LISTS

10 Big Facts About Toronto’s CN Tower

Don't look down!

How 7 Famous Movie Special Effects Sequences Were Created

Prosthetic heads, animal organs, and some camera trickery can create some beautiful cinema together.

11 Comfy Facts About Keds

The iconic kicks—which made an appearance on The Ramones' debut album and at Yoko Ono's wedding to John Lennon—are turning 100.

20 Colorful Facts About Blue Velvet

14 Entirely Too Specific Netflix Hidden Categories

Looking for a good Scandinavian drama? Good news: The service will let you browse some very specific genres.

13 Impressive Rube Goldberg Machines

These contraptions celebrate inefficiency.

7 Epic Toy Heists

If you plan on going on a Toys 'R Us crime spree, you might want to stop using your Rewards card.

Arnold Genthe, Library of Congress // No Known Restrictions on Publication

13 Elusive Facts about Greta Garbo

The Swedish Sphinx has shown up in a lot of places—in classic Hollywood films, on the streets of New York, and on Swedish currency.

13 Facts About Spin City

The Emmy Award-winning political sitcom made its debut 20 years ago.

14 Sturdy Facts About 'Home Improvement'

'Home Improvement'—which premiered 25 years ago, on September 17, 1991—was a sitcom documenting the work and home life of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor, stand-up comedian Tim Allen’s interpretation of a man unjustifiably secure in his knowledge of power tools

15 Surprising Facts About Transparent

3. The show is exactly two percent autobiographical.

Wouter Engler via Wikimedia // CC BY-SA 4.0

7 Spectacular Lost Crown Jewels

Over the years, the crown jewels of many nations have been lost or destroyed—sometimes in very mysterious circumstances.

10 Fearless Facts About Black-ish

Though it's only getting ready to premiere its third season, the Emmy-nominated comedy has already been branded a socially important sitcom.

7 Visions of the Future Sculpted in Play-Doh

They required 200-plus cans of the compound and more than 40 hours.

8 Incredible STEM Careers You Didn't Know Existed

You could be an underwater archaeologist or a flavor technologist.

15 Movies That Predicted the Future

For better and for worse, some movies are better about predicting the future than others. Nobody wants to eat Soylent Green, but we’re OK with most of these elements from other movies coming true.

15 Forgotten Niceties We Should Bring Back

Here are some forgotten niceties worth remembering.

15 Places You Won’t Believe Have Seen Snow

Here are 15 sunny places that are, surprisingly, no stranger to the white stuff.

15 Facts About Football’s Early Days

Though what would become known as the NFL was formed on August 20, 1920, the roots of American-style football date back well over a century.

15 Tupperware™ Facts From the Back of the Fridge

The successful storage containers have been filling kitchen cupboards for decades, but there’s a lot you may not know about this decades-old container company.

15 Curious Quack Remedies From the Age of Patent Medicine

The “patent” in the name didn’t refer to government approval, but proprietary concoctions marketed with extreme promises and flamboyant showmanship.

15 Scandalous Facts About Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2

When Duchamp’s 1912 painting debuted, it sparked one of the greatest uproars the art world has ever known.

15 Surprising Facts About Modern Family

In the fall of 2009, ABC debuted a new sitcom called 'Modern Family,' a seemingly simple story of three families that became a ratings hit and unbeatable Emmy winner for ABC.

13 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Hairdressers

They accept the reality that hair will be everywhere.

PREV NEXT