Weird, Wonderful WorldIt wasn’t always a popular movie snack—like during the silent film era. Movie exhibitioners didn’t sell popcorn (or any snacks) for silent films, believing that the sound of people eating, slurping, and snacking—especially crunchy, noisy, popcorn—would be distracting and off-putting.
You could book a vacation in Maui or head to Disney World and still wind up in a hotel that’s a total pit. Why settle for that when you can just visit a real pit instead?
If you’re heading to the Big Apple this summer, check out this odd attraction: the Mmuseum.
Have you ever gotten a black eye, or a “shiner”? (If you have, sorry.) Did you or your mom put a cold, floppy steak on it to make the swelling go down? It’s one of those old folk remedies everybody knows about, and you see in movies and on TV shows, but does it really work? Or is it just a waste of a perfectly good—and quite expensive—ribeye?
The customer is always right—but not when they’re jerks. Here’s how some restaurant owners and employees got revenge on some nasty patrons with the power of the Internet.
When you’re famous, you can do anything…like market your own signature suds.
Calories provide energy to the body. You need to get a base of calories from food so your body can perform basic functions like pump blood and send electrical signals, and more calories to power any and all activities, like standing, walking, and talking.
Have you checked out our eBook minis yet? Now is your chance to get one for free. From now until the end of June, we are giving away a FREE copy of Uncle John’s Facts to Go History Makers. Head over to your favorite eBook retailer and download your free copy!
It’s our favorite time of the year! We are ready to kick off the month of June by celebrating the two things we love the most: Reading and the Bathroom. If you didn’t already know, June is Bathroom Reading Month! Every year, we celebrate by having a fantastic giveaway for our fans.
What follows are three stories about theme restaurants with very ill-advised themes. Two of them are real…and one we made up. Can you guess the fake? (Answer is at the end of the post.)
The phrase “selling like hotcakes” is used to describe an item very popular with consumers, that’s flying off the shelves and in large amounts. But why is hotcakes the go-to popular good? Well, it was never really meant to.
What with outdoor festivals, fairs, and other outdoor entertainments, it’s definitely the time of year when Uncle John’s cotton candy intake goes through the roof, much to the chagrin of his doctor. Why? That stuff isn’t healthy. Whether you call it cotton candy, fairly floss, or candy floss, it’s comprised almost entirely of sugar and air, and a brightly-colored food coloring, usually pink, although blue is also popular.
What follows are three stories about the traditional “senior prank.” Two of them are all two true; one, thankfully, isn’t—we made it up! Can you guess which one is bogus? The answer is at the end of the post.
The last episode of Cheers aired in 1993, but if you’re still missing it, here are a few Norm-worthy Cheers bars you can visit in real life.
Uncle John knows pretty much everything—and if he doesn’t, he heads his massive research library, or puts one of his many associates on the case. Today’s question: Why don’t McDonald’s and Burger King sell hot dogs?
Uncle John knows pretty much everything—and if he doesn’t, he heads his massive research library, or puts one of his many associates on the case. This week’s question comes from reader Lisa A., who asks…
Why is cereal eaten with milk, and not some other liquid? The cereals made their way to the general public by the turn of the century, and so did the idea of eating them with milk. In fact, early advertisements for these new-fangled foods depict cereal next to milk, gently suggesting how it was to be eaten to those unfamiliar with breakfast cereal.
Beginning with its first location in an old gas station in 1930, Kentucky Fried Chicken how boasts 18,000 locations worldwide. But KFC’s history includes a few odd footnotes. And here they are.
