Before Evel Knievel lost control of his motorcycle trying to jump 13 buses, he had every reason to believe that he would succeed. Throughout his career, the legendary stuntman had a 95% success rate. That’s a success rate most of us would kill for in our professional careers. DeAndre Jordan…

In 1949, an immaculately dressed and incredibly handsome couple left a swanky house party in Palm Springs, California. They were both stone drunk, laughing, carrying a bottle, and they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. The couple climbed into a boxy Cadillac, put the pedal to the metal, and…

By 2009, the world had officially gotten online. The year 2009 was when Google finally took the crown for the most used search engine. Yahoo! And Microsoft were the top searches, and Amazon was about to surpass eBay as the world’s retail therapy king. Finally, Pornhub had just started to…

When we think of the writing process behind great love songs, we imagine artists sitting behind a piano agonizing, putting their head in their hands, staring at a blank page, and crafting each line lovingly with a specific singer in mind. A ballad written for one voice, tailored to the…

Around 2010, a major telecommunications company named France Telecom was ready to downsize. To stay competitive in the global market, they would have to fire 22 thousand workers, which was 1/5th of their 330K employees. But there was a problem with firing that many France Telecom workers; The CEO couldn’t…

In May of 1937, Orson Welles arrived in a small, smoky projection room, where he was to narrate a propaganda film called, The Spanish Earth. Orson was 22 and already a big name in Hollywood. But he was still hungry for work, and this was four years before he would…

In May of 1937, Orson Welles arrived in a small, smoky projection room, where he was to narrate a propaganda film called, The Spanish Earth. Orson was 22 and already a big name in Hollywood. But he was still hungry for work, and this was four years before he would…

In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into a bank with a gun. He waved it at the tellers and demanded money. The strange part was McArthur wasn’t wearing a mask. He wasn’t trying to avoid the cameras. In fact, he looked at one, and he smiled. Strangely, McArthur seemed to have…

Troy Hurtubise was in his early 20s when he found his life’s calling. And his calling looks like a 600-pound Grizzly. An old grizzly bear with a tuff white beard leaning up against a stump, arms folded, almost like he was waiting for Troy. Later, Troy would name the bear…