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.)
Daily Dispatch
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.
Where Everybody Still Knows Your Name
The last episode of Cheers aired in 1993, but if you’re still missing it, here are a few Norm-worthy Cheers bars you can visit in real life.
Impossible Questions: Musical Oddity Edition Answer
Think you know the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
What do ‘60s novelty band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and country singer Faith Hill have in common?
A Real-Life Wolverine
Okay, we know that wolverines are a real animal, and not just the name of the retractable-claw-adorned mutant from the X-Men comic books and movies. But we found this guy who made himself retractable claws.
Impossible Questions: Musical Oddity Edition
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.
What do ‘60s novelty band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and country singer Faith Hill have in common?
The Netflix Of…
Netflix revolutionized the home video market, with a subscription-based mail order (and later streaming) plan of all-you-can-watch movies. It’s been so popular that many other industries have spawned their own use/return system. For example, have you heard of the Netflix of…
The Governor Saved My Life!
Sure, politicians can save lives by ordering a stay of execution, or allocating funds to hunger-fighting programs, for example. These two stories are a little more direct.
Ask Uncle John Anything: Hot Dog!
Uncle John knows pretty much everything—and if he doesn’t, he heads his massive research library, or puts one of his many associates on the case. Today’s question: Why don’t McDonald’s and Burger King sell hot dogs?
I Got My Robot Arm From ‘Star Wars’
Dueling with lightsabers can be dangerous…which is why both Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker had to rely on robotic limbs in the Star Wars movies. Those futuristic appendages were pure science-fiction…until now.
Abraham Lincoln’s Duel to the Death
It seems ridiculous now, but even the smallest of grievances in the 19th century could lead to someone yelling “guns at dawn!” It even happened to Abraham Lincoln.
