Think you’ve got the right answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it. What distinction is shared by ex-child stars Charlie Korsmo and Ilan Mitchel Smith? Both actors made a name for themselves in film and TV as children and teenagers. But rather than choose to stay in the entertainment industry as adults (or […]
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
The charity single to benefit Ethiopian famine relief was released 30 years ago this week. Here are some interesting facts you may not know about it.
You can get these real foods at Major League ballparks…but you probably shouldn’t eat anything else for the rest of the week if you do.
Whenever an animal does something incredible, it makes the news. Here are three recent news stories about remarkable creatures. But only two are real, and the third we made up. Can you guess which one is the fake? (Answer at the end of the post.)
Whoa-oa, here they come…Ready for some music trivia? Here are some awesome facts about Hall and Oates.
Don’t mess with eagle owls. They have a wingspan of more than six feet, and their size enables them to eat everything from rabbits to small deer. Unfortunately for the citizens of Purmerend in the Netherlands, one owl has decided to raise a little hell.
Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy succumbed to pulmonary disease last week. The beloved, influential actor has since been honored in a number of creative ways.
Disneyland and Disney World are home to more than just actors in stuffy costumes and thousands of exhausted families—there are “grim grinning ghosts” around, too.
Here’s the latest poop. Uh, we mean scoop. A Modest Request Mt. Everest is not the headline-making achievement it once was—more than 700 people scale the peak each year. Among the hazards they face are avalanches, frostbite, altitude sickness, or simply falling off. Add to that list: human waste. The naturally occurring biological waste left […]
“Big in Japan” is a bit of music industry puffery—it describes bands that aren’t popular stateside but do really well overseas, allegedly, especially in Japan. It’s usually a big lie, although sometimes it isn’t.
Someday the robots will overthrow humanity. It will not, apparently, be anytime soon.
March comes in like a strange lion, and out like an odd lamb. Here are a few weird March holidays to mark on your calendar.
The shelf life of your favorite show is often extended by syndication, but how much do you know about this niche of the TV world?
RIP Spock.
For 14 years, the very strange (and stinky) Museum of Old Art and New Art in Tasmania has been freaking out visitors and locals.
As winter winds down, here are things you should know about the place where the season never quite ends.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again (with a cowboy hat on).
