A defensive three-second violation is called when a defender spends more than three seconds in the free throw lane while not guarding an opponent

1. Brendan Mullen is the co-author of Red Hot Chilli Peppers biography. He was the founder of a club called The Masque, credited with discovering bands such as The RHCP, and Jane's Addiction.
2. A defensive three-second violation is a rule violation in the National Basketball Association assessed when a member of the defending team spends more than three seconds in the free throw lane while not actively guarding an opponent.

One of the differences between a king and an emperor is how they come to power.

1. One of the differences between a King and an emperor is that a King's power is attained solely through inheritance while an emperor's can come through conquest.

Kobe Briant, 32, needs to score 12,597 more points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for 1st all-time.

1. Kobe Bryant (32), is 4th all-time in the NBA scoring with about 25,800 points as of today. He needs to average 25.6 points a year for three seasons and 15.5 points for five seasons after that, playing until he is 40 years old, to over-take Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who has 38,387 career points, for first all-time.
2. Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond Darrell", or "Dimebag Darrell" was a guitarist in the heavy metal band Pantera. On December 8, 2004, he was murdered ON STAGE during a performace in Columbus, Ohio.
3. Diwali, known more commonly as the festival of lights, is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word "Deepavali," which translates into row of lamps.

National Voter Turnout for the past 9 midterm elections has been only 35%-40%

1. Although official numbers for this year's mid-term elections are not yet available, the past 9 midterm elections would suggest a National Voter Turnout of only 35%-40%.
2. We Americans, taken as a whole, are politically ABSOLUTELY STUPID.

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, is known as Dracula

1. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, is known as Dracula which means "son of dragon" in reference to his father, Vlad Dracul who received the name for joining The Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order for selected nobility, that was created in Hungary in the late Middle Ages.