A little less than a decade after the infamous Manson Family killings introduced America to the concept of murderous cults, the New York Daily News reported on another episode of West Coast counterculture gone wrong—one that gave rise to the phrase "drink the Kool-Aid." In the largest incide...
But in a press conference afterward, US President Joe Biden said of the person he had just spent four hours: “Well, look, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that’s based on a form of government totally different than ours...
Hidden Valley Ranch, a dude ranch on the central California coast, invented ranch dressing in 1954, according to Slate. It became an instant hit with guests, who took bottles of the creamy dressing home as souvenirs. Less than 20 years later, the brand was sold to the Clorox Company for ...
For three hours, the station looped a 17-second clip of a Yule log burning in a fireplace. For the next 20 years, this stunt would be a Christmas tradition in New York City. Unfortunately, as the clip played with no commercials, it was a financial loss for the station, prompting its ...