Whatever Happened to These 4 Heisman Trophy Winners?
Will Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota follow up his Heisman win with a long, successful NFL career like Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, or, uh, O.J. Simpson…or wind up on a list like this one?
Daily Dispatch
How Cuties Conquered the Produce Department
Oranges used to just be oranges…until Cuties came along and branded them. In 2004, Cuties debuted in the Western U.S and in the East Coast in 2011).
7 Random Trivia About This Year’s Grammy Nominees
Looking for random trivia about this year’s Grammy nominees? Here are some interesting facts about the top honor in pop music.
It’s Christmas in Sweden!
Continuing our Christmas world tour, the holidays are celebrated a bit differently in Scandinavia. Here is how they celebrate Christmas in Sweden and Scandinavia.
The Shoe Shop That Time Forgot
In 2013, a man stepped inside a boarded-up old shoe shop that was once owned by his great-grandmother. What he found inside could be worth a fortune.
5 Really Obscure (But Really Real) Football Rules
NFL referees must know all the rules of pro football…even the strange ones.
The Real Saint Nick
We all know about the magical gift giver that he inspired, but who exactly was Saint Nicholas? Meet the man whose life and times became the legend of Santa Claus.
Christmas Remakes of Non-Christmas Songs
If, for some reason, you’ve ever wondered if Santa Claus visited Kokomo, here’s your answer.
6 Odd and Forgotten College Football Bowl Games
From now until the middle of January, 39 college bowl games will be contested. That’s a lot…but there are plenty of college football bowl games that aren’t played at all anymore.
6 Weird December “Holidays” You Ought to Celebrate
Christmas? New Year’s Eve? Who needs ‘em when you’ve got National Ding-a-Long Day! Here are a few weird December holidays.
4 Pieces of Random and Weird Christmas Music
Are you dreaming of a weird Christmas? Here is some odd and random Christmas music.
10 Christmas Desserts From Around the World
One of the best parts of the holiday season is gorging yourself on gingerbread, sugar cookies, eggnog, candy canes… but that’s just here in North America. Here’s some interesting trivia on some holiday sweet treats from elsewhere on the planet.
3 One-Hit Wonders Who Wrote Broadway Shows
Scoring a hit song is hard, so what do you do when you can’t score another one? You go and score a Broadway musical. Literally.
When Urinals Strike Back
If your job was to just sit there and collect urine, you’d probably get fed up, too.
It’s Christmas in Japan!
Until recently, Christmas was obscure in Japan because, well, the country didn’t have a lot of Christians. It was only in the 1960s that the holiday became familiar by watching imported American and British TV sitcoms, many of which feature tradition-referencing Christmas episodes.
This presented the marketing department at Kentucky Fried Chicken with a great opportunity. KFC has had many restaurants in Japan for decades; the first opened in Nagoya in 1970. After learning
The Life and Times of Chespirito
Here’s a look back at the legendary comedian, Roberto Gómez Bolaños, who died last week at age 85.
Weird Donation News
What wealthy people do with their money is up to them, but we can still gawk.
Ask Uncle John Anything: More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
“More fun than a barrel of monkeys” is supposed to be an ironic statement, or at least a sarcastic one. It’s properly used to wryly describe something that isn’t fun (say, the board game “Barrel of Monkeys.”)
