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Here Are 42 Sinister Facts About The Medici Dynasty

First burning question: are the X-Files real? Second burning question: does Clarice Starling still work there? We're just kidding, of course, but there's a reason why the FBI appears so prominently in some of our...

"She helped just enough so she could get what she wants: food and a bed. She’s like a stray dog." —Lucas"Does that excuse that man's sins? Were we not also children? I remember the day I came...

Coffee Facts. Coffee is so common, it's easy to forget that modern medicine doesn't fully understand all of its effects. Some are incredible—others are truly terrifying.

"Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes."—Architect Frank Lloyd WrightTry to name an American university, and most people will probably think of Harvard first. This little school just outside of Boston is one of the...

“I don't think of kids as a lower form of the human species.” —John HughesWithout John Hughes, we wouldn’t have such coming of age classics as The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, nor...

Although there is a new young Jedi heading up the Star Wars franchise these days, you can't forget about Luke. He may be playing more of a mentor role in the new films, but he...

In its time on the screen, Downton Abbey brought period dramas to a whole new generation—but few know the show’s dark history.

One of the largest driving forces in the western world, particularly the United States, is the generation known as the baby boomers, who make up a majority of the population. Their actions, movements, and consumption...

What makes for a good cult following? These gems are cinematic underdogs that have garnered over-the-top admiration and adoration from a dedicated fan base. They’re usually low-budget, improvised, controversial, subculture magnifiers, and originally shunned by...

Gotta catch 'em all!In the summer of 2016, Pokémon Go took the world by storm. In what felt like the blink of an eye, public parks and streets became epicentres of a weird and unexpected cultural event,...

Sauron is one of the most famous villains of modern literature and pop culture. He’s been portrayed in books, movies, and in endless Deviant art illustrations. He’s been discussed, dissected, and parodied, but who is...