth About Sanya, Tokyo's Lost District
A tragedy of modern life is the situation of people who are homeless -- essentially who have disappeared, been forgotten. That's an entire district in Tokyo.
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The Truth About Keith Richards' Batmobile
Acid and presumably other drugs were brought along for Richards' journeys thanks to a hidden compartment installed specifically for stashing illicit substances.
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A Look At Amy Winehouse's Troubles With The Law
Amy Winehouse's musical accomplishments became overshadowed by her personal struggles with drug addiction, alcoholism, and her run-ins with the law.
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The Truth About 'Fata Morgana,' Oceanic Mirages
Oceanic mirages -- "fata morgana," named after the enchantress from Arthurian legend, Morgan le Fay -- are kind of like nature's version of optical sabotage.
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Everything You Didn't Know About Boxing Announcer Michael Buffer
Michael Buffer, 76 as of this writing, brought a bit of national celebrity to a job that was, until he came along, a mere afterthought in boxing.
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Inside The Rift Between Michael Jordan And Charles Barkley
If a friendship could survive one friend's team (Jordan's) beating the other's (Barkley's) for the NBA championship, seemingly nothing could come between them.
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Whatever Happened To USA Skiing Star Julia Mancuso?
Becoming an Olympic athlete requires talent, but also literally years of dedicated hard work. Once that unique goal is achieved -- what then?
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Inside Patrick Stewart's Real-Life Ghost Encounters
British actor Patrick Stewart's memoir talks about his life long experiences with the paranormal, including claims of real-life ghost encounters.
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What Happened To AC/DC Guitarist Malcolm Young's Iconic Guitar?
Malcolm retired in 2014 after being diagnosed with dementia in September of that year, and was reportedly suffering from "a complete loss of short-term memory."
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The Tragic Childhood Of Korn's Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis' past might fuel his music, but the Korn frontman's accomplishments don't erase the darkness of his childhood.
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Here's Who's Paying $55 Million To Go To Space
The very concept of having $55 million is hard to imagine, let alone having $55 million to spend on a ticket to travel aboard a spacecraft to the ISS.
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Thurgood Marshall's Complicated Relationship With The FBI
In 1996 it was revealed that the late Supreme Court justice and civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall had acted as an informant for the FBI in the 1950s.
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Who Is Robert Card, Suspect In The 2023 Maine Mass Shooting?
Robert Card is the current suspect in two Maine mass shootings that took place on October 25, 2023. Here's everything we know about him so far.
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Why The Public Will Never Know KFC's Secret Recipe
You would think that somewhere on the internet someone would have already divulged the special ingredients in KFC, but no one has ... yet.
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This Is How John Gotti Finally Got Caught
John Gotti was nicknamed the "Teflon Don." Not because he exclusively used Teflon-coated cookware, but because criminal charges just don't seem to stick on him.
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