Mark Mancini

Joined: Nov 21, 2012

A native of fabulous Rochester, NY, Mark loves freelance writing, community theater, & anything dinosaur-related. He’s also obsessed with Denver Broncos football.

'Portrait of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII,' after a painting by Hans Holbein and engraved by H.T. Ryall.

13 Fascinating Facts About Anne Boleyn

Aerial view of Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii's Big Island, where sea voyager James Cook met his end

10 Remarkable Sea Voyagers

'Destino' Revisited: When Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney Teamed Up to Make a Movie

11 Workout Tips from Ancient Civilizations

10 Easy-to-Grow Plants for First-Time Gardeners

You won't need a green thumb to take care of these tough plants.

Want to write a Batman comic? You have to follow the rules.

13 Things We Learned About Batman, From DC Comics’s 1980s Batbible

Do you know how much Batman can bench press? Or why he sets his grandfather clock to exactly 10:42? DC Comics' Batbible has all the answers you're looking for.

Drone image above the H.M.S. Erebus shipwreck.

7 Famous Shipwrecks

Sunken vessels captivate us. They inspire grief, wonder, romance—and horror. Here are stories of famous ships that went under, leaving a changed world in their wakes.

Amy Madigan and Kevin Costner star as Annie and Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989).

43 Fast Facts About Field of Dreams

Phil Alden Robinson's Oscar-nominated baseball movie is still being talked about, more than 30 years after its initial release.

43 Fast Facts About Field of Dreams

Phil Alden Robinson's Oscar-nominated baseball movie is still being talked about, more than 30 years after its initial release.

41 Crave-Worthy Facts About White Castle

White Castle may not be the largest burger chain, but it might just have the fast food world's most devoted following.

7 Astonishing Roman Coliseum Fights

The Coliseum of ancient Rome may have been the single most barbaric sporting venue in human history—in fact, some showdowns there were so ferocious that historians still talk about them today.

5 Animals That Eat Brains

You don’t have to watch The Walking Dead to catch some brain-eating action. In yet another example of the truth being stranger than fiction, it turns out that the animal kingdom has produced some consummate noggin-nibblers… including a few that might surp

6 Absurd Alcohol Myths People Believed During Prohibition

Dry propaganda deeply penetrated the nation’s educational system and much of it soon became required reading in hundreds of public schools, spreading some truly outlandish misinformation in the process.

The Time George Takei Worked With Godzilla

Why Do People Say the Moon is Made of Cheese?

Everybody knows that earth’s only satellite does not, in fact, consist of fatty dairy products. So where did the myth that the moon is made of cheese come from in the first place?