Game of Thrones began as Game of Shells. It’s turtles all the way down. George R.R. Martin’s childhood turtles kept dying, sometimes in horrible ways – like trapped for …
Move over, Skull Island. These otherworldly animals do exist on Earth, though only in 1 place. For Biological Diversity Day, here are 10 “only found in” creatures. This unusual …
Victorian women were told that Bicycle Face would ruin their beauty. Bicycle Face is the tense expression of concentration required for dodging traffic. Not only would this ruin women’s good …
On Bike to Work Day, let’s remember the cyclist menace of the Victorian era – scorchers. Some Victorians went extraordinarily fast on their bicycles, often to the point of putting those …
The Museum of Failures celebrates corporate cock-ups – from Colgate Lasagna to Bic pink and purple “for her” pens. The idea for the Museum of Failures came to Dr. …
Edward Gorey packrat hoarded very interesting and sinister things. The Gorey Skull At least once, Gorey’s hoarding tendencies even got him in trouble with the law. In the 1950s, …
The Naval Intelligence Service spent millions hunting a woman called Dorothy who was a friend to lots of gay men In the 1980’s, Mel Dahl, an openly gay sailor, told a …
While neither monkeys nor sea creatures, Sea Monkeys are translucent, breathe through their feet and grow two extra eyes. Sea-Monkeys are a brand name for a hybrid breed of …
During WWII, women drew on nylon stockings with gravy juice! Stockings back then were extremely important. Women wouldn’t venture outside with naked legs. In 1941, you were a hussy if you …
There’s someone -or something- renting the attic forever for free in the Nightmare House. Bekka Supp seems to have been the first to point out the Twilight Zone nature …
The Golden Spike was driven into America’s first transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. Before the transcontinental railroad, travel from the East to the West Coast might take six …
Dad’s revenge: the earliest surviving pair of socks were designed for wearing with sandals. Wearing socks with sandals has been a source of endless ridicule for dads, German tourists, and hippies. …
