Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique, two French gentlemen vying for the affections of Mademoiselle Tirevit, who had been dating both men at the same time. When the two found out they weren’t Tirevit’s one and only, they agreed to a duel…in a pair of gas-filled balloons over Paris.
Well, sort of. Here are some hit movies that later cut out their most salacious bits to appeal to a wider audience.
Video games hit big in the early 1980s, and then so did the gavel.
The music industry is notoriously difficult for artists to thrive in. And as these examples show, not even being a platinum-selling artist ensures that your music will be heard.
Garfield made its debut in newspapers on June 19, 1978. To celebrate his birthday, here is a look at the dark and fuzzy underbelly of America’s favorite comic strip cat.
It takes the average bathroom reader one minute and fifteen seconds to read the average page of a Bathroom Reader. Here are some more examples of how long things take (or took).
Here are some more odd celebrations to hold you over until the 4th of July.
Our latest book, Beer-Topia is in stores now. It’s a heady brew of beer miscellany, and here’s an exclusive taste.
Better read this article about the speediest runners, swimmers, and bicyclists before it zips away.
Brewing up some coffee can be a bit of a pain. In zero gravity, it’s even more tricky. Here’s how astronauts do it on the International Space Station.
In 1950, a fearless feline may have possibly climbed an infamous mountain.
Putting potties in elevators may sound totally crazy but there’s a good reason why officials in Japan think that it might be a good idea.
Scientists say that they’re closer than ever to bringing back dinosaurs. What could possibly go wrong?
The Surreal Life (2003–06) was a VH1 reality show that mixed Big Brother and The Real World. Instead of everyday strangers living in a house together, the housemates were all minor celebrities. And it had one other distinction: it produced more spinoffs than any other show in TV history.
Want to go on a theme park “dark ride” but live too far away from a theme park? Make one your self!
Beer is made from barley, water, yeast, hops…and whatever other weird ingredients craft brewers feel like throwing into the mix.
Frozen yogurt took off in popularity in the 1980s as a supposedly healthier alternative to ice cream. But it’s not all that much healthier.
The United States pioneered a unique form of government—semi-autonomous states joined together under a central federal government. Plenty of other places around the world have since tried to emulate the idea, establishing their own “United States.” The United States of Belgium Between about 1500 and the early 1800s, Belgium was variously under the control of […]
