Brendan Da Costa articles

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Joanne Woodward had a heartthrob husband and an Academy Award, but being a Hollywood darling was both a blessing and a curse.

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Until his tragic death in 2006, Steven Irwin worked tirelessly to advocate for animals.

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Artie Lange once tried to impress a woman at a bank by slipping her a flirty note, only for it to be mistaken for a robbery attempt.

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Long before the internet, pinup models pushed the limits of what was acceptable in society—and the iconic Bettie Page was at the forefront of it all.

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After decades of tyranny, King Charles VIII met a cruel end: he hit his head on a door frame and died after 9 hours in a coma.

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After Queen Mariamne’s execution, her cruel husband King Herod had her body preserved in honey.

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After falling down the stairs, Sandy Denny suffered an undiagnosed brain hemorrhage that later led to her sudden death.

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Bartholomew Roberts (AKA Black Bart) dominated the seas, from the Caribbean all the way to West Africa. But Roberts wasn’t your average buccaneer.

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Just as people thought cheapskate Wallace Beery had turned a new leaf, he took a 12-year-old costar to lunch and made the kid split the bill.



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