3 Weird NFL Contract Stipulations
We already gave you some weird sports contract quirks. Here are some weird NFL contracts.
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4 Hit Songs From Flop Movies
When a pop song is released from a movie, it’s meant to promote the movie. But sometimes the song is a huge hit in its own right…and the movie bombs.
The Closest Ever Senate and House Elections
Who says that down-ticket elections aren’t exciting?
Weird November “Holidays” You Ought to Celebrate
November boasts Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and, of course, Absurdity Day. Here are other November holidays to add to the list.
The Library of the Future
There’s no telling what libraries will look like a century from now…or if they’ll even exist. Nevertheless, a unique project currently underway in Norway is ensuring that they’ll have a least a few new books on their shelves.
Fake-or-Fact Friday: American Regional Monsters Edition
It’s Halloween, so here are some stories about monsters and creatures said to reside around North America. Can you guess which of these are “real”—meaning that they are documented pieces of folklore, if not more—and which one we just totally made up? Answer is at the end of the post.
A Variety of Flops
NBC just signed Neil Patrick Harris to make 10 episodes of a variety show. It’s a great fit for the talented performer, and if it’s a hit, it will be the first successful variety show on American TV in more than 35 years. Here are some variety show revivals that didn’t make it.
The Stories Behind ‘Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark’
Folklorist Alvin Schwartz published his first Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark book in 1981, the first of three volumes, before he died in 1992. The books remain extremely popular, a cult classic among young readers, those who read them as kids, and even in Hollywood, which is preparing a film adaptation of the anthologies.
The Most Popular Halloween Costumes, Then and Now
What are you going as this year? If trends hold, probably Elsa.
Two of the World’s Most Famous (Unhaunted) Pet Cemeteries
Stephen King made animal graveyards super freaky when he published Pet Semetary in 1983. Many of them are really quite pleasant, however, and you’re unlikely to come across any resurrected corpses while strolling past their tombstones.
3 Halloween Candy Origins
How the stuff you steal out of your kid’s treat bag came to be. Here are 3 Halloween candy origins.
They Did ‘The Monster Mash’
And it was, by all accounts, a graveyard smash. Here is the story of The Original Monster Mash.
The Spirit of ‘Halloweentown’
From unassuming TV movie to town-wide celebration. Here is the story behind “Halloweentown.”
The First Cancelled TV Show of Each Fall Season
Do you remember these TV programs? Probably not—they were watched by so few people that they were the first new fall show to get the axe in their respective year.
3 of the World’s Most Spooktacular Bars
Are you looking for a ghoulish watering hole to spend Halloween? Here are 3 spooktacular bars.
Fake-or-Fact Friday: Clowning Around
Just in time for Halloween, here are three news stories about creepy clowns. Two of them are true and one of them is false. Can you guess which one is the fake? The answer is at the end of the post.
The Biggest Spider in the World
As if one wasn’t bad enough, there are actually two contenders for the title of biggest spider. Let’s get ready to compare and contraaaaaaaast!
Population: 104,057 + 1 NFL Team
How Green Bay, the smallest American city with a pro sports franchise, got and kept a pro sports franchise. Here is a bit of Green Bay Packers history.
