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Spanning a mere thirty-two feet across the Saint Lawrence River, a tiny wooden footbridge connecting two small islands is often proudly touted as the shortest international crossing between the United States and Canada.
Spanning a mere thirty-two feet across the Saint Lawrence River, a tiny wooden footbridge connecting two small islands is often proudly touted as the shortest…
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Deep in the mountains of Malaysia sits the First World Hotel, a garishly painted monstrosity that holds the Guinness World Record for the largest hotel on earth with an astonishing 7,351 rooms.
Deep in the mountains of Malaysia sits the First World Hotel, a garishly painted monstrosity that holds the Guinness World Record for the largest hotel on…
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Japanese rail companies have equipped some of their high-speed trains with speakers that blast the sounds of barking dogs and snorting deer to prevent catastrophic wildlife collisions.
Japanese rail companies have equipped some of their high-speed trains with speakers that blast the sounds of barking dogs and snorting deer to prevent…
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two impoverished teenage creators of Superman, sold the complete rights to the iconic superhero to Detective Comics in 1938 for a grand total of…
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two impoverished teenage creators of Superman, sold the complete rights to the iconic superhero to Detective Comics in 1938…
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Australia boasts a stretch of highway so notoriously straight, flat, and mind-numbingly boring that the government actually installed trivia games on road signs to prevent drivers from falling asleep at the wheel.
Australia boasts a stretch of highway so notoriously straight, flat, and mind-numbingly boring that the government actually installed trivia games on road…
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Gun Fight was released in 1975 and holds the prestigious title of being the very first arcade video game to use a microprocessor instead of basic solid-state routing.
Gun Fight was released in 1975 and holds the prestigious title of being the very first arcade video game to use a microprocessor instead of basic solid-state…
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Chameleon color changes are primarily driven by temperature regulation and emotional state rather than a simple desire to camouflage into their surroundings.
Chameleon color changes are primarily driven by temperature regulation and emotional state rather than a simple desire to camouflage into their surroundings.…
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New York City operates the largest commercial steam system in the world, pushing boiling vapor through more than a hundred miles of subterranean pipes to heat iconic skyscrapers and sterilize hospital equipment.
New York City operates the largest commercial steam system in the world, pushing boiling vapor through more than a hundred miles of subterranean pipes to heat…
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Production on the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist was delayed when a mysterious electrical fire burned almost the entire set of the MacNeil house to the ground, leaving only…
Production on the 1973 horror masterpiece The Exorcist was delayed when a mysterious electrical fire burned almost the entire set of the MacNeil house to the…
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Matt Damon famously turned down the lead role in James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi phenomenon Avatar, walking away from a contract that offered him ten percent of the film's backend box office profits.
Matt Damon famously turned down the lead role in James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi phenomenon Avatar, walking away from a contract that offered him ten percent of…
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Henry Ford poured millions of dollars into building a utopian corporate town deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest simply because he absolutely hated buying rubber from the British.
Henry Ford poured millions of dollars into building a utopian corporate town deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest simply because he absolutely hated buying…
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Cryptocurrency crashes repeatedly demonstrate that attempting to reinvent the global banking system with completely unregulated internet money just accidentally reinvents all the…
Cryptocurrency crashes repeatedly demonstrate that attempting to reinvent the global banking system with completely unregulated internet money just…
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Apple's famous spinning wait cursor, officially named the 'spinning pinwheel of death', was allegedly inspired by a hypnotic toy sitting on the desk of an early executive's…
Apple's famous spinning wait cursor, officially named the 'spinning pinwheel of death', was allegedly inspired by a hypnotic toy sitting on the desk of an…
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Writers for The Simpsons completely fabricated the word "embiggens" for the 1996 episode Lisa the Iconoclast, specifically as a joke about how towns will blindly accept fake,…
Writers for The Simpsons completely fabricated the word "embiggens" for the 1996 episode Lisa the Iconoclast, specifically as a joke about how towns will…
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Sarah Winchester, the massively wealthy heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, spent 38 years continuously building a sprawling, chaotic mansion in California because a psychic…
Sarah Winchester, the massively wealthy heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, spent 38 years continuously building a sprawling, chaotic mansion in…
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Paramount Pictures bought the rights to The Godfather before Mario Puzo even finished the book, paying a measly $12,500 advance for what would become a cinematic masterpiece.
Paramount Pictures bought the rights to The Godfather before Mario Puzo even finished the book, paying a measly $12,500 advance for what would become a…
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Wealthy investors in 1980s Kuwait grew so bored with standard investments that they created an entirely unregulated shadow stock market in a parking garage called the Souk…
Wealthy investors in 1980s Kuwait grew so bored with standard investments that they created an entirely unregulated shadow stock market in a parking garage…
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Romans repeatedly banned astrologers, then known as Chaldeans, from the city of Rome, specifically because emperors were terrified that citizens would cast charts to predict the exact date of their assassinations.
Romans repeatedly banned astrologers, then known as Chaldeans, from the city of Rome, specifically because emperors were terrified that citizens would cast…
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Bruce Willis was featured extremely prominently in the movie but was intentionally left off the initial promotional posters for Die Hard because studio executives feared his…
Bruce Willis was featured extremely prominently in the movie but was intentionally left off the initial promotional posters for Die Hard because studio…
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India's Supreme Court actually ruled in 2004 that astrology is a legitimate science and can be officially taught in universities, legally placing horoscopes on the same academic level as physics and biology.
India's Supreme Court actually ruled in 2004 that astrology is a legitimate science and can be officially taught in universities, legally placing horoscopes…
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Kenneth Grant was a British occultist who took over a faction of the Ordo Templi Orientis and decided that traditional mysticism simply wasn't strange enough, so he started aggressively mixing it with H.P.
Kenneth Grant was a British occultist who took over a faction of the Ordo Templi Orientis and decided that traditional mysticism simply wasn't strange enough,…
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Legendary Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe kept a fully domesticated, remarkably thirsty pet elk that met a deeply tragic end after getting aggressively blackout drunk at a fancy aristocratic party.
Legendary Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe kept a fully domesticated, remarkably thirsty pet elk that met a deeply tragic end after getting aggressively blackout…
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Sylvester Stallone had such a minuscule budget for the original Rocky movie that the production literally could not afford to pay for extras to fill the seats during the climactic boxing match at the end of the film.
Sylvester Stallone had such a minuscule budget for the original Rocky movie that the production literally could not afford to pay for extras to fill the seats…
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Citizens of Mattoon, Illinois, succumbed to a massive wave of mass hysteria in 1944 when dozens of people reported being paralyzed in their beds by a mysterious figure spraying sweet-smelling gas through their windows.
Citizens of Mattoon, Illinois, succumbed to a massive wave of mass hysteria in 1944 when dozens of people reported being paralyzed in their beds by a…
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