Over New Years, Paul McCartney and rapper Kanye West released a surprise joint effort called “Only One,” a song about West’s daughter. Surprise collaborations are kind of McCartney’s bag.
Some interesting music trivia about the astounding pop chart successes of the King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis, who would turn 80 years old on January 8.
Robots are everywhere these days, from your social media to chain restaurants. (There’s also a bunch of them in our new book, Robotica.)
You wouldn’t eat plastic, would you? It’s poisonous! Well, some plastics are okay, and some plastics are not safe for human consumption. Regardless, the safe ones (we think) are definitely in food products you encounter all the time.
Make it your New Years resolution to observe more ridiculous made-up holidays.
Here are some stories of people getting very mad in public. Fortunately, only two of them are real. One of them we made up. Can you guess which one? The answer is at the end of the post.
We are living in a golden age of discontinued junk food returning to stores due to popular demand.
Because why erect statues to honor only those who actually existed? Today’s Daily Fun Facts provides four examples of statues that honor TV and film characters.
In 2013, former NBA star and oddball Dennis Rodman visited North Korea at the behest of its leader, Kim Jong Un. The pair took in a game of basketball, which is extremely popular in North Korea. The game was very strange, however, and revealed to the rest of the world the North Korean basketball scoring system.
Do you take yours with cream, sugar, or monkey spit? Today’s Strange and Interesting Facts dives into three strange and bizarre coffee blends from around the world.
The most watched TV show in American history is almost always the most recent Super Bowl—the last few have drawn more than 100 million viewers. Here’s what’s brought the most people to their TVs in countries around the world. (Hint: it’s more sports.)
Kwanzaa is a seven-day celebration of African-American culture and heritage. How much do you know about it? Here are some interesting facts about Kwanzaa to get you started.
Bono has had a rough 2014. Fortunately for him, one of these three things didn’t happen. We made it up. See if you can guess which fate the U2 singer was spared. (Answer at the end of the post.)
The Star Wars Holiday special debuted on November 17, 1978, and it was…not what fans had in mind. The first 15 minutes showed Chewbacca’s family (without Chewbacca) arguing in Wookie language, without subtitles.
Candy canes – they aren’t just available in peppermint anymore. Also, make sure to check out the other food trivia we’ve covered in the past.
Think you’ve got the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
The answer we are look for is not Led Zeppelin.
The stories of how three current TV shows were cancelled before they aired. We can explain.
In 1996, Joel and Ethan Coen’s comic-laced, Midwestern crime drama Fargo won two Academy Awards, one for the Coens for Best Original Screenplay and one for Frances McDormand for Best Actress. In 1997 CBS commissioned a pilot for a TV version. Marge Gunderson – McDormand in the film, Edie Falco in the show, years before she won Emmys for The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie – is still quite pregnant and still solving murders. It maintained the original’s quirky flavor, but CBS did not order the pilot to series.
Think you know the answer to this question? Who had a hit single with “Stairway to Heaven”? Come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
