May 2011
For a while, a fictional city appeared on Google... →
For a while, a fictional city appeared on Google Maps for no apparent reason! The nonexistent settlement, called “Argleton,” was located just east of the civil parish of Aughton in West…
April 2011
Family Guy started as a cartoon called ldquo;Larry... →
Family Guy started as a cartoon called ldquo;Larry amp; Steverdquo;. It was a lot different back then. Check out Larry & Steve yourselves: You’ll notice that the two titular…
A young man witnessed his girlfriend being... →
A young man witnessed his girlfriend being murdered on webcam! The identity of the man has not been made known to the public, but in the early morning on April 15th, he watched helplessly from…
A murderer was caught because he tattooed the... →
A murderer was caught because he tattooed the crime scene on his chest. Thankfully, an LA homicide investigator was reviewing snapshots of gang member’s tattoos. He saw a tattoo on a young…
Xeroxrsquo;s first successful copier burst into... →
Xeroxrsquo;s first successful copier burst into flame so often that it came with its own fire extinguisher! In 1959, just a year after the company changed its name from Haloid to Haloid…
Men with ring fingers that are longer than their... →
Men with ring fingers that are longer than their index fingers are likely to have been exposed to more testosterone before birth. The correlation of this digit ratio to prenatal hormone levels…
American Idol judge Randy Jackson was once a... →
American Idol judge Randy Jackson was once a member of the band Journey! Back in the day, Jackson was a pretty accomplished bass guitar player. He was a member of Journey for two years and…
The U.S. Postal Service accidentally released a... →
The U.S. Postal Service accidentally released a stamp featuring the Las Vegas replica of the Statue of Liberty instead of the real thing! The service chose the photograph from a photography…
Gold and copper are the only metals that are... →
Gold and copper are the only metals that are naturally colorful, beyond mere shades of gray. In fact, if you want to change the color of gold, you have to combine it with a metal of a different…
There are no direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln... →
There are no direct descendants of Abraham Lincoln alive today. Lincoln had four sons, three of which died before achieving adulthood. Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest of the four, was the only…
Opossums are only pregnant for 11 to 13 days! →
Opossums are only pregnant for 11 to 13 days! Born less than two weeks after conception, newborn opossums are so small that 20 of them could fit into a teaspoon! However at this size, they…
A couple plans on naming their kid... →
A couple plans on naming their kid ldquo;Snickersrdquo;. Tim and Jennifer Scarne are trying to convince the M&M Mars company to pay for their daughter’s college education in exchange for the…
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The guy who does the creepy voice on the phone in... →
The guy who does the creepy voice on the phone in all four of the Scream movies was also the voice of Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls! Roger L. Jackson does not have many other notable…
Michelangelo, the painting of the Sistine Chapel,... →
Michelangelo, the painting of the Sistine Chapel, hated painting. He considered painting a vastly inferior art form in comparison to sculpture. He thought painting was usually a waste of time,…
The big toersquo;s name is ldquo;halluxrdquo;. →
The big toersquo;s name is ldquo;halluxrdquo;.
It’s actually the Latin word for big toe. The thumb has a similar name, “pollex”. The Hallux is usually the biggest toe on the foot, but the…
There are more Godzilla movies (28) than James... →
There are more Godzilla movies (28) than James Bond movies (22)! These are also two of the longest movie series ever. The first James Bond film came out in 1962, making the series nearly 50…
A man was able to engrave a microscopic message on... →
A man was able to engrave a microscopic message on the edge of a razor blade using only his bare hands. Graham Short is a 64-year-old copper and steel engraver from the UK. This doesn’t seem…
A 74-year-old woman in Idaho was caught... →
A 74-year-old woman in Idaho was caught vandalizing library books by pouring condiments into the book drop. Boise police were on the lookout for over a year for someone who had been pouring…
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are responsible for 7 of the top 10 highest-grossing films of the 1980s. Not only that, but they are also responsible for 4 of the top 5 films of that decade! The seven films include: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars Episodes V & VI, and the Indiana Jones trilogy. Spielberg also produced Back to the Future. Lucas began the decade with the completion of...
