curiosities

La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 15, 2016

La Tomatina Festival: Inside Spain’s Bizarre Tomato-Throwing Festival

Every year on the last Wednesday of August, La Tomatina festival takes over the town of Buñol in Valencia, Spain. Approximately 20,000 people gather to throw around 150 tons of smashed, squashed, and squished tomatoes — and the result pretty much looks like a horror movie.

By Erin Kelly • August 15, 2016

When Pop Culture Does Religion: 5 Strange Examples

All religions utilize a foundation myth to help form the basis of their beliefs. Given the fact that they are indeed myths, the literal truth of these events is of minimal importance when it comes to determining a given religion’s legitimacy. Thus, while the five religions based on pieces of...

By Erin Kelly • Aug 15, 2016

When Pop Culture Does Religion: 5 Strange Examples

All religions utilize a foundation myth to help form the basis of their beliefs. Given the fact that they are indeed myths, the literal truth of these events is of minimal importance when it comes to determining a given religion’s legitimacy. Thus, while the five religions based on pieces of...

By Erin Kelly • August 15, 2016

How Left-Handedness Came To Be Seen As Evil

How did left-handedness transform from a symptom of mental and moral deficiency to a sign of creativity and mental fortitude?

By Savannah Cox • Aug 12, 2016

How Left-Handedness Came To Be Seen As Evil

How did left-handedness transform from a symptom of mental and moral deficiency to a sign of creativity and mental fortitude?

By Savannah Cox • August 12, 2016

How A Sexy German Cartoon Gave Birth To The Barbie Doll

Meet Bild Lilli, the dirty little secret Barbie creators hoped everyone would forget

By Elisabeth Sherman • Aug 11, 2016

How A Sexy German Cartoon Gave Birth To The Barbie Doll

Meet Bild Lilli, the dirty little secret Barbie creators hoped everyone would forget

By Elisabeth Sherman • August 11, 2016

Why Some Jewish People Collaborated With The Nazis

During World War II, the Warsaw Ghetto was home to victims and criminals. The Jewish collaborators who worked for the Gestapo were both.

By Richard Stockton • Aug 10, 2016

Why Some Jewish People Collaborated With The Nazis

During World War II, the Warsaw Ghetto was home to victims and criminals. The Jewish collaborators who worked for the Gestapo were both.

By Richard Stockton • August 10, 2016

21 Of The Worst Movie Set Disasters In History

These disturbing movie set disasters claimed the lives of stunt men and actors, proving that even this great American pastime is dangerous.

By All That's Interesting • Aug 9, 2016

21 Of The Worst Movie Set Disasters In History

These disturbing movie set disasters claimed the lives of stunt men and actors, proving that even this great American pastime is dangerous.

By All That's Interesting • August 9, 2016

What Stephen Hawking Thinks Will Doom The World — And Why He’s Wrong

Many point to overpopulation as the obvious source of global problems, but is there any weight to this theory?

By Savannah Cox • Aug 5, 2016

What Stephen Hawking Thinks Will Doom The World — And Why He’s Wrong

Many point to overpopulation as the obvious source of global problems, but is there any weight to this theory?

By Savannah Cox • August 5, 2016

The Sad, Strange Tale Of The Dionne Quintuplets

See the photos and hear the story of the Dionne quintuplets, five Depression-era sisters unlucky enough to have all been born at the same time.

By John Kuroski • Aug 3, 2016

The Sad, Strange Tale Of The Dionne Quintuplets

See the photos and hear the story of the Dionne quintuplets, five Depression-era sisters unlucky enough to have all been born at the same time.

By John Kuroski • August 3, 2016

Inside The Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities, The Strangest Museum On Earth

Although the random collection at London’s Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History may seem like the work of a man unhinged, Wynd knows exactly who he is and what his museum is all about. Thus, there’s no one better to explain this one-of-a-kind house of wonders...

By John Kuroski • Aug 2, 2016

Inside The Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities, The Strangest Museum On Earth

Although the random collection at London’s Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History may seem like the work of a man unhinged, Wynd knows exactly who he is and what his museum is all about. Thus, there’s no one better to explain this one-of-a-kind house of wonders...

By John Kuroski • August 2, 2016

How Artificial Intelligence May Change Human Relationships

Artificial intelligence has opened up a whole new world of human-machine interaction. But what happens next?

By Richard Stockton • Aug 1, 2016

How Artificial Intelligence May Change Human Relationships

Artificial intelligence has opened up a whole new world of human-machine interaction. But what happens next?

By Richard Stockton • August 1, 2016