Once called "the fool of Owari," Oda Nobunaga would eventually be known as the first "great unifier" of Japan.

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Mafioso Sammy Gravano ratted out his infamous boss, John Gotti, then entered the witness protection program and dared his old friends to try and find him.

Bon Scott was the wildcard frontman for AC/DC who had a reputation for partying – until one night in London the party went too far.

The Sahara was once a grassy woodland until human activity and a changing climate turned it into the immense desert we know today. The Berbers were the only people who decided to call it home.

The washed up, mutilated carcasses of great whites signal a startling trend in the hunting habits of one of the sea's greatest predators: killer whales.

Why everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Led Zeppelin to The Rolling Stones sang the Butter Queen's praises, sometimes literally.

For an entire generation, Elvis Presley defined rock stardom. So how did he fall so far from his Rock God status?

Just how accurately did Netflix's Narcos show the downfall of Pablo Escobar at the hands of DEA Agent Javier Peña?

In Narcos, Pacho Herrera is an openly gay Cali Cartel drug lord who survives via brutality. But how closely does that match up to the truth?

David Ghantt walked out of the Loomis Fargo heist with the money in hand — but then the problems started piling up.