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Mary Padian found a Byzantine weapon on Storage Wars Wikipedia Mary Padian didn’t find just any Byzantine weapon. As per her interview in Sparefoot, she found a ceramic grenade that Byzantine’s used to fill with a mythical “Greek fire.” Why mythical? It clung to skin and couldn’t be put out with water. New Scientist calls Greek fire the “napalm of Byzantium.” Legend has it that this ancient, chemical weapon was dreamt up by a family of chemists and engineers in Constantinople....

Mindy Kaling Reveals She Secretly Had Another Baby Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Nicole Width/Oct. 9, 2020 1:33 pm EST What better way to celebrate the upcoming weekend than with some happy news? Mindy Kaling is a mom again. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, the 41-year-old Kaling revealed that she gave birth to a baby boy last month, and no one even knew she was about to become a mother for the second time....

The modern French manicure nail trend will be big in 2020 Instagram The ever-popular, traditional French manicure isn’t going away in 2020, but modernized takes on the manicure are expected to become more popular as a nail trend. According to esteemed nail artist Betina Goldstein, the French manicure is being used “in different ways.” While Goldstein told StyleCaster that she still appreciates the ’90s style French manicure, she updated the classic trend into what she calls the “double corner French....

Nancy Pelosi’s COVID-19 Test Results Revealed Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images By Megan Scott/Oct. 3, 2020 3:25 pm EST Results of coronavirus testing on Capitol Hill continue to trickle in following Trump’s positive diagnosis early Friday morning and now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has revealed that she has tested negative for the virus (via CNN). Pelosi’s chief of staff, Drew Hammill, posted on Twitter stating, “Out of an abundance of caution, Speaker Pelosi was tested for COVID-19 this morning by the Capitol’s Office of the Attending Physician....

Real Housewives’ Star Riley Burruss Is All Grown Up Paras Griffin/Getty Images By Alexia McKay/Jan. 27, 2021 6:10 pm EST The first time Riley Burruss appeared on the scene, she was a little girl, occasionally making cameos with her mother Kandi Burruss on the reality TV show Real Housewives of Atlanta. Now at 18, Burruss is a first-year college student, living her best life in New York City. On the Jan....

Real Housewives Fans Can’t Stop Talking About This Surprising New Series Valerie Macon/Getty Images By Rachel Chapman/Feb. 27, 2021 12:55 am EST Peacock is working on the latest Real Housewives series, according to Page Six, and it’ll be unlike anything fans have ever seen before. Forget all the multiverse MCU theories, because the most epic crossover event of 2021 will be the Real Housewives mash-up show. This new show is set to be an all-stars series that includes housewives from all your favorite franchises....

Saying These Words Could Make A World Of Difference In Your Marriage Shutterstock By Joey Keogh/Nov. 19, 2020 4:59 pm EST Long-term relationships and successful marriages don’t just magically happen — they have to be worked at, consistently and enthusiastically, by both parties to stand any chance of surviving. That’s what relationship expert and author Mark Manson found when, after getting married himself, he reached out to a whole bunch of people for their thoughts on what makes their own unions work....

The Heartbreaking Story Of Joe Biden’s Son, Beau Mark Wilson/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Aug. 19, 2020 1:45 pm EST Former vice president and current presidential candidate Joe Biden may have lived an impressive life, but it has also been marked by tragedy. Biden’s life has been impacted by some devastating losses, including that of his first wife and his daughter in a car accident in 1972. Decades later, Biden also lost his son, Beau, to brain cancer....

The Most Expensive Renovations On Good Bones Michael Kovac/Getty Images By Jillian Pretzel/March 4, 2021 3:28 pm EST Good Bones’ Mina Starsiak Hawk and her mother, Karen Laine, Indianapolis-based home renovators, have starred in their own HGTV show since 2016, and in that time, the mother-daughter duo has done some amazing renovations. From transforming creepy old houses into Victorian dream homes to rebuilding condemned cottages, their company Two Chicks and a Hammer has done lots of big renovations that are nothing but impressive....

The Reason Shannen Doherty Left Charmed Neilson Barnard/Getty Images By Phoebe McRae/Jan. 8, 2021 5:32 pm EST When Shannen Doherty announced she was leaving Charmed, fans across the world knew the show would never be the same. In her statement back in 2001, Doherty said, “I have certainly enjoyed my time with Charmed, in particular the dedicated cast, crew, and staff. I had the opportunity to create a character, learn and perform my own stunt work, and direct three episodes of the show....