The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse claimed only 1 victim: a 3-legged dog. Leonard Coatsworth left his 3-legged paralyzed cocker spaniel in the back seat of his car. Coatsworth had abandoned the car while crossing the Tacoma Narrows Bridge because the bridge had begun swaying violently. He and a friend attempted to return to the car, but failed due to the strength of the bridge’s motion. ...
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The bananas we eat are asexual clones. We’ve been eating the same banana over and over and over again. The bananas have been bred to not produce seeds. This means that the bananas aren’t able to reproduce naturally. They can only spread when a human cuts from the base of another plant to make a new one. While this makes bananas easier to eat, it eliminates any chance of genetic adaptation...
Nutella, despite its chocolatey appearance, is primarily composed of hazelnuts.
This is probably a very common misconception - I know it fooled me for years! The “original hazelnut spread” is made of a blend of roasted hazelnuts, sugar, skim milk, and a touch of cocoa. Because it’s considered to be a healthy snack, a lot of the marketing dollars for Nutella actually go into pitching it as a...
Scientists used to think that the Stegosaurus had a brain its butt. This was because it was hard to believe that the 24 foot long animal could have survived with a brain roughly the size of a walnut. This led to suspicion that the stegosaurus was so large it needed two brains to maintain its bodily functions. Part of this confusion stemmed from the fact that the stegosaurus’ spinal cord features...
Gone With the Wind was not the first film to feature the use of profanity. Believe it or not, the word “damn” was remarkably commonplace in the intertitles of many silent movies. Silent actor John Gilbert even yelled “Goddamn you!” to the enemy during battle in the 1925 film The Big Parade and shouted “Christ! He’s dead!” two years later in The Show. In...
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Despite their name, no centipedes have 100 legs. Yes, the prefix centi- does mean “one hundred,” but this is more to imply “a large number” than to be taken as meaning an exact figure. In fact, most species of these insects possess 35-39 pairs of legs. They can have anywhere from 15 to 179 body segments, with one pair per section. The legs on the segment directly behind a centipede’s head...
There’s a basketball court hidden inside Disneyland’s Matterhorn Mountain! The mountain is actually a scale replica of the real Matterhorn in Switzerland. It was originally going to be a rock candy mountain, but the Swiss Alps impressed Walt Disney so much that he wanted to make his own mountain in Disneyland. If you go inside past a restricted area, you will find yourself in a...
Watching every episode of Sesame Street nonstop would take nearly half a year. The beloved children’s show has become such a cornerstone of public broadcasting that its longevity is largely taken for granted. To illustrate this trend, take a moment to try and guess the number of seasons it has been on the air…is it 20? 30..? 40…?! Try 41 seasons. That’s nearly twice as long as The...
The Earth is an estimated 4.54 billion years old;... →
The Earth is an estimated 4.54 billion years old; there’s an old rock in Australia that’s 4.4 billion years old! The rock was discovered nearly 30 years ago, and is known as the oldest known…
Chris Griffinrsquo;s middle name is... →
Chris Griffinrsquo;s middle name is ldquo;Cross.rdquo; As humorous as the name “Chris Cross” sounds, that wasn’t actually the reason Chris was given his middle name. It was an homage to…
Maple syrup can help you fight cancer and... →
Maple syrup can help you fight cancer and diabetes! Pure maple syrup contains 54 compounds beneficial to health. Many contain anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which have been…
A Texas prosecutor told Willie Nelson he could get... →
A Texas prosecutor told Willie Nelson he could get out of his drug charges by singing the attorneyrsquo;s favorite song. The country star was arrested this past November for possession of…
The melody of a song in Peter Pan was originally... →
The melody of a song in Peter Pan was originally intended to be used for Alice in Wonderland. Peter Pan’s opening tune “The Second Star to the Right” first existed as part of the Alice in…
