Spotted dolphins are almost always spotted with large tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Does the chicken of the sea naturally make a great wing man? Somebody ought to ask dolphins about that. Unfortunately, fishermen have bigger fish to fry, namely, the large tuna.
Read MoreF for the left index finger, J for the right, the correct starting position for touch typists since approximately forever.
Read MoreDesigned by Gustave Eiffel for the centennial celebration of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower heralded a "revolution" in civil engineering. An imposing 1,063 feet tall, it could literally tower over older architectural marvels such as St. Peter's Basilica and Giza's Great Pyramid.
Read MoreTeslas remain the vegan diet of the transportation world: healthier, yes, and a great way of communicating your superiority to your fellow man, but just too expensive for most people to realistically go for.
Read MoreIf you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for a glass of milk. So, one might logically conclude that if you give a mouse a house, it will ask for a magic kingdom. When the Walt Disney Company became the House of Mouse, its resident rodent helped build an empire.
Read MoreIt's probably no surprise larger predators in the wild can summon up really significant bites. Among cats, there's one feline more ferocious than any other.
Read MoreAt this moment, there's a chance that you're staring at your phone, contemplating what to do next, having realized far too late in the game that there's no toilet paper left on the roll. Then, almost as an afterthought, "How did folks deal with this in the old days?"
Read MoreAs their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame notes, Pink Floyd is a magnificent progressive band, a pioneering psychedelic rock group, and a stadium-filling crowd-pleaser all in one. While their most famous antics may have involved strange stories about flying pigs ...
Read MoreIn March 2020, an Arizona man died in an ill-fated attempt to become immune to COVID-19. He and his wife consumed a fish tank cleaner called chloroquine phosphate after confusing it with a similar-sounding malaria medication: chloroquine.
Read MoreBillions around the world are staying home, and as a result, air quality is improving. Here's the truth about the pandemic's effect on air quality.
Read MoreOn a film set, sometimes a stunt seems minor and like no big deal. If the actor is feeling bold and the production's insurance will cover it, it's probably fine, right? But sometimes, accidents can happen and actors can end up majorly hurt. Here are actors who were tragically injured on set.
Read MoreThe truth about the life of Jean Lafitte, the pirate of New Orleans, is shrouded in mystery, while myths, legends, hoaxes, and forgeries abound.
Read MoreYou'd think that being a UPS driver might be a pretty chill gig, right? Guess again. There are tons of strict rules all UPS truck drivers have to follow.
Read MoreSome say that the wavelength used by 5G networks was designed to incapacitate the human immune system, others that the towers themselves were being used to transmit the disease.
Read MoreTimes of crisis bring out the best in people... and the worst in others. Here's what you need to know to avoid pandemic-related phone scams.
Read MoreThe late Billy Mays built a career around high-energy salesmanship, convincing the public that what they really needed was a product like OxiClean.
Read MoreUPS delivered 3.5 million packages and documents per day in 2019. No doubt the numbers are bigger this year -- but that doesn't mean the job is any easier.
Read MoreNormally, it takes two miracles to qualify as a saint. But New Orleans Saint Tom Dempsey was canonized in the annals of football for a single miracle that put his team two points ahead of the Detroit Lions in 1970.
Read MoreThough you could never tell by just listening to the band's music, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen famously plays with 25 percent less limbs than your average drummer, due to the unfortunate fact that he has no left arm. Here's how that all went down.
Read MoreMichael Jordan is the best to ever play the game. Here are some Michael Jordan myths you might believe.
Read MoreThe Kingdom of Kush was an ancient civilization located in Northeast Africa, just south of Ancient Egypt. The Kushites were winners and losers; underdogs and overlords; aggressively expanding and defensively skulking into the historical shadows. This is the true history of the lost Kingdom of Kush.
Read MoreVideo games are at their core all about empowerment fantasy, and there are a couple of wish-fulfillment best case scenarios if you like the idea of smashing someone's fictional face into combo-vulnerable paste. The first is being Bruce Lee. The second is beating him up.
Read MoreJust weeks after Disney parks shuttered, reports are circulating and speculating about when they can ditch social distancing and resume making fire up above without coming under fire for it.
Read More"Basket Case." "Wake Me Up When September Ends." "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." "When I Come Around." Minority." Yes, it's Green Day, and no, they're not exactly short of hits. But there's one hit that almost never saw the light of day.
Read MoreThe Red Hot Chili Peppers didn't arrive to their peppery name destination without a measure of trial and error.
Read More"Mercury is in retrograde," comes the voice of every astrologer on social media, and just like that, it all makes sense: your computer didn't break because you went four years without cleaning the fans, it happened because Mercury was in retrograde. Is there any truth to this?
Read MoreOf the Three Stooges, Curly is generally the most fondly remembered. Which makes his tragically short life all the sadder.
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