I made $8 at my mom’s garage sale last weekend. That wasn’t a typo—I only made eight dollars, which put me in the hole about $79 when you factor in the speeding ticket I got on the way to her house. Suffice it to say, I wish my luck ran more like that of the unwitting people below who happened upon some amazing discoveries while browsing through people’s worn records and used tableware. Check out some of their bargains: 1.  Ansel Adams negatives. Rick Norsigian was in the market for an... READ ON

With all the hoopla about Harry Potter this week, it seems as if people have forgotten about the OG wizard: Merlin. The legendary spell-caster has been written about by no less than Mark Twain and C.S. Lewis (among others) and portrayed on film and television by Joseph Fiennes (pictured), Stacy Keach, Sam Neill and Bobcat Goldthwait (really). But did the sorcerer really exist? All signs point to… kind of, maybe. The fictional character of Merlin originally appeared in an 1136 book titled... READ ON

Singing the Blues usually involves tunes of sad tales. Picasso said his Blue Period was partially inspired by the suicide of his friend. If you say you’re feeling blue it means you’re down in the dumps. Yep, the misunderstood color tends to have a pretty bad reputation... but that could all turn around if the idea of Blue Zones catches on. You see, most people have a maximum life expectancy of 80 or so. That number is a bit higher in a few areas of the world and quite a bit lower in other areas, but... READ ON

The first gasoline pump certainly didn't exist for the purpose of fueling cars - though Karl Benz was tinkering with the idea, cars weren’t even invented yet. Created in 1885, that first pump was there to dispense fuel for stoves and kerosene lamps. It sure came in handy when cars did enter the scene, though.The shutoff valve didn’t come along until more than 50 years later. In 1939, Olean, New York, resident Richard Corson noticed a man filling a barrel with gas and thought about what a waste of time... READ ON