Ask Uncle John Anything: Tangled Up, Blue
How do cords get tangled up all on their own? It’s the strangest phenomenon—you take out your earbuds, and being in too much of a rush to properly wind and tie them up, you throw them into a coat pocket.
Author: Uncle John
3 of the Coolest Bars in the World (That Are No Longer Open)
We recently told you about some of the world’s scariest bars. While those may remind you of the dead, these dearly departed watering holes around the world are, sadly, truly and completely dead.
Your Weird Election News Roundup
Now that all the red, white, and blue balloons have dropped, let’s look at the quirkiest things that happened during this week’s midterm elections.
3 Crazy Things You Can Do With A 3D Printer
3D printers are being used to craft everything from jewelry to furniture. That’s not all they can do though. Here’s some of the craziest projects you (might) be able to pull off with one of these futuristic machines.
6 Weird NBA Contract Stipulations
Let’s hope these basketball players read the fine print when they signed up.
Four Princely Public Potties
These fancy public restrooms are truly unique and even fit for a king. Keep them in mind the next time you need to take care of official “royal” business.
We Need a Better Title!
Sometimes all you need to improve a TV show is a new name…or maybe not.
3 Weird NFL Contract Stipulations
We already gave you some weird sports contract quirks. Here are some weird NFL contracts.
4 Hit Songs From Flop Movies
When a pop song is released from a movie, it’s meant to promote the movie. But sometimes the song is a huge hit in its own right…and the movie bombs.
The Closest Ever Senate and House Elections
Who says that down-ticket elections aren’t exciting?
Weird November “Holidays” You Ought to Celebrate
November boasts Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and, of course, Absurdity Day. Here are other November holidays to add to the list.
The Library of the Future
There’s no telling what libraries will look like a century from now…or if they’ll even exist. Nevertheless, a unique project currently underway in Norway is ensuring that they’ll have a least a few new books on their shelves.
Fake-or-Fact Friday: American Regional Monsters Edition
It’s Halloween, so here are some stories about monsters and creatures said to reside around North America. Can you guess which of these are “real”—meaning that they are documented pieces of folklore, if not more—and which one we just totally made up? Answer is at the end of the post.
A Variety of Flops
NBC just signed Neil Patrick Harris to make 10 episodes of a variety show. It’s a great fit for the talented performer, and if it’s a hit, it will be the first successful variety show on American TV in more than 35 years. Here are some variety show revivals that didn’t make it.
The Stories Behind ‘Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark’
Folklorist Alvin Schwartz published his first Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark book in 1981, the first of three volumes, before he died in 1992. The books remain extremely popular, a cult classic among young readers, those who read them as kids, and even in Hollywood, which is preparing a film adaptation of the anthologies.
The Most Popular Halloween Costumes, Then and Now
What are you going as this year? If trends hold, probably Elsa.
Two of the World’s Most Famous (Unhaunted) Pet Cemeteries
Stephen King made animal graveyards super freaky when he published Pet Semetary in 1983. Many of them are really quite pleasant, however, and you’re unlikely to come across any resurrected corpses while strolling past their tombstones.
3 Halloween Candy Origins
How the stuff you steal out of your kid’s treat bag came to be. Here are 3 Halloween candy origins.
