Hilarious Things That Really Happened With Nuclear Weapons
Nukes can destroy the world, but they're not always treated with the utmost respect
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False Things You Believe About Walt Disney
One of the most famous filmmakers of all time, Walt Disney’s story is larger than life … and that’s thanks to some major myth-building, both good and bad. Much of what we believe about Disney is just plain false, so let’s set the record straight.
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American Pickers' Mike Wolfe Knows He Shouldn't Have Sold These Items
Wolfe travels the country, looking for old things to sell or reuse. Sometimes, he sells something that he wishes he hadn't. Strangely, it isn't a rusty old sign or a bike he may have paid more money for than it's worth.
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The Surprising Job Ex-NBA Player Vin Baker Took After Going Broke
Vin Baker had a long and successful career with the NBA, playing on six different teams over 13 years and earning nearly $100 million. How did someone with all that talent and money end up working at a Starbucks?
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The Great Fire Of London Finally Explained
In 1666, when the Great Fire of London swept through the city streets, it destroyed a massive part of the medieval structures. To finally explain the Great Fire of London, learn exactly how it was started, what was destroyed, and why a French watchmaker was blamed for starting the fire.
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This Is The Least Popular Member Of Blackpink
It's a bit difficult to reduce all of this information into "most popular" or "least popular" when considering social media engagement, general public perception, endorsements and engineered publicity, language ability, dancing and singing acumen, and so on. Debates among fandom are never ending,
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The Real Reason Bright Lights Make Some People Sneeze
Case in point: have you ever had a sneeze attack as soon as you walk out into the sun? Or do bright lights help you sneeze when you get a tickle in your nose? Luckily, you're not as weird as your friends think you are as you stumble around in search of a bright light to help you say "achoo!"
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This Is The Oldest Recorded Joke In History
Humor is a distinctly human trait. While different cultures and generational groups might disagree on what we find most funny, the tendency to laugh at jokes unites all of humanity. And humor is by no means a modern invention; humans have probably been telling jokes since we first started talking.
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Why Sammy Hagar Left Van Halen Twice
During the recording of 1995's Balance, Sammy and Eddie's "once harmonious songwriting relationship hit a sour patch," per Ultimate Classic Rock. "That was the record where if I said black, Eddie said white, and I'd say, 'Okay, white,' he'd say, 'No, I want black,'" remembered Hagar.
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Saturn's Moon Has Sinkholes. Here's How That's Possible
It turns out that some sinkholes are more extraterrestrial than we thought. Scientists now believe the mysterious lakes discovered on Saturn's moon Titan could be sinkholes, revealed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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The Untold Truth Of The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is often credited with creating the first major hip hop album and the first chart-topping rap single "Rapper's Delight" in 1979. The untold truth of the Sugarhill Gang is that their groundbreaking hit had a bass line lifted from Chic's "Good Times" and included stolen lyrics.
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The Real Reason Angus Young Started Wearing Schoolboy Uniforms On Stage
AC/DC's lead guitarist Angus Young is well known for his wild stage presence, including his duck walk and schoolboy uniforms. Angus Young has been wearing his schoolboy uniform on stage for the last four decades, but the reason he does is because his older brother Malcolm insisted on it.
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This Was One Of Van Halen's Absolute Worst Albums
Most popular bands have made a bad record. For Van Halen, the consensus seems to be that 1998's Van Halen III tops the worst album list. Not too surprising, really. Any sequels with a three in the name really never measure up, do they?
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The Truth About Motley Crue's Former Female Drummer
In 2000, Mötley Crüe lost both longtime drummer Tommy Lee and his replacement, Randy Castillo, within a matter of months. According to NRK, drummer Samantha Maloney, then best known as Hole's touring drummer, got an e-mail from Nikki Sixx asking if she'd like to fill in. She jumped on a plane.
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The Real Reason AC/DC Brought Back Phil Rudd
Rudd's "procuring murder" charges, as they are called in New Zealand, were dropped within days of his arrest, but he remained charged with "possession of methamphetamine, possession of cannabis, and threatening to kill." AC/DC released a short statement.
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The Bizarre History Of The Eiffel Tower
As one of the most iconic landmarks in Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower stands at 300 meters high, but few people know that the Eiffel Tower was actually built for the International Exposition in France in 1889. This is the bizarre history of Gustave Eiffel and the harsh criticism he faced.
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The Hidden Meaning Behind Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail Album Cover
When Jay-Z released 2013's Magna Carta ... Holy Grail, critics were particularly savage, as The Atlantic recounts. Pretentious, portentous "dad rap" written by a "bored first-class denizen on his fourth Bloody Mary ordering opulent, au courant, marvelously vapid beats out of a SkyMall catalog."
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The Untold Truth Of Comedian Mitch Hedberg
Here are facts you might not have known about Mitch Hedberg, the amazing comedian we lost too soon.
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Terrible Names These Legendary Bands Had Originally
Picking a band name isn't easy. Often, it takes a few tries to get it right, even for groups that have become iconic. And some of the original names of legendary bands are dumb, confusing, and downright terrible.
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The Craziest Cases Of Mistaken Arrest
These are some of the craziest cases of mistaken arrest.
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The Untold Truth Of Weezer
Weezer has gone through a lot of ups and downs over the years, and there are probably a few twists and turns in their history that you've never heard of. Let's fix that and take a look at the untold truth of Weezer.
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What Percent Of Your Brain Do You Really Use?
Pretty sure you've heard that we humans only use 10 percent of our brains. You probably heard it from teachers or from movies. But, like many things school lied to you about, this is one fact that definitely doesn't stand up to actual science.
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The Truth About The Man Who Saved More Lives Than Anyone Else In History
Society is indeed full of heroic figures like these. But when it comes to the total number of lives saved, there is one man who has all these others beat. That man is the American agricultural expert Norman Borlaug, who may have prevented over a billion deaths.
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This Is Why Elon Musk Left South Africa
His mom has Canadian citizenship, which he therefore shares, so it was simply a good choice for him when thinking of the future. Canada was a gateway to Silicon Valley, full of "all the cool stuff." Musk did exactly that: He leveraged his education in Canada to move to the US and build a startup.
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The Real Reason Depeche Mode Is Being Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
British New Wave group Depeche Mode have been up for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2017 and 2018, so why are they finally being inducted in 2020? The real reason Depeche Mode is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame might have to do with their heavy use of synths.
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Inside The Texas Blue Dog Sightings
Dr. Phylis Canion, a rancher/nutrionist in Cuero County, caught sight of a bluish, hairless, dog-ish creature on her property in 2007 that supposedly sucked all the blood from her goats, chickens, and other livestock. Canion's story spread because of an episode of The Unexplained Files.
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The Tragic Death Of David Brockie From Gwar
Brockie's roommates found him unconscious at his home the night of March 23. They called the authorities, who pronounced Brockie dead; he was just 50 years old. The Associated Press later released the news that an autopsy revealed he had died of an accidental heroin overdose.
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