RIP, Inventor of the Pink Flamingo and Text Messaging
They weren’t the same person. Here’s a look at two guys who, for better or for worse, changed modern life.
Weird, Wonderful World
Root Beer-Topia: Fun Facts About Root Beer
Did you just polish off the last drops of Uncle John’s Beer-Topia? Then pour yourself a glass of facts about that other frosty beverage. Craft Root Beer Craft brewing has revolutionized beermaking, with thick, hefty, hop-loaded ales slowly gaining market share away from lighter lagers like Budweiser. Those same “major microbreweries” are also giving large-scale […]
Ask Uncle John Anything: Mmmm…Doughnuts
The concept dates back to the 1930s and 1940s. Before the proliferation of fast food restaurants and convenience stores, there weren’t a lot of places for swing shift or overnight workers to get a bite to eat or a cup of coffee. By and large, American restaurants opened shortly before normal breakfast hours and closed shortly after normal dinner hours.
Down the Rabbit Hole: 5 Facts About ‘Alice in Wonderland’
The beloved children’s novel is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. Or is next year its “unbirthday”?
Some Sweet Surfing Slang
Now that you know all these surfer slang terms, the only thing stopping you from going surfing is the ability to surf.
6 Random Facts About Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean is quite possibly the most famous bald guy in the world but did you know these random facts about him? 1. In the 1950s, Linwood Burton ran a company that hired people to clean boats, which took a lot of elbow grease and even more toxic cleaning products. So, he formulated a super-strong […]
Let’s Go to Patriot Park!
If Walt Disney had been born in Russia and had been really into the military instead of animation, he might have built something like Patriot Park instead of Disneyland. Patriot Park, which glorifies Russia’s military might, opened in June in Kubinka, a town about an hour’s drive from Moscow. It should come as no surprise […]
6 Quick Facts About the Running of the Bulls
It’s one of the world’s craziest, and most dangerous, annual spectacles. Here are a few quick facts about this strange Spanish event.
14 More Loony Canadian laws
Believe it or not, these are real laws, still on the books in the Great White North. (Just like these.)
3 of Thailand’s Weirdest Tourist Attractions
Thailand is a wonderful country with lots of gorgeous scenery, great food, and strange stuff.
8 Pairs of Famous People Who Have the Same Name
No relation…other than having the same name and getting famous.
The Time it Takes
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).
The Beer Taster’s Glossary
Our latest book, Beer-Topia is in stores now. It’s a heady brew of beer miscellany, and here’s an exclusive taste.
The Mystic Motel Basement Tour
Want to go on a theme park “dark ride” but live too far away from a theme park? Make one your self!
7 Weird Beers
Beer is made from barley, water, yeast, hops…and whatever other weird ingredients craft brewers feel like throwing into the mix.
Five Fast Fro-Yo Facts
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 of…Belgium?
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 […]
Paris vs. the Love Locks
This strange tradition began over a hundred years ago and it eventually became a big problem in Paris. Here’s why the City of Light finally cracked down on its thousands of “love locks.”
