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From increased chance of death from sleeping too little to pre-alarm techniques for waking people up, there's a lot about sleep that may surprise you. Today we're counting down the top 10 weirdest things you never knew about sleep, as voted on by you, the viewer.

Despite what pop culture might have you believe, living in a medieval castle wasn't all that glamorous. If you were one of the lucky ruling class, you got some wine or the occasional hot bath. But with the lack of plumbing, castles smelled pretty ripe. Not to mention rats. So many rats. Today we're getting real about what living in a medieval castle was like, and it's not that pretty.

Randall Rhoads was an American heavy metal guitarist who played with Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne. His music and legacy landed him on multiple "Greatest Guitarists" lists. However, his talented life was tragically cut short after a devastating plane crash. Today, we're learning more about the life (and death) of guitar prodigy, Randy Rhoads.

Well Toto, looks like we aren't in Kansas anymore. Turns out the original 'Wizard of Oz' books were a bit more violent than the movie. And by a bit, we mean A LOT.

This intriguing figure remains one of history's boldest con men. But how exactly did he get away scamming so many people, including swindling a whopping $1 million from Jay Gould, and where did he actually come from? Today, we're diving deep into the insane history of the legendary Lord Gordon Gordon.

From drinking beer to practicing dentistry, there's quite a few strange facts that might surprise you about what ancient Egyptian civilization was actually like. Today we're taking a deeper look into what life was like amongst the pyramids.

Following the decline of the Roman Empire, Europe entered The Middle Ages-- a time period characterized by the stifling of information aka "The Dark Ages". So what would it have been like during medieval battles? How did warfare unfold at the front lines? Today we're taking a closer look at history and recounting everything we know.

On February 20th, 2003 in West Warick, Rhode Island, tragedy struck during a Great White headlined concert. The devastating accident, often referred to as The Station nightclub fire, killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. The pyrotechnics quickly became disastrous as materials caught on fire and the air became thick with toxic smoke. Today we're taking a look at what happened, who was involved, and where band members are today.

Few stories have fascinated the Internet quite like the one of Lori Ruff -- the woman with a secret identity. Before she tragically took her own life in 2010, Lori was a wife and mother with an unsettling secret. So who was Lori Ruff? Here's everything we know about the mysterious woman.

In an incredible true story of survival, Steve Callahan managed to stay alive for a shocking 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in just a liferaft. He later told his unbelievable story in the best-selling book, Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea. Today we're exploring just what happened.

Calling all dinosaur enthusiasts! Think you know everything there is to know about our dino friends? Think again! Today we're diving into all the insane, crazy, and shocking dinosaur facts that have been discovered since you were in school.

When it comes to Hawaii, the average American pictures an idyllic paradise and ideal vacation spot. But what exactly happened when the United States took over the Hawaiian territory? And what happened to the culture? Today, we're taking a deep, and honest, dive into American history.

In November of 1981, actress Natalie Wood took a trip to Santa Catalina Island on board her husband Robert Wagner's yacht, Splendour. Also on the boat, co-star and friend Christopher Walken and Splendour's captain, Dennis Davern. Her body was discovered by authorities the following morning with her death ruled as drowning. The details surrounding her death, including mysterious bruising which caused some to speculate she was actually murdered, continue to shock and fascinate the world. What did happen to Natalie Wood?

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. This colorized series of historical photographs shows the reality of life for those struggling to survive during it.

Actress and ex-Scientologist Leah Remini is an outspoken critic of her former religion. She details some of the most insane, wild, and unthinkable practices in the Church Of The Scientology.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! But which Christmas myths are we being told that don't exactly ring true? From when Jesus was born, to evergreen trees in pagan rituals, there's quite a few details popularized Christmas legends have wrong. Today we're taking a deeper dive into true Christmas origins.

After being brutally attacked in a hate crime outside of a club, Mark Hogancamp was left with brain damage that meant he had little memory of his previous life. In order to cope with the trauma he had experienced, Mark built a ⅙-scale World War II-era Belgian town that he named "Marwencol". Both a documentary and upcoming film starring Steve Carell have explored Mark's story, but the truth of his fascinating, heartbreaking, and inspiring tale is even more incredible.

Braveheart, the 1995 award-winning epic war film is home to one of the most recognizable quotes of all time. Mel Gibson's iconic line, "they may take away our lives but they'll never take our freedom!" might ring a bell. However, the film is chock full of historical inaccuracies about the Scottish rebels and resistance against the English including timelines, actual characters, and a number of other details. Today, we take a deeper dive into the true story behind Braveheart.

On October 20, 1977, three days after releasing their album Street Survivors, southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, and boarded a Convair CV-240 airplane to take them to Baton Rouge, where they were to perform at Louisiana State University. The plane, known for having mechanical issues (a fact that terrified many of the band members), ran out of fuel nearing the end of the flight. The pilot attempted a crash landing, ending in a heartbreaking tragedy.

