It probably won't come as a surprise that dogs and humans have a lot of genetic overlap. Seattle Pi writes that humans and dogs share about 84 percent of their DNA. Presumably that number is far higher for canines like McGruff the Crime Dog. But that's just the nature of living things.
Read MoreDogs love to bark. However, every rule has an exception, and there's an exceptional dog breed that doesn't typically bark at all. Unimaginatively dubbed the "Barkless Dog" that canine anomaly is the Basenji, and according to the American Kennel Club, it yodels.
Read MoreWith a drone, you can see the world from a whole new vantage point. But you may wish you hadn't. From natural phenomena seen from a brand new angle to things that are just plain weird, drones have captured footage of some very chilling stuff. Here's some spine-chilling things caught by drones.
Read MoreSome rich people just have so much time and money on their hands they don't know what to do with it all. The Hellfire Club was made of those sorts of people. Here's what really went on behind the closed doors of the Hellfire Club.
Read MoreChuck Norris is the patron saint of roundhouse kicks, but is he a legitimate martial arts, or just an actor? Good news -- according to Mixed Martial Arts and Martial Tribes, the amount of black belts Chuck Norris has is truly astounding.
Read MoreIt's easy to assume that Jean-Claude Van Damme's glory days have passed. As such, it wouldn't be out of order to assume that the millions Van Damme made during his heyday would have dwindled down to a much more modest pile of money. But is that really the case?
Read MoreAs noted in pop culture since time immemorial, dogs are a necessity when one is roaming the glassy wastes of the post apocalyptic deserts. Will Smith had one. Max Rockatansky had one. A Boy and His Dog seems to be a tale as old as time. Here's why doomsday preppers stockpile so much dog gear.
Read MoreThe World Health Organization found that monkey bites are the second most common animal bite injuries to affect travelers. But not every monkey you see will do the same amount of damage. What's the most dangerous monkey?
Read MoreThere are entire books filled with Bruce Lee quotes, and whether or not you've heard them before, they are guaranteed to provoke thought and motivate you. Here are some of his most powerful quotes.
Read MoreThe music biopic has long been a staple of the movies, and a well-made music biopic is practically guaranteed to be a smash hit. But it's hard for Hollywood to make good music biopics. Maybe it's just too hard to keep to events that actually happened. Here are music biopics that lied.
Read MoreYour grandparents probably believed these really bizarre things. Don't judge too harshly, though -- wait 50 years, you'll see.
Read MoreIn what's being hailed as a victory for people who loved Rogue One's Grand Moff Tarkin and his wet, dead eyes, The Hollywood Reporter has released an article stating that James Dean will be digitally resurrected for the upcoming Vietnam War drama Finding Jack.
Read MoreGood news for job seekers who weren't going to lint roll their clothes anyway: the St. Regis Aspen Resort, a "five-star luxury destination nestled at the base of Aspen Mountain" in beautiful Aspen, Colorado, is hiring a dog butler.
Read MoreRemember getting called out of class to have someone comb through your hair with a popsicle stick? What was all that about? Why were they sending home ominous slips of paper warning parents about "infestations" and grooming children like chimpanzees? Lice, of course! But can they get in your beard?
Read MoreIt goes without saying that Jurassic Park had to take some liberties, since Velociraptors have been extinct for eons. Still, raptor fans may be disappointed to learn that, from what paleontologists have pieced together, these vicious creatures looked wildly different from their Hollywood portrayal.
Read MoreJust like mankind, Mother Nature likes to screw around with animals. This is true in the strange case of the world's largest frog, a behemoth from the rain forests of Western Africa. How big is it? Let's just say it's "Goliath" sized.
Read MoreTheoretically, the crew of the starship Enterprise has always been the best that Starfleet had to offer. In practice, the Enterprise crew tends to make decisions that lead to exciting television, and are just terrible. Here are the worst things the crew of the starship Enterprise have ever done.
Read More2019's Harriet marks the first feature film about Harriet Tubman. While great care was taken to present the real Tubman, a few creative liberties were taken, to better illustrate her world and the values she stood for. Here are some of the things Harriet got wrong about Harriet Tubman's life.
Read MoreThe winner of the world's weirdest shark competition is the goblin shark. Goblin sharks have long sword-like noses and jowls like a bulldog. It is hideous, and also terrifying because it can do something weird with its mouth. Here's the goblin shark's weird bite explained.
Read MoreYour odds of death by shark attack are 1 in 3.7 million, which are lower than death by fireworks, lightning, or car accident combined. But attacks happen, and, as we've all heard, the best thing to do is bop the flesh eating aggressor on its schnoz. But does this actually work?
Read MoreA great many of shark species are capable of causing you bodily harm. Hard to believe, but it's true! And while there have been 33 different species identified in unprovoked attacks on humans, most come from just three dastardly, ornery species, which they call the "Big Three."
Read MoreLots of countries have organized crime syndicates, but perhaps none of them quite compare to Japan's yakuza. The yakuza are extremely violent, but they also hide in plain sight and many are known to the government. Here's the story behind the yakuza.
Read MoreIt's tough to say how smart raptors were. There's no way to experience their behavior first hand, and intelligence is a spectrum. While velociraptors may not have been great at math, they might have excelled in sculpting or theological studies. But were they smarter than dogs?
Read MoreIn 2017, a cigar-shaped object named 'Oumuamua drifted in from another solar system. Certain people still think it was a flying saucer, others are planning missions to land on it, and the "object" itself is just drifting further away. Here's the untold truth of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
Read MoreIn 2019, the residents of a house in Australia had a strange day when it started raining puppies. Well, to be fair, ABC News tells us it was just the one puppy. The adorable Wandi turned out to be a pure alpine dingo, making this random stray an extremely rare member of an endangered species.
Read MoreIn 2013, as Global News tells us, Polish insect researchers discovered a peculiar "lost" ant colony in a nuclear bunker. In 2016, they publicized its story. And in 2019, they verified the secret behind the colony's survival: Cannibalism.
Read MoreThis is the real life, it's not just fantasy: Queen, the omnipresent musical hit factory and subject of the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, is now worth more that the actual queen.
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