7 November Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Happy False Confession Day…and uh, Thanksgiving, too, we suppose.
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3 Spooky Props That Were a Little Too Spooky
Now would be a good time to check the fake skeletons and fake corpses decorating your house…just to make sure that they aren’t real, like they were in these stories.
3 Crazy Halloween Events
Still looking for a way to celebrate the most ghoulish holiday of the year? Then you may want to check out one of these totally bizarre events…that aren’t for children or the faint of heart.
Crazy Halloween Foods: 2015 Edition
With pumpkin season officially underway, there are all kinds of Halloween foods available that you didn’t even know you wanted.
7 Weird October Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Have a spooktacular time on the ghoulish holiday of…Virus Appreciation Day?
How to Talk Like a Pirate
September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. You don’t want to look like an idiot do you? Here are some pirate words and phrases.
6 Weird September Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Who needs Labor Day when you’ve got International Talk Like a Pirate Day or Fortune Cookie Day?
6 Weird August Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
It’s common knowledge that August is the only month without any “real holidays.” But this list of observances prove…that common knowledge is often correct.
6 More Weird July Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
If you’re not still too tired from the Fourth of July and Canada Day, there’s always… July 20: Moon Day This one isn’t such a weird holiday: It honors what is perhaps humanity’s greatest achievement: traveling to the moon and back. It was on this day in 1969 that the “Eagle” Lunar Module touched down […]
6 July Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Who needs fireworks and barbecues when you’ve got these other “holidays”?
5 More Weird June Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Here are some more odd celebrations to hold you over until the 4th of July.
5 Weird June Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
It’s June, which means it’s time to celebrate Bathroom Reading Month (with an awesome giveaway) and these other iconic holidays…
7 Weird May Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
It’s May again, which means it’s time for those classic celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, and National Sea Monkey Day.
Happy Arbor Day
After graduating with an agriculture degree from the University of Michigan in 1854, Julius Sterling Morton moved to a small settlement called Nebraska City in what would a few months later be called the Nebraska Territory. Morton faced a problem shared by many settlers in the territory: It was a treeless plain. That meant no trees for building materials, to burn for fuel, or to use as shade for crops. But Morton was one of the New World’s first “tree huggers,” stating, “We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.”
6 More Weird April Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
Because you’ll need something to celebrate after you pay your taxes. Let’s start with National High Five Day!
The Hare-Raising Origins of Three Easter Traditions
Are you still eating Easter candy? Ever wonder why Easter is celebrated with chocolate bunnies and egg hunts? Here’s a rundown on where each of these traditions came from.
3 Easter Bunny Alternatives From Around the World
Not every country gets their Easter goodies delivered by an ultra-intelligent rabbit. Cuckoo Like the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, Easter arrives at the beginning of Spring in Switzerland. Easter and Spring are wrapped up together, but that country’s symbol of growth and rebirth isn’t the bunny—it’s the cuckoo bird. (It makes more sense for […]
The Best Pranks Ever
Don’t look now, but your fly is open. Ha ha—April Fool’s!
Give Me Tacos or Give Me Death!
In 1996 the fast-food chain Taco Bell issued a brief statement announcing its purchase of the Liberty Bell. According to the press release, Taco Bell was responding to an inquiry from the U.S. government about the possibility of reducing the national debt by selling off its national treasures to corporations. Taco Bell thought the Liberty Bell would make the ideal company logo. In fact, they planned to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. Then, just a few hours after the announcement, Taco Bell quietly issued a retraction, saying the whole thing had been a big joke.
