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Arguably Buster Keaton's most infamous stunt!

The previous day, Vaughan had relayed to his bandmates a disturbing dream he had where he witnessed his own funeral. That evening, the guitarist, with his band Double Trouble, joined as special guests for a concert at the Alpine Valley Musical Theater, along…

The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986, in the No. 4 nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat, in the north of the Ukrainian SSR. The accident occurred during a late…

Source: mtlblog.com Traditionally in North America, many students plan some kind of trip or vacation after their graduation as a way to blow off steam before heading out into the “real world”. But why wait until you’re done with school? You can just as easily…

Victims of exposure and hypothermia never have a good time of it, but sometimes they engage in a behavior that's both understandable and horrifying. It's called "terminal burrowing behavior," and involves losing their minds, running away, and crawling into…

Russian prosecutors have launched a new investigation into the mysterious case of nine students who died in bizarre circumstances after disappearing on a skiing trip 60 years ago.

William Francis "Willie" Sutton, Jr. (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber. During his forty-year robbery career he stole an estimated $2 million, and he eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three…

Poisonous and venomous creatures are often misclassified. But it turns out, there’s a big difference between the two.

French opera singer who killed ten men in duels and once snuck into a convent to bang a nun.

In a libertarian pirate paradise, Eyjolfur “Eyjo” Guðmundsson is a virtual economist charged with overseeing scams, spying, hacks, and attacks–without necessarily stopping them.

Halle Berry gives a hilarious, winning performance as she accepts her Worst Actress RAZZIE® for "Catwoman."

Would you like to have an animal, plant or other organism named after you? Do you long to be immortalized in the faux-Latin of a species’ scientific name? Here are a few easy options:

The contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia) on the continent of North America. The terms exclude the non-contiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii, and all…

Between 1886 and 1959, the price of a 6.5-oz glass or bottle of Coca-Cola was set at five cents, or one nickel, and remained fixed with very little local fluctuation. The Coca-Cola Company was able to maintain this price for several reasons, including bottling…

A pensioner who went missing from a nursing home in East Sussex has been found safe and well - commemorating the D-Day landings in Normandy.

How long a user has slept for and when they wake up will be a part of game play.

From flutes to fossils - 13 facts about mammoths.

Wait till you see just how much ... and how much you'll need to drink to be an alcohol power user.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is governed by Officers and a Board of Directors comprised of business, education and cultural leaders. The Officers and Board of Directors are responsible for managing the affairs of the Foundation and hold scheduled…

By sheer luck, neither detonated.