• The First Thing Bill Gates Bought When He Got Rich

    It's a common fantasy: If you suddenly became rich, what would be the first thing you'd buy? Even someone like Bill Gates, who now has more money than some countries, once wrestled with that particular situation. What was the first thing he bought when he got rich?

    By Pauli Poisuo December 10th, 2019 Read More
  • Lawmakers Who Were Caught Breaking The Law

    Some say we're living in a golden age of political corruption, but the truth is that Congress has always been a bit corrupt. If there's a law, chances are a lawmaker has broken it. Just because you're the ones responsible for making the rules doesn't mean you have to like them.

    By Brian Steele December 10th, 2019 Read More
  • KFC Selling Chicken-Scented Fire Log To Crisp Up Holidays

    KFC will now sell "chicken-scented fire logs" to warm your buns in time for Christmas. The chicken purveyors have teamed with Enviro-Log to bring you the "11 Herbs & Spices Firelog," a shameless name from a company which delights in shining the light of capitalism into the world's darkest crevices.

    By Jim Dykstra December 10th, 2019 Read More
  • All-Silver Kanye Leads Nativity Opera On A Boat

    Kanye West has been at the "super into religion" stage of his career for a while now, and it looks like we're well past the stage where Sunday church and scripture are enough to tickle Yeezy's fancy. Now, it's all about silver robes, face paint and nativity scenes. In an opera. On a boat.

    By Pauli Poisuo December 10th, 2019 Read More
  • Man Who Ate $120,000 Banana Art Installation Isn't Sorry

    Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 installation called "Comedian" was literally just an ordinary banana duct taped to a wall. It's not the most bizarre thing found in a museum, but it's up there. One day, some guy just walked up and ate the delicious, delicious wall banana. And he's not sorry about it.

    By Pauli Poisuo December 10th, 2019 Read More
  • Celebs Who Lost It In TV Interviews

    One of the biggest stops for celebrities who are promoting a new project is the talk show circuit. Sometimes, though, TV interviews with famous people go horribly off the rails. Celebrities have bad days at work too, but they have them on camera. Here are some celebs who lost it in TV interviews.

    By Asher Cantrell December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • What Are The Rarest Sneakers In The World?

    From Nelly lyrics, to Jordan ads, people have long been bombarded with messages telling them that their identity is tied up in sneakers -- the rarer the better. In fact, people literally kill for hard-to-afford (and thus hard-to-get) sneakers. So what are the rarest sneakers in the world?

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • What Is The Fastest Car In The World?

    At some point, we've all stared at the ceiling and thought to ourselves "I wonder how fast cars can go?" The answer, of course, depends on the car, and what your definition of "car" is. The point is, the world's fastest car is less of a car and more what you'd call a space shuttle on wheels.

    By Tom Meisfjord December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Here's How Much Money Vince McMahon Makes Per Year

    Whether you think Vince McMahon has the Midas Touch or the Merde Tush, he makes dump trucks of money. In other words, Vince McMahon earns more than enough money each year to tell any wrestler to kiss his green backside.

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Why Sting Can Never Wrestle In The WWE Again

    Professional wrestling, also known as "the sport of kings," has seen dozens of iconic performers come and go over the years. Sting didn't make the jump to WWE until the 2010s, wrestling in the 2015 Night of Champions event before promptly announcing his retirement the next year. So what happened?

    By Tom Meisfjord December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Can The President Pardon Himself?

    It's difficult to know exactly why, but in recent days, the question has been raised: can the president of the United States extend a presidential pardon to himself? Maybe it's a societal innocent curiosity, or because Mercury is stuck in retrograde.

    By Tom Meisfjord December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Finland Names World's Youngest Prime Minister

    Scandinavia's been getting a lot of attention lately. Sweden's got Greta Thunberg staring daggers of ice into anyone alive when PacMan was invented, Norway's got Olaf from Frozen, and Finland? Well, now they've got themselves the world's youngest prime minister.

    By Jim Dykstra December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • The Dog Breed That Acts Most Like A Cat

    If cats act like dogs, and dogs act like cats, then maybe their distinguishing behavioral traits aren't quite as distinctive as people think. Here's the canine most likely to get catty with you.

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • The Real Reason Nikola Tesla Died So Poor

    Long before Michel Foucault learned that "knowledge is power," Nikola Tesla brilliantly illustrated that genius is AC power. Tesla had a goldmine sitting between his ears, and his fruitful mind produced world-changing inventions. But sometimes the world makes no sense, and Tesla died penniless.

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Russia Banned From All Global Sport Including Olympics, World Cup

    Russia has a bit of a reputation for making questionable decisions in order to further its interests. It might not be a surprise that the "World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has imposed a four-year ban on Russia from all global sport, including the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup finals."

    By Jim Dykstra December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • Who Was The Fastest Gunslinger In The West?

    Old West narratives aren't just full of plot holes and mysteries; they're also riddled with bullet holes. Some of those bullets were fired by the fastest gunslingers ever to bust a cap. Here's the fastest gunslinger in the West.

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More
  • The Most Aggressive Chicken Breed In The World

    It seems that some chickens -- no matter how kind you are to them -- just can't be saved from their own anger. So the best you can do is just save yourself from them. So what chicken breeds is most likely to reenact a Hitchcock film? Which chicken breed is the most aggressive in the world?

    By A. C. Grimes December 9th, 2019 Read More