In the 2011 novel The Martian and its 2015 film adaptation, orbital dynamics expert Rich Purnell devises a maneuver to get NASA’s Hermes spacecraft back […]
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Japan’s Forgotten Kamikaze Diver Unit
On October 25, 1944, off the island of Leyte in the Philippines, the crew of the American aircraft carrier USS St. Lo watched in horror […]
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Prank Calling the Pope- The Blue Box, “Woz,” and Steve Jobs
In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s first business together- […]
Myths and Misconceptions
Are the “Snozzberries” in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Referring to Male Genitalia?
Domenic V. asks: Is it true that the snozzberries in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory were dicks? Given the dark undercurrent of Roald Dahl’s […]
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10 Bizarre Facts- Part 6
Embed This Infographic [Source: Today I Found Out] For Part 1 of this series go here: 10 Bizarre Facts For Part 2 of this series […]
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Do Expert Fighters and Military Personnel Really Have to Register Their Hands as Deadly Weapons?
Anyone who’s ever watched pretty much any movie in the history of ever or otherwise watched professional pugilists spar words with one another in a […]
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You Should Know About Jury Nullification
Since before the U.S. was a country, juries in the American system of justice were being impaneled to be the “triers of evidence,” or as […]
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Japan’s Forgotten Kamikaze Diver Unit
On October 25, 1944, off the island of Leyte in the Philippines, the crew of the American aircraft carrier USS St. Lo watched in horror […]
Educational Videos
Picture the Recipe (New Channel)
If you happen to be into cooking or just want to learn to make some amazing tasting (and looking) food in an easy and quick […]
Quick Facts
26 Fascinating Football Facts
With the Super Bowl this weekend, we thought we’d do a “Football facts” roundup to help you impress your buddies with amazingly interesting Football knowledge. […]
This Day in History
The Spiteful End of the Great Auk
Humanity has collectively been responsible for a depressingly large amount of animals going extinct in our relatively short time on this Earth. However, perhaps no […]
Science
The Cancer Pandemics Spread By Bites and Mosquitoes
In an oversimplified nutshell, cancer is, to quote cancer.gov, a disease “in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues.” Given its […]
Entertainment
The Hollywood Movie That Killed Nearly Half its Cast and Crew
In Hollywood, miscasting is a fact of life. The reasons why an actor might be cast in a role for which they are ill-suited are […]
History
Japan’s Forgotten Kamikaze Diver Unit
On October 25, 1944, off the island of Leyte in the Philippines, the crew of the American aircraft carrier USS St. Lo watched in horror […]
Language
If Children Grew up Isolated from Adults, Would they Create Their Own Language?
Just where did language come from and what does it take for a language to develop? If a group of children grew up isolated from […]
People
The Absolute Legend That was Timothy Dexter- First in the East and West and Greatest Philosopher in the Western World
In the vast annals of history it can’t surprise anyone that the occasional great man gets lost as records of them are sparse, or were […]
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What Happens in the Real World if You Find a Buried Treasure?
Ever wonder what happens if you actually found a buried treasure or some sort of National Treasure-esk haul of ancient loot? Well, wonder no more. […]
Facts Lists
The Truth About the Road Not Taken, The Rose / Star Trek connection, What “Trump” Means in the UK, and more in Yet Another 10 Quick Facts
1006) While Amanda McBroom is probably best known for her role as Judge Advocate General Captain Philippa Louvois in what is generally considered one of […]
