Between 2009 and 2018, Amazon paid a whopping 3 percent tax rate on its many, many billions of dollars in profits. Obviously, Amazon won't go broke making billions and paying virtually nothing. But how much would you have to tax Bezos each day to take all his money away in a year?
Read MoreWhether 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.
Read MoreProfessional 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?
Read MoreIt'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.
Read MoreIn a big win for fans of real world Michael Crichton novels, Chinese scientists have reportedly created living pig-monkey chimeras.
Read MoreAmerica spends more on military affairs than China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and Germany ... combined. Some of that spending is absolutely necessary, there's one thing that we can name that seems a bit excessive -- a missile packed with swords, called a "Ninja Bomb."
Read MoreIn a report that will warm your Grinch-ish heart this holiday season faster than the most crackling Yule log, the Korean Central News Agency made it known this week that the reclusive nation of North Korea has a "Christmas present" for the United States.
Read MoreThe world is a crazy place, full of bizarre plot lines that any editor in their right mind would reject as highly implausible.
Read MoreScandinavia'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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreLong 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.
Read MoreRussia 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."
Read MorePrior to the Rumble in the Jungle Muhammad Ali taunted Foreman mercilessly. Even the fans chanted, "Ali, bomaye" ("Ali, kill him"). That mugging marked the end of Foreman's undefeated streak and start of an unbeatable friendship.
Read MoreOld 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.
Read MoreIt 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?
Read MoreHave you ever looked at your cutie patootie kitty -- or any kitty for that matter -- and wished with all your heart and soul that it would shut the fluff up? Here's the quietest cat breed in the world.
Read MoreIn 2017, "Science Guy" Bill Nye joined the ant-Mickey Mouse Club and jointly filed a $28 million lawsuit against Disney. Per the LA Times, in December 2019, a court allowed the case to proceed. Here's why Nye wants to throw the book at Disney.
Read MoreThis holiday season, while you're playing with your freshly unwrapped drone or whatever radio operated doodads the youths are fiddling with these days, don't thank your parents or your spouse. Thank the electrifying genius Nikola Tesla. Here's Tesla's greatest invention you didn't know about.
Read MoreEvery army needs a good mascot. During World War II, Polish soldiers had a cigarette-smoking, beer-chugging brown bear named Wojtek. And despite the smoking, he was a breath of fresh air.
Read More"Be good, you must, or else under the tree presents from Santa there will not be." That's what Yoda would say. But perhaps Yoda could use a lesson from the dark side of American consumer culture, because his newly popularized brethren, Baby Yoda, will miss out on the Christmas shopping season.
Read MoreAh, Bill Gates! A perennial presence near the top of the Forbes list of billionaires, the co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, a prolific investor, and the co-founder of some small company called Microsoft. Say, how many billions do you think each of his children will inherit?
Read MoreThe most poisonous fish in the world has developed the ability to camouflage itself seamlessly amidst the coral and rocks of the ocean floor. When hunting, it can strike and kill its prey in a fraction of a second. It is also, scientifically speaking, more venomous than Reptile from Mortal Kombat.
Read MoreSo the common knowledge goes like this: a dog ages seven years for every one year they're gracing us with their presence. Maybe it's our fault for being so difficult to live with, but who's to say? Are dog years real or full of balogna?
Read MoreAlmost everybody loves coffee. You probably drank coffee when you first woke up this morning, and there's a decent chance that you're sipping on some right now. Human beings didn't evolve with coffee beans in their mouths, however. So when did people first start drinking coffee?
Read MoreThe internet is ablaze with rumors that one of the world's most iconic tokens of toking, Willie Nelson, quit smoking weed. For a society increasingly enamored with the emerald cabbage of jazz, this was devastating news. After all, Nelson penned the classic "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die."
Read MoreIt can be hard to remember what the martial arts movie scene was like before Jet Li came along, but here's a question: What, exactly, has this long and novel career path paid? Is Li merely comfortably wealthy, or could his peculiar profession have made him downright rich? Let's find out!
Read MoreJackie Chan is one of the world's most famous and long-tenured martial arts superstars and, for that matter, actors in general. According to his IMDb page, the venerable Kung Fu movie star made his debut in 1963, and now holds over 140 acting credits. How much money does Jackie Chan actually have?
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