Amanda Mannen
German 'Robin Hood' Once Got The Military To Help Him Rob A Mayor
Unlike most outlaw heroes, he didn't even need a good reason for his crime.
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Nightmare Fuel: Thomas Edison Invented (Terrifying) Talking Dolls
He apparently searched his mind for what kinds of sounds people might like and settled on 'Bible verses screeched frantically by my terrified factory staff.'
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Music Mystery: Paul Simon's Kid-Friendly Song ... Is About Abuse?
It really gives a whole new meaning to the term 'radical priest.'
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We Need A Brigid of Kildare Movie -- Ireland's Coolest Saint
Brigid of Kildare is the patron saint of Ireland, milkmaids, and apparently not giving a damn.
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Music Mystery - No One Knows How Old Mariah Carey Is
This stuff goes all the way to the Library of Congress.
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'Harry Potter's Justice System is Completely Messed Up
In any just world, Hagrid would be rolling in wrongful imprisonment galleons.
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Mark Wahlberg's 'Fear' Has The Most Confusing 'Sex' Scene In Movies
Is she giving him a very strange, one-note lap dance?
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That Time Florida Feared A 'Giant Penguin' Was Terrorizing Beaches
It was Florida, so it’s not like that wasn’t a possibility.
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5 Smash Songs With Incredibly Bizarre Origins
Sometimes, the inspiration for a song is not only unexpected but downright banana pants.
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Streaming Cliffhangers Are Trapping Us In A 19th-Century Grift
It never had anything to do with satisfying storytelling.
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Food Scam: The Great Butter Conspiracy of 2021
It started, as with everything bad, because of a 2020 problem ...
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TV Question: How Does 'Gilmore Girls' Town Economy Makes Sense?
We should all be worried about Miss Patty’s credit card situation.
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Prince Behind The Scenes Of 'New Girl' Was Even Princier
When you’re Prince, your ships are less hopes than plans.
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First Woman To Become A Pinkerton Detective (Kate Warne) Deserves Her Own Movie
The entirety of genre fiction couldn’t invent a character as slick as Kate Warne.
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That Time The 'Sherlock Holmes' And 'Christmas Carol' Writers Became Ghost Hunters
Even in death-obsessed Victorian England, they were pretty much immediately a laughingstock.
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You Learned the Recorder Due To School Cheapness
Why can you play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' on an instrument that fell out of favor in the Vivaldi era?
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Soooo The Assassin Plan In 'Manchurian Candidate' And 'Zoolander' Was Real
In the early '50s, Project ARTICHOKE 'attempted to induce amnesia and highly suggestive states in its subjects' ...
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Being 'Peter Pan' Ruined Its Young Star's Life
Do you remember being 16? Do you remember Peter Pan being a particularly cool thing for a 16-year-old to be?
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'Frozen's Fairy Tale Inspiration Was A Product of Incel Rage
We've heard of ice queens, but this is ridiculous.
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4 Historical Figures With Undeserved Reputations
The thing about history is that it tends to concern people who are no longer at liberty to say “Wait, I can explain.”
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