• What Really Happened When The Mona Lisa Was Stolen

    Everybody, at some point, has stolen something, either in a moment of misspent youth or as a shady adult who should really know better by now. Generally, though, our forays into criminality don't end with billion dollar items in our pockets. Here's what really happened when the Mona Lisa was stolen.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 29th, 2019 Read More
  • Bruce Lee Vs Chuck Norris: Who Would Win?

    Chuck Norris is the Total Gym-peddling subject of a thousand memes who wields the combined power of beards and roundhouse kicks. Bruce Lee is, well, the first name most people think when the subject of greatest martial artists in history comes up. So, which of these two would win in a fight?

    By Pauli Poisuo November 29th, 2019 Read More
  • What Will Really Happen If Trump Is Impeached

    What will really happen if President Donald Trump is impeached? While the Founding Fathers couldn't have prepared for everything, they did leave us with ways to remove law-breaking presidents. Robert Mueller is investigating whether that happened, but here's what will happen if Trump is impeached.

    By Nicholas Conley November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • The Ugliest Fish In The World

    Up and down the rungs of the fourth estate cling hundreds of writers, waiting in anxious anticipation for their Woodward and Bernstein moment. And so, with this in mind, we respectfully present to you, the reader, our pick for the fish with the ugliest fish on the planet.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • Quacking Ducks Win Noise Complaint Case Against Cranky Neighbor

    Perhaps the award for worst neighbor of all-time, though, should go to the anonymous person in the town of Dax, France. This ornery neighbor, who consciously made the decision to buy a house next to a small farm, got so fed up with the sounds produced by said farmer's ducks that they sued. And lost!

    By Nicholas Conley November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • The Highest Paid CEO In The World

    Bernie Sanders famously proclaimed, "I don't think that billionaires should exist." For the time being, they do exist. Here is the highest-paid CEO in the world.

    By A. C. Grimes November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • Who Was The World's First Billionaire?

    John Davison Rockefeller was basically Daniel Plainview in that he was an oil man who had zero qualms about drinking your milkshake. And crossing him meant there would be blood. The owner of Standard Oil and founder of the University of Chicago became the world's first confirmed billionaire in 1916.

    By A. C. Grimes November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • Here's How Much Steven Seagal Is Really Worth

    In 2013, Vice contributor Jamie Lee Curtis Taete called Steven Seagal "the lamest guy ever." Those sound like fighting words, which you might not want to level at a guy who has multiple black belts. But is his pocketbook as lame as the rest of him? How much money is Steven Seagal really worth?

    By A. C. Grimes November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • What Is The Most Annoying Sound In The World?

    Some of you will be shocked to learn that despite all the fashionable rage they've inspired over the years, Nickelback is not in fact the most annoying sound in the world. Chewing ice would also be a nice pick because it's like an ice pick to the eardrums. But what is the most annoying sound?

    By A. C. Grimes November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • When Will The World Run Out Of Water?

    You might not know this, but water is pretty important. It's what fills our balloons, cleans our hubcaps and comes out of the top of locomotives when they toot! Which begs the question: Is there ever a time when we'll run out of the stuff?

    By Jim Dykstra November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • How High Is Bill Gates' IQ?

    As the man behind Microsoft and one of the richest people on the planet, it's only to be expected that Bill Gates has a pretty decent head on his shoulders. But exactly how high is the man's IQ?

    By Pauli Poisuo November 27th, 2019 Read More
  • The Most Powerful Warrior Queens In History

    Warrior queens are rarer than warrior kings, due to the nature of history's treatment of women in power. When they're even allowed power, that is. The good news is, the ones that do exist are cool as hell. Here are the most powerful warrior queens in history.

    By Benito Cereno November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Most Expensive Bird In The World

    What's the most you'd pay for a bird? $100,000? $200,000? How many of your mansions and thoroughbred horse ranches would you be willing to take out second and third mortgages on to get your mitts around the avian of your dreams? The most expensive bird in the world is not what you'd think.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Truth About Oreo Cows

    People increasingly live in an age where facts don't matter and the matters of fact are scorned as myths. As the very idea of objective truth dangles at the precipice of Orwellian irrelevance, many people say they want to know the truth about Oreo cows.

