Science & History
Sorry Hallmark Movies, Big City Folk Are Living Better Lives
In fact, according to a new study, small-town life is much more like a Lifetime network melodrama
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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The 12 Worst Presidents We Almost Had
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- By Andrea Meno, Andres Diplotti
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If You Sneeze on Mount Everest, Your Germs Last for Centuries
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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You Really Do Get Warm and Fuzzy, and Other Scientifically Accurate Cliches
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
4 Disgusting Byproducts of Human Consumption That Would Kill Captain Planet
It turns out we did not, in fact, take pollution down to zero
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- By Eli Yudin
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11 Random Things That Can Hack Our Brains Without Our Permission
Wearing red basically amounts to giving a slight all-round buff to all your stats.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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4 People Seemingly Exempt From Known Medical Science
This is what we in the medical profession refer to as a ‘mindfreak’
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- By Eli Yudin
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Did the Mastermind of the James Bond Cinematic Universe Really Kill the Creator of the Three Stooges?
According to Hollywood lore, Ted Healy, the man behind Moe, Larry and Curly, was beaten to death by three men, including 007 producer Albert Broccoli. But is the tale based in fact or fiction?
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- By Brian VanHooker
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6 of the Craziest Adventures Ever All Happened to the Same Guy
Meet Robert Bartlett who shipwrecked over and over and kept saving people’s lives
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Don’t Trust People Who Can’t Dance
Prayers up for the dude who refuses to stop doing the worm
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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5 Parts of Everyday Life We Owe to the Energy Crisis
Speed limits aren’t about safety. They were a failed government plan to save on gas
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Great Dublin Whiskey Fire: Zero Deaths from Fire, Several from Booze
Despite the harrowing flames, instead of running to safety, many Irish boozehounds chose instead to drink the industrial-strength whiskey that filled the streets and set the city ablaze in the first place
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- By Mike Rampton
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13 Supposed Rip-offs That Were Actually the OG Brand
If you see a slightly less advanced version of Minecraft called “Infiniminer,” it came first!
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, JhallComics
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Our Lack of Imagination Is Making Us Eat Like Bears
Dieting might be as easy as pretending that we stuffed our faces a lot more than we really did
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- By Lauren Vinopal
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The Dead Man Who Won A Horse Race
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes began his first-ever steeplechase alive and well. He placed first, his horse winning by a head, but unfortunately, he didn’t live long enough to see the winner’s circle, perishing sometime before he crossed the finish line
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- By Mike Rampton
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