It was 30 years ago today that Ronald Reagan was nearly killed in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. The more superstitious among us chalk that up to the Curse of Tippecanoe, a gift to William Henry Harrison from Chief Tecumseh's brother after the Battle of Tippecanoe. The curse apparently damned Harrison and every other President elected in a year that ends with zero. So far, it's been mostly accurate - see for... READ ON

Have you heard? That whole 2012 apocalypse supposedly predicted by the Mayan calendar is wrong. The real end may be headed our way as early as May - at least, it is according to calculations made by Harold Camping, president of the Family Radio Christian network. Whether you believe it or not – well, that’s your call. But it wouldn’t be the first time in history the apocalypse was wrongly prophesized. Here are 10 such... READ ON

Heterochromia, in case you didn’t know, is just a fancy word for different-colored eyes. It comes in several forms - different colored eyes entirely, eyes that are part one color and part another, or even eyes that are a different color around the pupil than at the outer edges. It’s quite rare, but a surprising number of famous people seem to have been afflicted (blessed?) with it. Here are a few of them. 1. Alexander the Great is rumored to have had a hazel eye and a green eye, and according to... READ ON

Before they were stars, they were just like us - they had big dreams of Rod Roddy calling their name on The Price is Right and visions of throwing an impossible question back into the face of a stunned Alex Trebek. Here are 10 of them, some successful, some... well, not. 1. Linda Cardellini won a fireplace on The Price is Right in 1994. She was about 19 at the time, so I’m sure a fireplace was very useful. 2. Before he was singing “Bye Bye Bye,” Joey Fatone was a contestant on Nick Arcade, a... READ ON