Every once in a while, a person comes along who's somehow less believable than their closest movie stereotype.

At some point, everybody has felt like they simply couldn't catch a break. But it's going to end eventually, right? Not always. Just look at these stories.

It's actually pretty amazing that the Rebel Alliance were able to defeat the Empire.

A lot of the sci-fi scenarios Hollywood makes us think await us aren't just wrong -- when you look at the actual science involved, you learn that they're the opposite of what's likely going to happen.

Some incredibly successful people can only get work done under conditions so bizarre or idiotic that anyone else would be driven insane within minutes.