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Krampus crashing a Christmas party.

It wasn’t always the most wonderful time of the year. In centuries past, Christmas was often violent, scary, and disgusting. So for all those Grinches who are skeptical of today’s Yuletide customs, be thankful you weren’t alive centuries ago.

A.J. Jacobs
Olestra was not a success.

It doesn’t take a consumer expert to know that any product that might cause anal leakage is facing an uphill battle to success.

Jake Rossen
















He clearly has egg on his face.

The English language is bursting with colorful expressions that come from strange and surprising places—and many of them once had literal meanings that the general public has long since forgotten. 

Ellen Gutoskey