50 Facts So Unbelievable You’ll Accuse Us of Lying
Sometimes, reality is crazy—crazier than anything a novelist or avant-garde filmmaker or even just a...
The Weirdest Superstitions People Use Every Day
It’s nice to imagine that humanity has evolved into an intellectually sophisticated bunch of people who...
23 Features on Your Clothes With a Surprising Purpose
Your clothing has the ability to simultaneously protect you from the elements and allows you...
30 Surprising Things You Never Knew About Target
Suffice it to say that in this day and age, it’s almost impossible not to...
Celebrities Who Are Secretly Amazing Athletes
We’ve all heard of athletes who successfully made the perilous transition from playing sports to...
30 Surprising Things You Never Knew About Ikea
Before Ikea came along, shopping for furniture was rough. It was a tedious, exhausting, often prohibitively...
50 Amazing Facts About Everyday Items
If you’ve ever doubted the cliché, “Everything has a story,” we’d like to direct your...
33 Everyday Things You Won’t Believe Have a Real Purpose
Since the first invention was patented in 1790 (a formula for fertilizer), people have been...
30 Amazing Facts About Your Office
There are countless things in your office that likely occupy more of your mental energy...
27 Amazing Facts About Household Objects
Home, as they say, is where the heart is. For most people, it’s the most...
The Craziest Fact About Every U.S. State
Meet the United States of Strange.
Why Quarters Have Ridges—And Other Amazing Money Facts
Behind every jingling coin in your pocket, there’s a story of its creation—why it has...
The 50 Weirdest Town Names in America
The United States is known as “the land of the free.” But honestly, “the land...
The 17 Weirdest New Words Added to the Scrabble Dictionary
Earlier this month, Merriam-Webster added 840 new entries to its dictionary, officially recognizing Millennial slang like...
30 Questions You’d Need to Ace to Pass 6th Grade Geography
Of all the stuff you learned in middle school, geography is what you most likely...
The Secret Reason Why Sandwiches Taste Better Cut in Half
Ever notice yourself enjoying a sandwich more after cutting it in half? Or that you...
The Meaning of Life—And 27 Other Major Unanswered Questions in Science
The last century—just the last decade, even—has seen astonishing leaps forward in science and technology,...
30 Real Trivial Pursuit Questions You Need to Be a Genius to Answer Correctly
Long before bars started offering the now-ubiquitous trivia nights—and, more recently, online trivia leagues gained in...
17 Celebrities You Had No Idea Were So Tall
Thanks to camerawork, it’s difficult to tell which celebrities are tall celebrities and which are...
20 Weirdest New Words That Have Been Added to the Dictionary
One of the most fascinating things about the English language is that it’s constantly shifting,...