She paid her dues on her first tour Getty Images Before 2005, Miranda Lambert was a little known country singer. Little did the then 22-year-old know that her debut album would catapult her to fame, going Platinum and producing hit singles like “Me and Charlie Talking” and “Kerosene.” But when she went on to tour with George Strait and Keith Urban, Lambert quickly learned that life on the road can take a toll on one’s health....

The Surprising Trick To Fake A Bigger Bathroom Shutterstock By Kristin Conard/Oct. 21, 2020 3:37 pm EST The bathroom is probably the smallest room you have and it’s probably the hardest to rearrange. Who can easily move a sink, toilet, and shower? But it doesn’t have to feel cramped. Fake it and make your bathroom seem bigger with the tone-on-tone decorative technique (via PureWow). Okay, so what is the tone-on-tone technique?...

The latest 90 Day Fiancé spinoff promises to be juicy YouTube As Screen Rant notes, 90 Day Bares All, 90 Day Diaries, 90 Day Journey, and The Other Way Strikes Back will all drop on the new, “non-fiction, real life subscription streaming service,” Discovery+. 90 Day Bares All is the most fan-focused, with couples who previously featured on the show taking part to share secrets and behind-the-scenes titbits in a no-holds-barred manner hitherto unseen on 90 Day Fiancé....

Windy City Rehab is the fulfillment of Alison Victoria’s lifelong dream YouTube For Alison Victoria, Windy City Rehab isn’t just a home-improvement show, it’s the fulfillment of her childhood dream to beautify the streets of Chicago, one historic home at a time. “Growing up, my dad used to take us driving around the city, and I would see all these houses, and I just would like dream of living in one of them one day,” the designer said in a 2019 interview with Roku....

Tan France was the biggest unknown pre-Queer Eye Jerod Harris/Getty Images Tan France is the only member of the Fab Five who hadn’t appeared on television prior to Queer Eye, which is crazy considering he seems so comfortable on camera. France told Vogue in an interview, “I didn’t really care about the entertainment industry, that wasn’t my life.” But he said he agreed to do the show because, “I wanted to show the world a version of me and everything that I represent, because I represent a lot that’s never really been seen before: an Asian person on American TV, who’s British, gay and follows a certain religion....

This Omission From The CMAs Has Country Stars Seeing Red Ashley Beliveau/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Nov. 13, 2020 1:19 pm EST The 2020 CMAs took place just two nights ago, but already they’re proving to be one of the more forgettable awards shows in the organization’s history … or rather, one they probably wish they could forget. The hosts didn’t go over as well as was hoped, the audience was a bit … subdued, and then there was the fact that nobody could really forget the fact that we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, something Reba tried to laugh off with a one-liner that went over like the proverbial lead zeppelin....

This Pimple Cover-Up Trick Is Taking Over TikTok Shutterstock By Elizabeth S. Mitchell/Dec. 2, 2020 2:12 pm EST TikTok is a great resource for binging hilarious cat videos for three hours while in bed (or, hey, the bath tub) and for learning the hottest new dance trends that you probably won’t actually do unless you’re trying to embarrass your kids. But as it turns out, it’s also a pretty great place to get makeup tips....

What Is Human Design And How Does It Work? Shutterstock By Paige McBride/Oct. 22, 2020 1:12 pm EST Astrology, Myers-Briggs, Enneagram – all the personality tests and systems that have helped so many people get to know themselves better seem to have a new counterpart in human design. From spiritual leaders to corporate committees, the personality mapping system proves effective and incredibly helpful for building teams and helping people fully understand their natural strengths and weaknesses....

What Katy Perry’s Daisies Is Really About Cameron Spencer/Getty Images By Jennifer Leonard/Aug. 28, 2020 10:31 am EST Katy Perry’s sixth album, Smile, just dropped, and the brand-new mom has a lot to, well, smile about. With her baby girl, Daisy Dove Bloom, born the same week as her album release — and she and fiance Orlando Bloom going strong — the bubbly pop star seems to be in a happy place....

Your menstrual cycle might change Shutterstock While it’s highly unlikely you’ll enter menopause at 40 (the average age is 51), you might see some changes to your menstrual cycle around age 40. And, these changes can go on for a decade before “The Change” occurs. It’s called perimenopause, and it’s the body’s way of transitioning into menopause. Estrogen and progesterone, the reproductive hormones that regulate your cycle, start to fluctuate. The physical symptoms can include irregular periods, insomnia, headaches, random hair growth, hot flashes, changes in libido and more....