What with outdoor festivals, fairs, and other outdoor entertainments, it’s definitely the time of year when Uncle John’s cotton candy intake goes through the roof, much to the chagrin of his doctor. Why? That stuff isn’t healthy. Whether you call it cotton candy, fairly floss, or candy floss, it’s comprised almost entirely of sugar and air, and a brightly-colored food coloring, usually pink, although blue is also popular.
Weird stuff that doesn’t happen everyday in basketball.
The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls finished with a record of 72-10 (and in the playoffs, they went 15-3 and won the championship).
Are the horrifying tales surrounding New Jersey’s Action Park even true? In honor of its upcoming reopening, here’s a look.
Two football players whose careers and lives were forever altered by injury…who still got to be part of the NFL, at least symbolically.
What follows are three stories about the traditional “senior prank.” Two of them are all two true; one, thankfully, isn’t—we made it up! Can you guess which one is bogus? The answer is at the end of the post.
The last episode of Cheers aired in 1993, but if you’re still missing it, here are a few Norm-worthy Cheers bars you can visit in real life.
Think you know the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
What do ‘60s novelty band Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and country singer Faith Hill have in common?
Okay, we know that wolverines are a real animal, and not just the name of the retractable-claw-adorned mutant from the X-Men comic books and movies. But we found this guy who made himself retractable claws.
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
Netflix revolutionized the home video market, with a subscription-based mail order (and later streaming) plan of all-you-can-watch movies. It’s been so popular that many other industries have spawned their own use/return system. For example, have you heard of the Netflix of…
Sure, politicians can save lives by ordering a stay of execution, or allocating funds to hunger-fighting programs, for example. These two stories are a little more direct.
Uncle John knows pretty much everything—and if he doesn’t, he heads his massive research library, or puts one of his many associates on the case. Today’s question: Why don’t McDonald’s and Burger King sell hot dogs?
Dueling with lightsabers can be dangerous…which is why both Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker had to rely on robotic limbs in the Star Wars movies. Those futuristic appendages were pure science-fiction…until now.
It seems ridiculous now, but even the smallest of grievances in the 19th century could lead to someone yelling “guns at dawn!” It even happened to Abraham Lincoln.
What follows are three weird news items that pertain to the TV game show Jeopardy! Two of them are true…and one of them isn’t. Why? Because we made it up, that’s why! Can you guess which one is the phony? (The answer—or maybe the question?—is at the end of the post.)
Think you’ve got a legitimate answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
What happened in the 2003 NBA Finals that has never happened again?
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
What do the words “summer bomb” make you think of? Fireworks? Big-budget movies that flop at the box office? Here’s a look at what might be the biggest summer bomb of all—the 1990 attempt to tour across the U.S. a gigantic, multimillion dollar production of …an opera.
