'World's Worst Cat' Has Found A Home
A cat deemed "the world's worst" has found a home, proving that anything is possible.
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How The Ancient Greeks Figured Out The World Was Round
While modern physics and satellite imagery side firmly with the Greeks, you might wonder how they arrived at the not-always-accepted wisdom of modern science.
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The Truth About Lizzie Borden's House
Lizzie Borden. Not Elizabeth. Her story is one of the better mostly-unsolved murders in American history. Here's the truth about the house where the Borden murders took place.
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What Was The World's First Website?
Thankfully, while the first website on Earth wasn't anything pretty, it also wasn't the sparkly mess that would overrun everybody's screens by the mid-'90s.
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'Mathematicians, Geeks' Celebrate A Rare Palindrome Day
This particular year features one particular date that gives "mathematicians and geeks" chills. We're talking, of course, about 02/02/2020, a date that gave us events such as the Super Bowl and the Groundhog Day. Its eight digits double as a palindrome -- an extremely rare occurrence.
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Did Steven Seagal Actually Work With The CIA?
Steven Seagal has been making heavy allusions to his involvement with the Central Intelligence Agency since his early days in Hollywood. He's stated that he "did special favors" for the CIA and helped to train their operatives. But did he actually work with them?
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The Most Deadly Outbreaks In History
Of all the ways humanity could abruptly end, disease is the scariest. It's invisible, can spread quickly, and the only surefire defense is complete isolation. In 2020, fears are riding high about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but does it compare to the most deadly outbreaks in history?
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Tragic Details About Van Halen
It hasn't been good times all the time for Van Halen. The group has endured set backs, rough times, and more.
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The Real Reason Why Kansas City Is In Missouri
When the Kansas City Chiefs were proclaimed the victors of the 2020 Super Bowl, President Trump made a rather embarrassing blunder on Twitter: he congratulated the wrong state, crediting the victory to the "Great state of Kansas." Oops. Here's the real reason why Kansas City is in Missouri.
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Why Are Legos So Expensive?
These days, you can get LEGO sets of nearly all conceivable shapes, sizes and themes, but unfortunately, there's still one thing where there's not much room to negotiate: The price of all LEGO sets tends to be rather steep. Say, what's up with that? How come LEGOs are so incredibly expensive?
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The Mars 2020 Mission Explained
NASA will be returned to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 mission, which looked just like the last mission with a few notable exceptions.
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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of LeBron James
LeBron James has had his fair share of hardships. From his childhood to the passing of a close friend, here’s the tragic real-life story of LeBron James.
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Here's How Much Money Mark Twain Was Worth When He Died
Arguably one of America's most famous and revered novelists, Twain didn't start out with a yen for a pen. Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River, what he wanted more than anything was to become a riverboat captain. Here's how much he was worth when he died.
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The Truth About Snoop Dogg's Murder Trial
Snoop Dogg is a household name. But in 1994, Snoop had yet to beat a murder rap after being accused of taking part in the drive-by shooting of a gang member.
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The Reason People Used To Drink The Blood Of Executed Criminals
As we may have pointed out before, medical science hasn't always been an exact science. For a good long time, a deeply backwards thought process led folks to believe that drinking blood could treat epilepsy.
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The Real Reason Bruce Lee Had Two Funerals
On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died at the unbelievably young age of 32. Already a mega star in China, Lee left a black hole where the stardom used to be. His passing was a shock in the U.S., too, but each country would mourn differently. Here's why Lee had two funerals.
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The Truth About The Smallest Dinosaur In The World
Dinosaurs were some seriously big mofos. There were also an array of smaller ones, and no, that doesn't just include cute little newborns like the baby T-rex, and those famously small compsognathus critters you remember from Jurassic Park. Here's the truth about the smallest dino in the world.
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What Really Killed Queen Victoria?
Victoria's reign was marked by a period of great economic progress in England, as well as advances in learning and technology. There was still grinding poverty, but it was a start. She made it into the 20th century, however briefly, before her death. Here's what killed her.
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The Real Reason Jet Li Refused A Role In The Matrix
The mid-2000s were a hell of a time to have a symmetrical face and know how to kick things. It was Jet Li's time to shine. Why wouldn't he want in on the Matrix?
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Words You Had No Idea Shakespeare Invented
Shakespeare was a poet as well as a storyteller, and when he didn't find a word that suited, he felt well within his capacity to invent one from whole cloth. As a result, he is credited with coining some of the most common words and turns-of-phrase still in use today.
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The Untold Truth Of Groundhog Day
Have you ever felt like your life was so pointlessly repetitive that you felt tempted to punch a clock to death? That's what Groundhog Day does to you. Here's how it all got started.
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Coronavirus Is Now A 'Global Public Health Emergency'
With 213 reported deaths and just shy of 10,000 confirmed cases across twenty countries, the Wuhan coronavirus has now been categorized by the WHO as a global public health emergency of international concern.
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The Untold Truth Of The Mini-Human-On-A-Chip
To make an omelet you have to break a few eggs, but to make a pharmaceutical you have to break the bank. But that may change, thanks to a team of eggheads at Harvard and Tel Aviv University who have managed to reproduce a human via tiny chips.
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Dog Owner Buys $6 Million Super Bowl Ad For Vet School That Saved Pet
When you own a highly profitable company and a vet school saves your dog from dying of cancer, there's only one thing to do... spend $6 million on a Super Bowl ad to thank them.
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How Pablo Escobar's Former Hippos Are Ruining Colombia
To say that Colombian cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar was prone to excess would be putting it mildly. At the time of his death in 1993 Escobar was worth an estimated $30 billion and he was not one to conceal his immense wealth. So he bought hippos. Now, they're ruining Colombia.
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The Cat Breed That Is Closest To A Tiger
If there were ever a domesticated animal that doesn't feel domesticated, it's cats. If you've ever fantasized about going bigger, though — such as, you know, having a pet tiger — you wouldn't be the first one. Here's a good compromise -- that cat breed that's closest to a tiger.
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