Tenure doesn’t come instantly. It’s a privilege bestowed on teachers or professors after several years of a high-quality job performance at a school, college, or institution as a reward—generally after three, or five years.
Some long-running shows don’t get a finale…until we find out what happened to them on other TV shows. Weird? Confusing? Totally.
Uncle John has an inside line to winning your Oscar pool—knowing Oscar movie trivia!
Life in Kaktovik, Alaska, can definitely be harsh. The town, which sits along the Beaufort Sea on Barter Island, remains fairly isolated from the rest of the world. The livelihoods of its 200+ residents are dependent upon the hunting of wild caribou and whales, the latter of which is heavily regulated. The temperature drops into the negative 20s in the winter, and oh, there’s also the polar bears.
Some people display their affection with a greeting card or a box of chocolates but these folks went to some pretty insane lengths to show how much they adored their sweeties.
Paul McCartney is one of the most famous vegetarians in the world. Two of the following stories are real stories about the Beatle eating veggies on vinyl, and one is fake. Can you guess which one is false? (Answer at the end of the post.)
Actually, they’re from the moon. And Neil Armstrong smuggled back these items that were recently discovered.
Have you guessed the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
They’re the only three members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to have only been selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game once. It seems weird to have had careers worthy of inclusion in pro basketball’s hall of fame with only one truly standout year, but these three guys all did it.
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.
Jon Stewart recently announced his departure from The Daily Show after 16 years and a few thousand episodes. Here are some interesting facts you may not know about The Daily Show.
Bands make music videos to make people aware of their latest single. Well, usually.
They don’t sell too many radios any more, but Radio Shack is still hanging in there…just barely.
Better Call Saul, a prequel to AMC’s Breaking Bad, debuted this week. And while it’s rare that a spinoff switches genre—from dark drama to comedy in this instance—the idea of a prequel series is nothing new.
It’s Oscar season, and we’ve got your fun Oscar facts.
The Tower of Pisa isn’t the only building in the world that’s having a hard time keeping everything straight.
Some call London’s Battersea Power Station an eyesore but it’s been featured in tons of stuff, including several famous album covers. Here’s a quick rundown on its history…
The best of the West meets the best of the East next weekend. Here are some fun facts about the NBA All-Star game.
It was recently announced that author Harper Lee would release a follow-up for To Kill a Mockingbird…55 years after the book’s release. Here are a few more long-delayed sequels.