    By A. C. Grimes November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Untold Truth Of The World's Dirtiest Man

    Not everybody has a nose for modern views on cleanliness. One of those undoubtedly sturdy noses belongs to an Iranian villager named Amou Haji, a man who not only pooh-poohs bathing but smokes animal poo, making him possibly the world's dirtiest man. What underlies Haji's extremely unclean behavior?

    By A. C. Grimes November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Real Reason The Mona Lisa Is So Valuable

    The Mona Lisa is perhaps the world's most recognizable piece of artwork. It's also, at 21 inches by 30 inches, about the same size as most office break room posters. How did it become the most highly valued painting in the world when it started as something King Francois I looked at while he pooped?

    By Tom Meisfjord November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • How Much Michael Bloomberg Has To Spend Daily To Go Broke

    Donald Trump might boast about his billionaire status, but the current president can hardly compete with his latest challenger: Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of NYC who is sitting on an unbelievable $53 billion. Just how much would Bloomberg have to spend every day to go broke?

    By Pauli Poisuo November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Real Reason Dave Bautista Left The WWE

    When Dave Bautista debuted in the WWE as Deacon Batista, the piously muscular henchman of the Reverend D'Von Dudley, he didn't exactly scream, "big screen" or "big star" and certainly not "Star Lord." But good Lord, Bautista was big. That is, until in 2010 he left the WWE unexpectedly.

    By A. C. Grimes November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Rarest Chicken Breed In The World

    Let's address the elephant in the room: a truly rare chicken is a terrible idea. It puts you at risk of salmonella, so make sure to always cook it all the way through. Awesome jokes aside, let's take a look at what just might be the single rarest chicken breed in the world.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • The Truth About The Black Zones On Google Earth

    Maybe the truth about the black zones on Google Earth is that some places on Earth don't need to be and probably shouldn't be seen by every human with internet access. But that's boring, and this is an age where pizzazz matters more than facts and logic.

    By A. C. Grimes November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • Largest Post-War Art Theft Committed At Dresden Royal Palace Museum

    In a third-act twist that nobody expected, Germans are getting their gold, art, and jewels stolen and Indiana Jones has nothing to do with it. German police reported that in the early hours of November 25th, a very Hollywood heist took place in the Grünes Gewölbe museum at the Dresden Royal Palace.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 26th, 2019 Read More
  • How Real Is Peaky Blinders?

    Peaky Blinders is a phenomenon. But have you stopped to ask yourself: How real is this seemingly elaborately constructed slice of history everyone's obsessing over? Is everything in the show accurate, or has the flat cap-wearing populace based its fandom on a cynical lie? How real is Peaky Blinders?

    By Pauli Poisuo November 25th, 2019 Read More
  • Here's How Michael Bloomberg Spends His Billions

    Though he's toyed with the idea in the past, it seems that billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a one-time Republican is actually running for president in 2020 as a democratic candidate. How does the richest man in New York and the ninth richest man in America spend his money?

    By Jim Dykstra November 25th, 2019 Read More
  • How Gliders Really Fly Without An Engine

    Paper airplanes are easily the greatest thing since sliced tree corpses. But if they're supposed to be airplanes, then shouldn't they need to be powered by little paper engines and steered by little paper pilots with little paper flasks full of alcohol? How do gliders fly without engines?

    By A. C. Grimes November 25th, 2019 Read More
  • Snakes Used To Have Legs, New Fossil Shows

    It is a long-accepted truism that there is not a single animal on Earth that would be less creepy if it had more legs. You might think that snakes would benefit from the addition of lil' paws to their serpentine forms. You'd be wrong. And, thanks to a new fossil find, science can now prove it.

    By Tom Meisfjord November 25th, 2019 Read More