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Once upon a time, just about every man in the world felt it was his sworn and solemn duty to grow a mustache. Boys would long for the day when the space above their lips sprouted the thick, beautiful hairs that would tell the world they were men. Musta…

Thanks to their sheltered lives and the adverse effects of inbreeding, a lot of history’s kings, queens, and other royals became known for their eccentricities. There was Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who delighted in torturing her servants and was eve…

10. First Synchronization of Sound and Film The Photo-Drama of Creation (1914) The Photo-Drama of Creation was an eight hour long film that documented the Christian creation story. Funded by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the …

10. The Sawed-Off Shotgun in GTA: San Andreas True, you needed to be at Hitman level to get the full effectiveness out of this weapon (i.e. run around with two of them). But it’s second only to the Minigun in terms of firepower, and you find it a lot…

Astronomy is the cool, sexy field of the scientific world. Sure, biologists and chemists are out there curing diseases or whatever, but they’re just so boring. Meanwhile, astronomers are busy showing us sweet pictures of distant planets and playing a…

Though you may not know it, the billboard has been around since 1867, but today it’s probably not what you think of when you hear the word advertisements. You probably think something more along the line of a pop-up or those annoying commercials that…

Mother Nature is filled with formidable killing machines. Voracious flesh-eaters such as the thresher shark, the harpy eagle, the death stalker scorpion…and how about that rosy snail? Or the oyster mushroom? Some animals kill with teeth, claws an…

While most human beings enter and leave this planet with little notice, there are those among us whose passing—especially if untimely—captures headlines. Celebrity deaths are not only top news but can, in some cases, create entire cottage industrie…

The wonderful decorated and lighted Christmas tree has become an iconic symbol of  the Christmas spirit all over the world. There are so many legends concerning the origins of decorating the evergreen tree. One of these legends recounts how Martin Lut…

I used to have one of the items on this list painted on my bass guitar case – a gift from an exboyfriend. I confess this to prevent readers from getting their cartoon boxers in a knot as they try to justify how classy they really are. 10. Trucker Sty…