What follows are three weird news items that pertain to the TV game show Jeopardy! Two of them are true…and one of them isn’t. Why? Because we made it up, that’s why! Can you guess which one is the phony? (The answer—or maybe the question?—is at the end of the post.)
Think you’ve got a legitimate answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
What happened in the 2003 NBA Finals that has never happened again?
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 the words “summer bomb” make you think of? Fireworks? Big-budget movies that flop at the box office? Here’s a look at what might be the biggest summer bomb of all—the 1990 attempt to tour across the U.S. a gigantic, multimillion dollar production of …an opera.
If you’re not familiar, Eurovision it’s kind of like American Idol, if it were judged by the songs as much as the performers and comprised entries from dozens of nations.
This month, the big 5 broadcast TV networks are unveiling their new schedules. Dozens of new shows made the cut…but here are some of the more intriguing ones that made a pilot episode that weren’t selected.
What is the purpose of a gnat?
Ah, summer. Barbecues! Trips to the beach! Tiny, annoying insects buzzing around your face and flying up your nose! Yes, the gnat is as indelible a part of summer as the Fourth of July and sunburns, but they really do serve a purpose in the intricate web of nature.
Did you forget to buy your mom flowers yesterday? Good! It’s what the founder of Mother’s Day would’ve wanted.
What follows are three weird news stories. Two of them are true…and one of them isn’t. Why? Because we made it up, that’s why! Can you guess which one is the phony? (The answer is at the end of the post.)
Italians have called Poveglia everything from “The Island of Madness” to, simply “Hell.” And not without cause—the 17-acre island south of Venice just might be the spookiest place on Earth.
Since debuting on the big screen in 1954, Godzilla has battled lots of other gigantic mutant monsters. Some have been cool – Mothra, Rodan – and some were ridiculous. Let’s hope the new Godzilla movie doesn’t feature any of these.
While about 3 percent of all live births are to multiple babies, twins commonly develop and self-terminate very early on in utero. This is very early on, in the cell multiplication stage, before features develop, at which point one of the two twins simply “wins out” and absorbs the other.
In case you missed them, here are two of the biggest bathroom-related stories in the news.
The president fled the country, and part of the country was annexed by another country. It’s surely been a tough year in the Ukraine…but it’s also been a weird one.
It’s a successful year for a movie star or film director if they have one hit movie in a 12-month span. These folks just had some very good luck.
Hospital horror stories, bad doctors, botched surgeries, nightmare nurses, weird diseases, and all the things that can and will go wrong when it comes to your health. Here a few such stories from our brand-new book, Uncle John’s Germophobia.
Nothing like a dose of irony to keep your day-to-day problems in perspective: Ironic Revenue Service & Irony TV.
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. This week’s question comes from reader Lisa A., who asks…