On December 7, 1941, a military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service hit the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 2001, the film 'Pearl Harbor' by Michael Bay was released. The drama follows American friends Rafe McCawley (played by Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (played by Josh Hartnett) as they enter World War II as pilots.Though roughly based on real events, the movie is full of historical inaccuracies. Issues like segregation, "the surprise" attack, and many other glaring errors have caused many historians to dismiss the film as wildly off base. The majority of today's public gets their information from the media or movies. What's more, people watch movies they believe are real since they are depicted from real events; however, some directors and producers take the liberty to create an action film rather than a film that has no storyline. Most movie producers find that to be what is called a documentary. However, the director of Pearl Harbor wanted to make a romantic action film. The risk that you take when developing a movie based on historical events such as Pearl Harbor, is that you run into the displeased audience due to non factual information. Therefore the movie received less-than-stellar reviews simply because of the inaccuracies. One of the inaccuracies is the fact that the movie portrays Pearl Harbor to be a sneak attack when actually intentions of both sides were well-known. The movie also illustrates racial aspects portraying nurses looking after soldiers. This is a bit misleading because back during Pearl Harbor, hospitals were <a href="https://rumble.com/v4aawf-female-journalists-segregated-stuck-in-a-pen-for-pence-western-wall-visit.html" target="_blank">segregated</a>. The most misleading thing in the movie is the fact that the main character can be seen in the opening scene how it goes to fight against another country. Back during Pearl Harbor there were no wars or animosity going on where an American would have gone off to fight against another country. As a matter of fact it was illegal to begin or be in a war with another country at that time and you could lose your citizenship if you did that. Another inaccuracy is that the main characters of the movie are portrayed as fighter pilots but by the end of the movie they are dropping bombs over the Japanese. This isn't accurate simply because those two jobs are completely different in the military then and now. Another noticeable glitch throughout the movie is that where the main characters jumps around the military with no explanation and this type of action would not occur in the military then or now as well. The movie deals with women's rights as well. In the movie, women are given lots of different types of jobs such as mechanics, radio personnel, and nurses. Unfortunately, back during Pearl Harbor women were only known for being nurses. Technological advances such as speaking to other fighter <a href="https://rumble.com/v4zywb-pilot-steps-onto-moving-ship.html" target="_blank">pilots</a> or simply other planes did not exist either. Another technological advance can be found in the opening scene, crop dusters were not commercially available during Pearl Harbor, as a result, the boys in the opening scene could not have been playing with one. The cigarettes that are found in the movie, Marlboro Lights, we're not available until 1972. The vehicles and planes used in the movie we're also not around until much later after Pearl Harbor happened. The movie also shows an aerial view of an entire fleet of ships but those things did not exist until the 1970s. The boats, ships, and planes that the military used, didn’t have bright colors. Another inaccuracy is the leather jackets that the main characters wear. The jackets, if properly used during the war, would have come with Chinese writings on them so as to let the Chinese know not to kill the soldiers. The portrayal of the president was also inaccurate as he did have polio, however he did not use his condition to make a political statement. One glaring question exists, would the movie have been more successful if it had been more accurate?

Krampus, the horned half-goat half-demon hybrid sent to torture naughty children and drag them to Hell isn't exactly the stuff of good holiday cheer. But this anti-Santa creature's history is as fascinating as it is terrifying. With roots in Paganism and Norse mythology, Krampus has been reminding children they better be good for ages. Remember, it's not just Santa who knows if you've been bad or good.

Meet Dina Sanichar, the real life Mowgli, of Jungle Book fame. Dina was discovered, literally following a pack of wolves, by a group of hunters in Uddar Pradesh in 1872. The wolves—and the boy retreated into a den. The hunters smoked out the wolves, and shot them as they emerged. They captured the boy as he escaped the den. He was presumed to be six years old. The name “Sanichar” is Urdu for “Saturday”; the name was given to him at the mission orphanage where he would be raised by his human wards. Alas for poor Dina, having not grown up around his own kind, he never acquired language. He did, however, make grunting and growling noises. There was another feral—“wild” boy at the orphanage to which Dina did respond. Rudyard Kipling wrote <a href="https://rumble.com/v30fk1-the-jungle-book-premieres-with-wild-red-carpet.html" target="_blank">The Jungle Book</a> in 1894, which was a collection of stories, rather than a single comprehensive novel. Kipling had never explicitly indicated that his Mowgli character was based on Dina Sanichar, although the period in which the character was conceived followed the fostering of the real wild boy by Father Erhardt, Dina Sanichar’s caretaker. Unlike Mowgli, Dina would never fully integrate or shed his wolf-like behavior. Besides never talking like humans do, Dina continued to walk on all fours, and even preferred raw meat. Unlike <a href="https://rumble.com/v41xhw-family-returns-to-africa-after-living-in-wild-for-years.html" target="_blank">Mowgli</a>, Dina didn’t willingly abandon the jungle and rise to humanity, but was snatched from the jungle, and at least psychologically and developmentally, there he stayed. Ironically, Dina readily took to one of the worst of human traits: he became addicted to cigarettes. Maybe cigarettes gave him security, like a child’s blanket, in the strange new world forced upon him. We can imagine the shock of being captured and separated from your family. It must have been a very confusing scene. The aliens are really your own species, but they are the very last things you would consider family. So little do you have in common with other people, that you can’t even convey your needs to them. Our own babies strive constantly to rise to their adult capacity, so at least they know ahead of time what it is we expect of them. But the feral child doesn’t even have that, so behaviors like walking, talking, and dining etiquette aren’t even something they should learn. It’s all very incomprehensible. After 10 years of living with people, Dina still fell well short of the expectations of his human caretakers. He was also short in stature, barely five feet tall. He was jumpy and anxious. Much of what we know about Dina Sanichar was described through the lens of the imperialism of the time, so terms like “low, pronounced forehead” are interpreted with suspicion. We can imagine that a deficient diet (for people, not wolves) might stunt our growth, but what does a “low, pronounced forehead” mean in the context of not having grown up with humankind? Dina Sanichar’s story would not have a fairy tale happy ending. He passed away from tuberculosis at the estimated age of 29 years old.