The Weirdest Museum in New York City
If you’re heading to the Big Apple this summer, check out this odd attraction: the Mmuseum.
Weird, Wonderful World
Ask Uncle John Anything: Let it Shiner
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?
Revenge of the Restaurant
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.
Celebrity Beers
When you’re famous, you can do anything…like market your own signature suds.
- Wil Wheaton is an actor best known for his work as a teenager on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in Stand By Me, and as an adult, playing a jerkish version of himself on The Big Bang Theory. He was also one of the first prominent (and remains one of the most popular) bloggers. He recently teamed up with another Internet celebrity, Fark.com creator Drew Curtis, to create Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout. Brewed by Stone Brewing Co., the name pays tribute to Fark, and Wheaton—it’s made with “wheat” after all.
Ask Uncle John Anything: Burn, Baby, Burn
How do food makers determine the calorie counts placed on food packages?
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.
FREE: Facts to Go History Makers
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!
Giveaway: June is Bathroom Reading Month
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.
Fact-or-Fake Friday: Terrible Theme Restaurants
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.)
Are You Saying It Wrong? Selling Like Hotcakes
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.
Ask Uncle John Anything: Pop-Pop
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.
Fact-or-Fake Friday: Senior Prank Edition
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.
Where Everybody Still Knows Your Name
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.
Ask Uncle John Anything: Hot Dog!
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?
Ask Uncle John Anything: Where The Ice is Always Greener
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 Iceland called that if it’s green, and Greenland is called that if it’s covered in ice?
Ask Uncle John Anything – A “Cerealized” Feature
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.
The Secret History of KFC
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.
AUJA – No Purchase Necessary?
What does it mean when a company has a promotional contest, but the fine print says “no purchase necessary”? Can you really still win?
It’s the result of some pretty complicated federal broadcasting laws. For some reason, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a clause called “the lottery law,” which states that federal lotteries are illegal.
Klingon Beer, Zombie Beer, Westeros Beer
How do you prove that you’re a true fan of Star Trek, The Walking Dead, or Game of Thrones? Drink these pop-culture-inspired beers.
The Federation of Beer – as in the United Federation of Planets from Star Trek – has licensed the Star Trek name to create a beer called Roggen Dunkel to be brewed in Indiana.
