The Real Reason There Are Bibles In Hotel Rooms
Consider, for a moment, the Gideon Bible. It's the closest you'll get to something you can find in every hotel room without the use of a blacklight. Here is its story.
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Oceans Warming As If Five Atomic Bombs Were Dropped In Per Second
According to a study published in the February 2020 edition of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 was a big year for warming up the oceans, with their temperatures reaching record highs.
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Physicists Can't Explain Strange Particles Found In Antarctica
In an announcement presumably presided over by a mysterious husky whose sudden appearance nobody could properly explain, scientists are wrestling with the presence of mysterious, physics-defying particles that have been discovered busting up out of the ice in Antarctica.
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A Cosmonaut Made 'Space Beef' With A 3D Printer
Wouldn't it be awesome if they could make space food practically from scratch using a few cells as ingredients? Well, in 2019, a Russian cosmonaut on the ISS provided the first semblance of an answer to that question by making 'space beef.'
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Did Columbus Really See Mermaids?
Christopher Columbus, as you might have heard, is sort of a big deal in most history books because of the whole "discovered North America thing" -- even if his discovery of the "new" continent was one of those famous events that never actually happened. But you know what did? He saw mermaids.
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Why This Fire Has Been Burning Under Centralia, PA For Over 50 Years
This Pennsylvania town was once an ordinary slice of Americana, but these days, the ghostly ruins of the so-called 'real Silent Hill' has no zip code, no stores, and almost no people. Here is the story of Centralia, the town that sits atop an underground inferno that could rage for centuries.
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Why Is Saturn Losing Its Rings?
If our Solar System's planets were people on a bus, Saturn would be the guy in a purple cape, smelling of patchouli and smoking a corn husk pipe. With its distinctive rings, Saturn is the eccentric bus-guy of our cosmic neighborhood. Sadly, Saturn is slowly losing its ring-bedazzled mojo. But why?
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First 'Space Cookies' Return To Earth
One of the pinnacles of space science came in December 26, 2019, when NASA astronaut Christina Koch reported on Twitter that the ISS team had successfully baked cookies in space.
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How Much Food Is Actually Consumed On Super Bowl Sunday?
On Super Bowl Sunday, jubilant humans cheer like chimps and shovel ungodly quantities of calorie-rich deliciousness into their banana holes while watching two NFL teams try to eat each other alive on the gridiron. Here's how much food is consumed.
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Horror Movie Scenarios That Became A Disturbing Reality
The idea that viewers would copy horror movies is terrifying. People have copied what they see on screen since the beginning of cinema, but when a criminal brings a horror movie to life, it makes the world just a little scarier. These are horror movie scenarios that became a disturbing reality.
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The Troubled History Of Crazy Town
You might remember the rap-rock band Crazy Town thanks to their chart-topping hit single "Butterfly" and ... well, probably not all that much else. It's a shame, really, because their history is as rock 'n' roll as it gets -- and not always in a good way. This is the troubled history of Crazy Town.
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Snoop Dogg Made A 'Beyond Sausage' Donut Sandwich For Dunkin'
There are commercial collaborations that make sense, and there are ones that sound like a desperate ad executive brainstormed the whole campaign with Mad Libs five minutes before deadline. Who knows which end of the spectrum the team-up between Dunkin' and Snoop Dogg will end up, but here it is.
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Scientists Turned Their Own Frozen Poop Into Knives
After hearing a story of an Inuit man who fashioned his poop into a frozen blade, scientists wanted to see for themselves whether it would cut. So they turned their own frozen poop into knives.
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Thousands Of Alien Stars Discovered In Our Galaxy
Our actual galaxy has "thousands" of alien stars, just hanging around like it isn't even a thing. The reason behind this is as fascinating as it is weird.
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Australian Wildfires Incinerate Over 1 Billion Animals
According to the University of Sydney, those Australian wildfires have now claimed the lives of a billion or more native animals.
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We Now Understand Why The Inca Empire Crumbled
The Inca were one of the great civilizations but they're pretty mysterious, too. because they didn't develop a system of writing. That has modern historians scratching their heads, but archaeologists have made major strides in putting together a picture of just how and why the Inca Empire crumbled.
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The Dog Breed That Is Closest To A Fox
There's an old saying that says you can't run with the fox and hunt with the hounds. But what if a hound looks just like its sly brethren? Here's which doggie dissembler comes closest to running with the fox.
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The Tragic Death Of Geronimo
Sometime in the 1820s, according to History, a man named Goyahkla, or "The One Who Yawns," was born in the Southwest. In time, he would grow to become the legendary Apache leader Geronimo, a key figure in American history, after the Mexican army murdered his family. This is how he died.
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How Much Does The Royal Family Actually Cost The UK?
anuary 2020, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, announced that they were distancing themselves from thrones in general, and would work to become "financially independent." But how much are they costing the UK?
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The Truth About Why Henry VIII Was So Fat
Iconic monarch. Cornerstone of the English Reformation. Dedicated collector of wife heads and employer of potty buddies ... None of these descriptions can do justice to Henry VIII, at least not so well as this one: dude was fat. Here's why.
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Sloped Toilet Designed To Shorten Workplace Bathroom Breaks
2019 saw the unveiling of a new weapon in the corporate war -- resting and restrooms. Instead of merely monitoring how long employees spend on the toilet, one company seeks to make toilets so uncomfortable that employees will limit bathroom breaks on their own.
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The Truth About Calico Jack's Death
Calico Jack. He's well known enough that you've probably heard his name, but the man captained a ship for less than two years, which is around the same amount of time most people work at a sandwich shop after high school. Why did he die so quickly?
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Man Has Taxidermist Preserve The Bones Of His Amputated Arm
When Canadian Mark Holmgren lost an arm in a nasty accident, the thought of throwing it away was so painful that he insisted on having it preserved by a taxidermist.
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Drummer For Rush Dies At 67
Neil Peart, considered by many to be the greatest rock drummer of all time, passed away at the age of 67 on January 7 after a "private, three and a half-year struggle with brain cancer.
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The Most Someone Has Paid For A Super Bowl Ticket
Fans who are dead-set on watching the Super Bowl in person will cough up the cost of a car or even a house just to get their hands on a Super Bowl ticket. Unsurprisingly, the priciest tickets are too rich for most people's blood. But who has hemorrhaged the most money for a ticket to the Super Bowl?
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The Truth About The Multi-Million Dollar McDonald's Monopoly Scam
It's a series of events drenched in intrigue and deception, greed and subterfuge. It is the tale of America's most iconic eatery, McDonald's, getting taken for a multi-million dollar ride. And like most stories about families being torn apart, it all starts with Monopoly.
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Mystery Deaths Among Amish People Caused By Genetic Mutation
While some Amish use public electricity and drive cars, there are certain circumstances in which the social isolation associated with their lifestyle creates more harm than charm -- like a 2020 study that investigated a spate of largely unexplained deaths that plagued two Amish families.
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