The real story behind "Nebraska" is even darker than the song itself. Here's how a 1958 murder spree inspired the rock classic.

From fire foxes to dancing spirits, cultures around the world have many different myths, legends, and superstitions about the aurora borealis.

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While staying at the Stanley Hotel, Stephen King had an unsettling dream that went on to inspire one of his most terrifying books.

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Think your childhood chores were tough? Frontier children were expected to fetch water, make candles, and help put food on the table.

History tells us that Napoleon Bonaparte’s most upsetting defeat came at Waterloo. But it may have actually occurred eight years earlier, after the French emperor was attacked by a relentless horde of ...