He was a man who made good in the realm of popular culture before he tried his hand at politics. Like few before or after him, he reached the pinnacle of both “career” fields. Ronald Reagan was successful as an actor, and well respected in Hollywood during…

Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits was inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo in a deserted pub, and set the band on the way from dire straits to superstardom

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American politician, 39th President of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)

English guitarist, songwriter and co-lead vocalist of Pink Floyd

A hacker is breaking into people's routers and making changes to their settings to prevent abuse by cyber-criminals.

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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders…

A bailout of the people, by the people. We legally buy debt for pennies on the dollar, but instead of collecting it, we abolish it.

How changeable is taste.

As it turns out, the idea of a shared cinematic universe may not have started with comic book movies, as this lunatic posits that all of Adam Sandler's films are actually connected. Seriously.

Serial killer "DC Sniper" John Allen Muhammad's wife Mildred sits down with Crime Watch Daily Special Correspondent Melissa Moore for an explosive, tell-all interview about the monster who held a nation captive.

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Sigurd the Mighty Sigurd Eysteinsson, AKA Sigurd the Mighty (died 892) was a Viking Earl who ruled the Orkney and Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. Allied with other Vikings chieftains, he launched an invasion of the Scottish mainland which…

The current world's longest domestic flight as of 2020 occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flight goes between Papeete in French Polynesia and Paris in Metropolitan France, traversing a distance of approximately 15,700 kilometres (9,800 mi; 8,500 nmi)…

Tetraethyllead (commonly styled tetraethyl lead), abbreviated TEL, is an organolead compound with the formula (CH3CH2)4Pb. It is a petro-fuel additive, first being mixed with gasoline beginning in the 1920s as a patented octane rating booster that allowed…

Check out nine facts about the complex that the U.S. Department of Defense calls home.

Tommy G. Thompson was once one of the greatest treasure hunters of his time: a dark-bearded diver who hauled a trove of gold from the Atlantic Ocean in 1988, dubbed the richest find in U.S. history.

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