YOLO? OMG!
The stories of how we came to use these silly abbreviations, on the Internet, in our texts, and even in real life.
Daily Dispatch
The ‘General Hospital’ Hit Factory
You’ve probably heard of General Hospital’s “Luke and Laura,” but do you remember the multiple pop songs and pop stars that found success because they were featured on the show in the 1980s?
5 TV Spinoffs Very Different From Their Parent Shows
TV spinoffs generally follow their source material closely, but sometimes they diverge wildly. As Better Call Saul, a comic spinoff of Breaking Bad, starts filming this week, here are some other genre-switching spinoffs.
This Blog Post Has Cooties
If you’ve ever been accused of having cooties…this blog post is for you. Today we explore the question, “What are cooties?”.
Fast Flag and Flag Day Facts For Flag Day
Say that three times fast, and then read these flag facts before Flag Day on June 14th.
- Remember that line in “The Star Spangled Banner” that remarks that the “flag was still there,” meaning the U.S. flag survived the battlefield? Well, in real life, the flag that inspired that line is “still there.” Francis Scott Key wrote the song about the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. A few swaths of the 15-star, 15-bar flag are on display at the Smithsonian.
Mythical Creatures In the News
Okay, so these aren’t really about mythical creatures—after all, they’re mythical. These are stories about human beings dressed up like mythical creatures.
3 Environmentally-Friendly Toilets
These eco-potties come with Mother Nature’s stamp of approval.
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.
Sorry About the Terrible Entertainment
Celebrities often issue a public apology when they do something bad, like get arrested or hit their assistant while the paparazzi looks on. Once in a while, they’ll even apologize for making a terrible movie or album.
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.)
7 Sports Teams You Didn’t Know Were Co-Owned By Famous People
Mansions, fancy cars, and a stake in a pro sports franchise—the spoils of wealth! Here are a few sports teams co-owned by famous people.
- Rapper Jay-Z owned only 1/15th of 1 percent of the New Jersey Nets, but he was influential—he spearheaded the team’s move to Brooklyn and a change of a color scheme to black-and-white. In 2013, he sold off his share. The team is now co-owned by Jason Kidd, a former NBA star who led the Nets to their only NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003.
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.
Wanna Buy Dracula’s Castle?
We recently told you about Poveglia, the haunted Italian island up for auction. Also hitting the market: Bran Castle in Transylvania, the one-time home of the real-life Dracula.
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.
It Only Happened Once: NBA Edition
Weird stuff that doesn’t happen everyday in basketball.
Only team to win 70 regular season games.
The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls finished with a record of 72-10 (and in the playoffs, they went 15-3 and won the championship).
The Return of America’s Most Notorious Theme Park
Are the horrifying tales surrounding New Jersey’s Action Park even true? In honor of its upcoming reopening, here’s a look.
A Symbolic Gesture
Two football players whose careers and lives were forever altered by injury…who still got to be part of the NFL, at least symbolically.
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.
