Extreme weather has become a sort of boogeyman for humanity. And like any boogeyman, the urban legends and old wives' tales have completely outpaced the original threat.
The Internet doesn't usually appear in the media for the most positive of reasons. But it is possible for Internet users to join together for good and not evil.
Scientists are only human, and some humans are just plain crazy. Which is why, on occasion, those serious old men in their fine white coats up and throw sense straight out the window.
Bloody, heroic and seasoned with all kinds of awesome, the entire eight-year period was dripping with fantastic stories and scrappy underdog moments. (Or was it?)
The truth can set you free, but it can also make the world a cold and bitter place. What follows is that second kind of truth. We asked our readers to take pop culture staples of our childhood and reveal the disturbing facts we didn't know about them.
We're not saying that willpower and mental fortitude don't play a role. We're just saying that even if your mind is in the right place, the deck is still stacked against you in a bunch of different ways.
When people actually sit down and read the books they've always heard about, they find themselves blindsided by the hardcore sexual depravity everyone so often fails to mention.
Some inventors get so little credit that we completely forgot about them, and since we really don't like angering the ghosts of people who could probably invent a way to punch us from beyond the grave, here they are.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it still seems somewhat lazy that writers haven't bothered telling us the amazing stories behind some of the most famous photographs of all time. We remedy that situation ...
