Where do highway mileage signs measure to, exactly? Those mileage marker signs on the side of the road are a great away of letting you know how far you’ve got to go until your destination. But what exactly do they mean? If it says “Denver, 25 miles,” is it 25 miles until the first exit for Denver, or the city center of Denver, or the city limits of Denver, or what?
Here’s the latest in toot technology. We check out Flat-D fart deodorizer, CH4 fart tracker, and a prankster’s dream Fart Watch.
What brought the American bison back from the brink of extinction? A billionaire who wanted to eat them. Really.
“As far as great drunkards go, there is Andre the Giant, and then there is everyone else,” wrote Richard English in Modern Drunkard about the professional wrestler and actor. He was a beer enthusiast whose bottomless thirst only had a little to do with his 7’4″, 500-pound frame—consuming as much beer as possible was partially a party trick, and partially a way to numb the physical pain from his wrestling career.
It’s May again, which means it’s time for those classic celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, and National Sea Monkey Day.
Two of the following weird news stories about the Scandinavian nation are true, and one is false. Can you guess which one we made up? The answer is at the end of the post. A. Norway is getting rid of radio. Within just two years time, there will be no more FM broadcasts in the […]
The Avengers: Age of Ultron is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Get ready for the blockbuster with these facts about the comic book heroes. Trivia buffs, assemble!
The Avengers: Age of Ultron reportedly includes an epic battle between the Hulk and Iron Man. But will it stack up against these memorable throwdowns?
America’s national pastime is more than just a game—it’s a tradition. The component parts are traditions, too. We got curious about where they come from and pulled together some great baseball trivia for you.
What one weird thing does the Village People’s 1980 movie Can’t Stop the Music have in common with the 2007 The Simpsons Movie
What one weird thing does the Village People’s 1980 movie Can’t Stop the Music have in common with the 2007 The Simpsons Movie?
In the ‘80s, a group of kids in Mississippi attempted to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot. Nearly 33 years later, they finally finished it.
It’s an old joke about how the Los Angeles Lakers name doesn’t make any sense after the team moved from Minnesota, the “land of 10,000 lakes.” There are actual a few dozen lakes in L.A.—but the rest of these NBA team names really are perplexing.
As the final episodes of the show continue to air on AMC, here are a few Mad Men facts about the critically acclaimed drama.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most famous songs in the American songbook. So start spreadin’ the news!
After graduating with an agriculture degree from the University of Michigan in 1854, Julius Sterling Morton moved to a small settlement called Nebraska City in what would a few months later be called the Nebraska Territory. Morton faced a problem shared by many settlers in the territory: It was a treeless plain. That meant no trees for building materials, to burn for fuel, or to use as shade for crops. But Morton was one of the New World’s first “tree huggers,” stating, “We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.”
Here’s one Japanese choo-choo that just set a speed record and may forever change the way that people ride the rails.
What’s in a normal serving of cotton candy? Two tablespoons of sugar and a lot of air. Nutrition: 96 calories and no fat. And that’s not all. Here are some strange and interesting facts about cotton candy.
