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Red Square in Moscow has absolutely nothing to do with the communist political party or the color of the surrounding brick buildings, as the name actually derives from an old…
Red Square in Moscow has absolutely nothing to do with the communist political party or the color of the surrounding brick buildings, as the name actually…
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Paul McCartney woke up with the melody for Yesterday fully formed in his head and originally used the placeholder lyrics 'Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs' to remember the tune.
Paul McCartney woke up with the melody for Yesterday fully formed in his head and originally used the placeholder lyrics 'Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I…
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Led Zeppelin did not actually write the famous descending acoustic riff for Stairway to Heaven, but rather blatantly lifted it from a relatively obscure instrumental track by the band Spirit.
Led Zeppelin did not actually write the famous descending acoustic riff for Stairway to Heaven, but rather blatantly lifted it from a relatively obscure…
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Slouching in your office chair might actually be better for your spinal health than rigidly forcing yourself to sit up straight like a Victorian aristocrat.
Slouching in your office chair might actually be better for your spinal health than rigidly forcing yourself to sit up straight like a Victorian aristocrat.…
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Times Square during the New Year's Eve ball drop requires attendees to stand in freezing, barricaded pens for up to twelve hours with absolutely zero access to public restrooms;…
Times Square during the New Year's Eve ball drop requires attendees to stand in freezing, barricaded pens for up to twelve hours with absolutely zero access…
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Alfred Hitchcock bought up almost every single copy of the original Psycho novel before releasing his iconic 1960 film so that nobody would know the twist ending about Norman Bates dressing up as his dead mother.
Alfred Hitchcock bought up almost every single copy of the original Psycho novel before releasing his iconic 1960 film so that nobody would know the twist…
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Steve Carell was almost entirely written out of the first season of The Office because the American adaptation was suffering from abysmal ratings and NBC was just weeks away from…
Steve Carell was almost entirely written out of the first season of The Office because the American adaptation was suffering from abysmal ratings and NBC was…
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MTV initially refused to play Michael Jackson's Billie Jean music video in 1983 because the network executives claimed their format was strictly geared toward a white rock-and-roll audience.
MTV initially refused to play Michael Jackson's Billie Jean music video in 1983 because the network executives claimed their format was strictly geared toward…
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Harley-Davidson's first ever motorcycle, built in a tiny wooden shed in 1903, was equipped with a motor so pathetically weak that it couldn't even propel the bike up a moderate…
Harley-Davidson's first ever motorcycle, built in a tiny wooden shed in 1903, was equipped with a motor so pathetically weak that it couldn't even propel the…
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Kurt Cobain was aggressively chewing on a piece of nicotine gum during the entire recording of the MTV Unplugged version of About a Girl, refusing to spit it out despite the acoustic, intimate setting of the performance.
Kurt Cobain was aggressively chewing on a piece of nicotine gum during the entire recording of the MTV Unplugged version of About a Girl, refusing to spit it…
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British engineer Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in the 1950s using an empty cat food tin, a coffee tin, and an industrial hairdryer to test his theories on pneumatic air pressure.
British engineer Christopher Cockerell invented the hovercraft in the 1950s using an empty cat food tin, a coffee tin, and an industrial hairdryer to test his…
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Queen's magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody was universally panned by record executives who insisted that a six-minute operatic rock song about murder would never be played on mainstream radio.
Queen's magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody was universally panned by record executives who insisted that a six-minute operatic rock song about murder would never…
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Human beings are born with exactly two innate, biologically hardwired fears, which are the terror of suddenly falling and the panic induced by incredibly loud noises.
Human beings are born with exactly two innate, biologically hardwired fears, which are the terror of suddenly falling and the panic induced by incredibly loud…
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Woolly mammoths were still roaming the earth when the Egyptians were actively building the Great Pyramids at Giza.
Woolly mammoths were still roaming the earth when the Egyptians were actively building the Great Pyramids at Giza. A small isolated population of these…
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Venetian gondolas are legally required to be painted black due to a strict 16th-century sumptuary law passed to stop nobles from aggressively flexing their wealth with absurdly decorated boats.
Venetian gondolas are legally required to be painted black due to a strict 16th-century sumptuary law passed to stop nobles from aggressively flexing their…
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DNA analysis of ancient Egyptian mummies revealed that King Tutankhamun's parents were biological brother and sister, which perfectly explains his terrible health and physical deformities.
DNA analysis of ancient Egyptian mummies revealed that King Tutankhamun's parents were biological brother and sister, which perfectly explains his terrible…
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North Korea literally ordered one thousand luxury Volvo sedans from Sweden in the 1970s and then just completely ghosted them on the invoice after the cars were successfully delivered.
North Korea literally ordered one thousand luxury Volvo sedans from Sweden in the 1970s and then just completely ghosted them on the invoice after the cars…
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Japanese wrapping paper economy became so incredibly absurd during their financial asset bubble in the late 1980s that spending lavishly on packaging became a massive industry.
Japanese wrapping paper economy became so incredibly absurd during their financial asset bubble in the late 1980s that spending lavishly on packaging became a…
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Bill Gates wrote his very first computer program as a teenager using a clunky General Electric machine, developing a rudimentary version of tic-tac-toe that allowed a human user…
Bill Gates wrote his very first computer program as a teenager using a clunky General Electric machine, developing a rudimentary version of tic-tac-toe that…
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John Glenn heavily popularized the technological term glitch during the legendary American space program in the early sixties, using it to describe sudden and completely…
John Glenn heavily popularized the technological term glitch during the legendary American space program in the early sixties, using it to describe sudden and…
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Harmonix developed Guitar Hero using plastic instrument controllers that were heavily inspired by a relatively obscure Japanese arcade franchise called GuitarFreaks, which never…
Harmonix developed Guitar Hero using plastic instrument controllers that were heavily inspired by a relatively obscure Japanese arcade franchise called…
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Shigeru Miyamoto came up with the core concept for the wildly successful Nintendo DS game Nintendogs simply because he bought a Shetland Sheepdog puppy in real life and became weirdly obsessed with training it.
Shigeru Miyamoto came up with the core concept for the wildly successful Nintendo DS game Nintendogs simply because he bought a Shetland Sheepdog puppy in…
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Vatican City has exactly zero prisons despite functioning as an independent sovereign state with its own legal system and economy based entirely on selling postage stamps and…
Vatican City has exactly zero prisons despite functioning as an independent sovereign state with its own legal system and economy based entirely on selling…
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Tommy Wiseau spent six million dollars of his own mysterious fortune to produce, direct, and star in the 2003 film The Room, inadvertently creating what is widely considered the Citizen Kane of terrible movies.
Tommy Wiseau spent six million dollars of his own mysterious fortune to produce, direct, and star in the 2003 film The Room, inadvertently creating what is…
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