This N’Sync Fact Will Make You Hate ‘Star Wars’
Just when you thought the Star Wars prequels couldn’t get any worse, we’ve just learned that the boy banders of ‘N Sync were cast as Jedi Knights in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. They were only...
View ArticleScientists Have Created a Substance So Black It Hurts to Look At
(Image: Surrey Nanosystems) Look at that photo! That is the most black you have ever seen in your life. British company Surrey Nanosystems has produced a new material called VantaBlack that is “so...
View ArticleThe Largest Maritime Evacuation in History Happened on 9/11
As the World Trade Center was being attacked on September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of people fled for their lives from the island of Manhattan towards the water’s edge. Officials were closing...
View ArticleAre Your Favorite TV Shows the Dreams of an Autistic Child?
It’s called the Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis, and it origin begins with St. Elsewhere, a popular and critically-acclaimed hospital drama on NBC. In the last show of the final season, the entire...
View ArticleBelieve It or Not: “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Saved a Man From Death Row
This is the strange but true tale of how an HBO show was able to do more than just provide provocative entertainment, it may have saved a man’s life. In 2003, a machinist named Juan Catalan was...
View ArticleThe Moon Disaster Speech You Never Heard
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” We all know those famous words from the moon landing in 1969, but what if that mission had resulted in disaster instead of becoming one of...
View ArticleWe’re About to Ruin Salmon for You
If you’re a lover of salmon, you may want to skip this article, but we feel that you should know that you’re being lied to. The salmon you’re most likely eating is not actually salmon-colored. If...
View ArticleThere Is a Dead Zone on Earth Where Nothing Can Live Naturally
Have you heard of that Atacama Desert? This South American desert is 600 miles long and lies between the southern border of Peru and Chile’s central coast. On this parched land, nothing can thrive, not...
View ArticleYou Won’t Believe Who Almost Played the Lead in ‘American Psycho’
Who can forget Christian Bale’s blood-curdling turn as the handsome killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho? It’s a thrilling role in a now classic movie based on Bret Easton Ellis’ violent novel....
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