While watching TV this past weekend, Uncle John was bombarded with previews for a new action movie called Lucy. Hollywood made a whole movie based on a widespread myth, or misconception, or “myth-conception” that just won’t die. It’s simply not true that humans use only 10 percent of their brains.
With their dusty dinosaur bones and yawn-inducing artwork, museums often bore the heck out of kids. That probably won’t be the case with the wild, and stinky, exhibit currently running at Tokyo’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Welcome to the poop museum exhibit!
We recently told you about some really creepy places in Venice and Transylvania. Your turn to freak us out, Portugal.
Here are three recent news items pop culture products currently being remade. Well, that’s sort of true—two of the stories are real, and one of them we made up. Can you guess which one is just too weird to be true? (The answer is at the end of the post.)
The Emmy Nomination were announced this week and there weren’t many surprises—congratulations once again, cast of Modern Family. Here are a few times in Emmy history that things got wacky.
Think you’ve got the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
This might be one of the strangest “Impossible Questions” we’ve ever done—or least the one that’s the biggest stretch.
While CD sales continue to plunge, the sales of old-fashioned vinyl records have actually risen in the past few years. Why? Records offer a certain warmth, magic…and weirdness. Here’s a look at some of the kookiest wax in Uncle John’s collection.
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
Do you work in a “paperless office”? That’s when a company reduces its paper use to cut down on costs while also helping the environment. A small software company in the Netherlands just took the concept one step further.
What, you thought that the national teams playing in the world cup were just called “Brazil” or “Germany”? Nope—they’ve got nicknames just as weird as the “Raptors” or “Red Sox.”
A wise man once said that there’s nothing scarier than a clown after midnight. That same man would have absolutely hated the Clown Motel.
It 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.
Just because you’re an American and you’re not in America doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate America’s Independence Day.
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.
Elvis passed away on a potty 37 years ago this summer. Since then, many fictional heroes and villains have shuffled off this mortal coil in a similar fashion. (WARNING: Don’t read this post if you don’t want to have the season finale of a certain HBO fantasy series spoiled.)
Must See TV QuizIn the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, NBC’s “Must See TV” Thursday night lineup dominated the ratings with hits like Friends, Seinfeld, and Frasier. But can you name the other, less-heralded, mostly short-lived sitcoms that aired between those hit shows?
On July 1, 1867, three North American colonies united to form a country, under the realm of England. They called it…Canada. Here are some weird things you might not know about the Great White North.
