“Baseball game? No thanks, I’m just here for the orange train.” Pool! Old news: It’s extremely hot in Phoenix, particularly during summer baseball season. New news: the Arizona Diamondbacks play at Chase Field. The outfield stands feature a swimming pool where fans can cool off (as well as a hot tub). Fish tank! Most ballparks […]
Think you’ve got the right answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it. If NBA scoring champion Russell Westbrook wins the Most Valuable Player award, he’ll be the first person in NBA history to do what? Westbrook would be the first MVP from a team that didn’t make the playoffs. Westbrook scored 28.1 points […]
If NBA scoring champion Russell Westbrook wins the Most Valuable Player award, he’ll be the first person in NBA history to do what?
Several European automotive makers created an affordable car for the masses in the mid 20th century. But for every VW Beetle, there was a Lada.
Last weekend was “Record Store Day,” an unofficial holiday to get people to buy vinyl albums again. These failed formats probably won’t ever get their own special day.
The Vermont-based maker of groovy frozen treats has been in the public eye a lot this month.
After a long hiatus, the popular video game franchise is coming back. Here are some interesting facts about the game and its many spinoffs and competitors.
Things did not go well for the Chicago Cubs on the opening weekend of baseball season. Two of these stories are true, and luckily for Cubs fans, one isn’t. Can you guess the ringer? The answer is at the end of the post.
Sure, beeswax is useful to bees, but it also has a long history as humanity’s first plastic. It’s been used for sculpting metal, conditioning the strings for bows and crossbows, sealing and lubricating guns and musket balls, providing light by burning, and even filling cavities in emergency dentistry.
Up until this month, Ringo Starr was the only member of the Beatles not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. In fact, he was only inducted via a special committee who included Starr under its “Award for Musical Excellence Banner,” which honors sideman, producers, and other tertiary participants in the music industry.
Is white chocolate a form of chocolate? Or, is it this other thing that is sort of like chocolate in texture and creaminess (but not flavor, appearance, or myriad other things)?
Because you’ll need something to celebrate after you pay your taxes. Let’s start with National High Five Day!
Today’s interesting trivia could come in handy if you ever wind up in the big house. Learn all about cobwebs, teardrops, and three dots tattoos.
As you pay your taxes, just think about all the neat things they’ll help pay for.
We wrote about deliciously bad-for-you ballpark eats just a month ago, but with Major League Baseball starting last week, there are even more culinary curiosities to sample.
As the Broadway show Mamma Mia! announces the end of its 14-year run, here’s a look at some Broadway musicals that ran about 13.9999 years less.
More than 60 years after its invention in 1953, WD-40 can be found in four out of five American homes. Here’s what it can do. (Warning: We haven’t tried all of these.)
Is it still one album if it’s four albums played simultaneously? Here’s the bizarre story behind the Flaming Lips’ Zaireeka.
