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18 Rock Bands With Weird Names (And How They Got Them)

Zack Applegate on Apr 11, 2024

Rock bands with weird names and how and why they chose those names.

J. Frank Wilson on Apr 15, 2024

On April 1, 2004, Google launched Gmail and reinvented webmail with 1GB free storage, fast search, and threaded conversations. The inside story of how …

tracy collins on Nov 13, 2024

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 into orbit with Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, as its passenger, who made history as the first animal to …

J. Frank Wilson on Mar 26, 1999 (Updated: Feb 9, 2021)

What's worse than a little bug crawling on your neck? How about a really, really, really big one? Here are some pictures of the biggest bugs in the …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 8, 2004 (Updated: Jul 29, 2024)

Mercora, a pioneering company in peer-to-peer radio, has developed a system that allows millions of users to share their song collections online …

Rebecca Mcswain on Jan 6, 2023

Billie Eilish, a self-proclaimed "Office" superfan, revealed that she began watching the show at such a young age that she thought many of the jokes, …

J. Frank Wilson on Jun 10, 2024

From raising money for the KKK to NASA experiments in outer space, here are some weird facts about Sea-Monkeys that you won't believe are true.

Teddy Hunt on Feb 22, 2024

Alan Turing's 1950 paper introduced the "imitation game" thought experiment, now known as the Turing test, which challenged researchers to build …

Nancy Lee on Nov 15, 2024

Here are some of the most chauvinistic and ridiculous vintage sexist ads ever made by the Mad Men of Madison Avenue.

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 5, 2024

Here are some of the best Ferris Bueller quotes that have made the 1986 film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, so timeless.

Lisa English on May 11, 2024

Utah is home to some of the most unique landmarks in the country, but even the locals don't know about some of the weirdest ones. Here's a few weird …

J. Frank Wilson on May 4, 2019 (Updated: Sep 18, 2022)

In 1990, a Colt 45 commercial parody on the sketch comedy show In Living Color was immediately banned for using date rape as a punchline. Here's the …

J. Frank Wilson on Jul 5, 2022 (Updated: Feb 18, 2023)

Starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy is a cinema masterpiece. Let's look at some of the most impactful quotes …

J. Frank Wilson on Sep 17, 2013 (Updated: May 17, 2023)

Got an issue with your neighbors but don't want to physically confront them? Try changing the name of your WiFi network name to send them a message. …