The coffee shop in your neighborhood probably claims that it has the world’s best java but this island, where Napoleon was once exiled, supposedly offers the real deal. Getting your hands on a cup, however, could be pretty difficult.
For years, this classic party song by the Kingsmen (lead singer Jack Ely recently passed away) was rumored to contain obscene lyrics. Even the FBI thought so.
Geary has played Luke Spencer—as in “Luke and Laura” on General Hospital since 1978, and he just announced his departure. He’s won a record eight Daytime Emmys for his role, even if it was often a little odd.
This infamous New Jersey theme park faded into legend in the mid ‘90s…or so we thought. Here’s an update on the latest incarnation of Action Park.
With internet-enabled “smart TVs” and streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, it’s easy and cheap these days to see recent movies at home five bucks or so. But to see a brand-new movie, like one that’s still playing in theaters, you have to go to the trouble of seeing it at a theater and pay $10 a head or more.
Like this list? Gets hundreds of them in “Uncle John’s Lists That Make You Go Hmmm…,” now in stores. Here is a list of game show hosts with musical side gigs.
The stylish, acclaimed series ends its eight-year run this week. But how will it end? Probably not like any of these fan theories predict.
If you’ve got teenagers, you’re probably familiar with the bright and shiny pop music of acts like Katy Perry and One Direction. Things are a lot more sugary in Japanese pop music, or “J-Pop.”
Many regions produce sparkling wine, but only the ones made in the French area of Champagne can legally be called Champagne. Here are some other sparkling wines…and their proper names.
This week in 1920, the Negro National League began play. Here’s some sports trivia from our archives that looks back on baseball’s other big leagues.
Here’s a quick rundown of the rise and fall of the studio that produced trashy, video store classics like The Delta Force and Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo. Dennis Friedland and Chris Dewey longed to be successful film producers…but didn’t want to work within the Hollywood system. So in 1967, they started their own company, Cannon […]
Uncle John’s new book, Lists That Make You Go Hmmm… is available now. Here’s a sample. Tony Hawk (professional skateboarder, 1982–99) Hawk was an entrepreneur before he was a household name. In 1992 he took out a second mortgage to cofound the BirdHouse skateboard company. Seven years later, he solidified his reputation as one of […]
Remember when you could take the whole family to the movies for $20? Here are some other things that were cheaper in 1980.
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.
