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The Terribly Inaccurate And Bad Science In 6 Of Your Favorite Films

When it comes to scientific accuracy in sci-fi movies, it’s no secret that most filmmakers play it fast and loose, with audience entertainment being the ultimate goal. Luckily, a lot of moviegoers are quite adept at suspending their disbelief for the sake of preserving their fantasy, (and getting their money’s...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 30, 2014

The Terribly Inaccurate And Bad Science In 6 Of Your Favorite Films

When it comes to scientific accuracy in sci-fi movies, it’s no secret that most filmmakers play it fast and loose, with audience entertainment being the ultimate goal. Luckily, a lot of moviegoers are quite adept at suspending their disbelief for the sake of preserving their fantasy, (and getting their money’s...

By Erin Kelly • June 30, 2014

20 Of The Most Ridiculous Laws Around The World

In Lebanon, it's OK for men to sleep with animals if they're female. Don't go to Milan if you're sad. Read on for more funny laws that are actually real.

By Savannah Cox • Jun 27, 2014

20 Of The Most Ridiculous Laws Around The World

In Lebanon, it's OK for men to sleep with animals if they're female. Don't go to Milan if you're sad. Read on for more funny laws that are actually real.

By Savannah Cox • June 27, 2014

The Totally Weird Origins Of English Idioms

If nothing else, social media has taught us that at some point all of us start to sound like our moms and dads. The Bible might give the mouths of babes all the credit, but some pretty strange things can come out of adult lips as well: those confusing old...

By All That's Interesting • Jun 16, 2014

The Totally Weird Origins Of English Idioms

If nothing else, social media has taught us that at some point all of us start to sound like our moms and dads. The Bible might give the mouths of babes all the credit, but some pretty strange things can come out of adult lips as well: those confusing old...

By All That's Interesting • June 16, 2014

These Creepy Masks Prove Just How Odd Humanity Is

This little item is one of the more disturbing objects on the list. A Scold’s bridle is a fearsome looking thing from the 1500s whose purpose was to cure your gabbing woman of her nasty—and apparently singularly female—tendency to fight or gossip. When secured to the woman’s head, this contraption...

By Erin Kelly • Jun 15, 2014

These Creepy Masks Prove Just How Odd Humanity Is

This little item is one of the more disturbing objects on the list. A Scold’s bridle is a fearsome looking thing from the 1500s whose purpose was to cure your gabbing woman of her nasty—and apparently singularly female—tendency to fight or gossip. When secured to the woman’s head, this contraption...

By Erin Kelly • June 15, 2014

77 Amazing Facts That Will Make You The Most Interesting Person In The Room

Love learning about crazy coincidences and bizarre facts? Then read these amazing facts that will tickle your brain!

By Alexander Baldwin • Jun 13, 2014

77 Amazing Facts That Will Make You The Most Interesting Person In The Room

Love learning about crazy coincidences and bizarre facts? Then read these amazing facts that will tickle your brain!

By Alexander Baldwin • June 13, 2014

The Most WTF Science Experiments Ever Conducted

From trying to "cure" homosexuality to severing dogs' heads to study artificial lungs, we give you the most WTF science experiments known to humankind.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 9, 2014

The Most WTF Science Experiments Ever Conducted

From trying to "cure" homosexuality to severing dogs' heads to study artificial lungs, we give you the most WTF science experiments known to humankind.

By All That's Interesting • June 9, 2014

6 Of The Most Interesting Diseases To Have Ravaged Humanity

From waking up with a foreign accent to having half of your face simply wither away, these interesting diseases might keep you up at night.

By Richard Stockton • Jun 7, 2014

6 Of The Most Interesting Diseases To Have Ravaged Humanity

From waking up with a foreign accent to having half of your face simply wither away, these interesting diseases might keep you up at night.

By Richard Stockton • June 7, 2014

Bee Beards, Your New Favorite Hobby

Bored and near a colony of bees? We've got just the hobby for you: bee bearding.

By Mamta Bhatt • Jun 6, 2014

Bee Beards, Your New Favorite Hobby

Bored and near a colony of bees? We've got just the hobby for you: bee bearding.

By Mamta Bhatt • June 6, 2014

5 Of The World’s Weirdest Mental Disorders

Are you normal? It seems like an easy question, but our grip on reality can be thinner and more tenuous than you think. This shouldn’t be surprising, since everything that you are—your hopes, your memories, your conditioned responses—is contained in one small, fragile brain. The brain is just an organ,...

By Richard Stockton • Jun 3, 2014

5 Of The World’s Weirdest Mental Disorders

Are you normal? It seems like an easy question, but our grip on reality can be thinner and more tenuous than you think. This shouldn’t be surprising, since everything that you are—your hopes, your memories, your conditioned responses—is contained in one small, fragile brain. The brain is just an organ,...

By Richard Stockton • June 3, 2014

What We Love This Week, Volume LXVII

Remembering Maya Angelou The world’s greatest writers are never just that. Using the written word as their shovel, they dig deep into the most devastating and dazzling facets of our humanity and present their findings–namely, truth–in their most organic and compelling forms. Such is the case with poet, activist and...

By Savannah Cox • May 30, 2014

What We Love This Week, Volume LXVII

Remembering Maya Angelou The world’s greatest writers are never just that. Using the written word as their shovel, they dig deep into the most devastating and dazzling facets of our humanity and present their findings–namely, truth–in their most organic and compelling forms. Such is the case with poet, activist and...

By Savannah Cox • May 30, 2014