6 Deliciously Heart-Stopping Ballpark Foods
You can get these real foods at Major League ballparks…but you probably shouldn’t eat anything else for the rest of the week if you do.
Daily Dispatch
Fake-or-Fact Friday: Amazin’ Animals Edition
Whenever an animal does something incredible, it makes the news. Here are three recent news stories about remarkable creatures. But only two are real, and the third we made up. Can you guess which one is the fake? (Answer at the end of the post.)
Music Trivia: 8 Awesome Facts About Hall and Oates
Whoa-oa, here they come…Ready for some music trivia? Here are some awesome facts about Hall and Oates.
The Owl That’s Terrorizing Holland
Don’t mess with eagle owls. They have a wingspan of more than six feet, and their size enables them to eat everything from rabbits to small deer. Unfortunately for the citizens of Purmerend in the Netherlands, one owl has decided to raise a little hell.
3 Noteworthy Tributes to Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy succumbed to pulmonary disease last week. The beloved, influential actor has since been honored in a number of creative ways.
The Happiest Ghosts on Earth
Disneyland and Disney World are home to more than just actors in stuffy costumes and thousands of exhausted families—there are “grim grinning ghosts” around, too.
Latest Scoop in Bathroom News
Here’s the latest poop. Uh, we mean scoop. A Modest Request Mt. Everest is not the headline-making achievement it once was—more than 700 people scale the peak each year. Among the hazards they face are avalanches, frostbite, altitude sickness, or simply falling off. Add to that list: human waste. The naturally occurring biological waste left […]
4 Musicians Who Were Big in Japan
“Big in Japan” is a bit of music industry puffery—it describes bands that aren’t popular stateside but do really well overseas, allegedly, especially in Japan. It’s usually a big lie, although sometimes it isn’t.
This Week in Silly Robot News
Someday the robots will overthrow humanity. It will not, apparently, be anytime soon.
6 Weird March Holidays You Ought to Celebrate
March comes in like a strange lion, and out like an odd lamb. Here are a few weird March holidays to mark on your calendar.
The Wild World of Syndicated Television
The shelf life of your favorite show is often extended by syndication, but how much do you know about this niche of the TV world?
6 Highly Logical Facts About Leonard Nimoy
RIP Spock.
- Leonard Nimoy invented the Vulcan Hand Salute during the filming of a Star Trek episode. The gesture was borrowed from the Jewish High Holiday services. The Kohanim (priests) bless the congregation by extending “the palms of both hands…with thumbs outstretched and the middle and ring fingers parted.” Nimoy used the same gesture, only with one hand.
The Thunder Down Under
For 14 years, the very strange (and stinky) Museum of Old Art and New Art in Tasmania has been freaking out visitors and locals.
Things You Should Know: 7 Facts About Greenland
As winter winds down, here are things you should know about the place where the season never quite ends.
3 Musicians Who Went Country…And Stayed There
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again (with a cowboy hat on).
5 New Weird Magazines
Think print media is dead? Well, an impressive 234 new magazines launched in 2014. Here are some the most notable (and weirdest) to hit newsstands in recent months.
Tallest, Shortest, Biggest, Youngest, Oldest: Major League Baseball Trivia
We’ve given you weird sports statistics about football and basketball. Now here’s some great Major League Baseball Trivia.
Random Trivia: 5 Bands That Had to Change Their Names
Trying to describe your band’s sound through a name is tough—which is why sometimes bands don’t quite nail it the first time.
