Smell-O-Vision never quite caught on. Will “Taste the TV”—a flatscreen you can lick—have more success?

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Stripe, a disturbed squirrel, was said to have chased people and pets down streets and bit them hard enough to draw blood before finally being captured.
The Diamonds Are Forever drink at the Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo is a tall order of excess—but just think of the bragging rights.
Germany's 24-hour sausage vending machines stay open long after the butcher shop has closed for the day.
As the Institute of Human Anatomy demonstrates, it takes more than a long fall to make an eyeball go splat.
An enterprising Kickstarter campaign has introduced a fart pedal for guitarists. You'll never look at "Wind of Change" quite the same way again.
At the supposedly haunted Toy "R" Us in Sunnyvale, California, employees reported mysterious chills and toys flying off the shelves.
Marie and Pierre Curie admitted to not fully understanding the source of radioactivity. Could a psychic medium named Eusapia Palladino reveal some clues?
Bebe Zito, a small-batch ice cream shop in Minneapolis, is getting into the Halloween spirit with a Hannibal Lecter-themed ice cream, complete with chunks of braised veal brains, globs of foie gras, lemony fava bean cake mix, and a caramelized Chianti gas
From Wendy Williams’s “Dula Peep” coinage to a guest’s death on ‘The Dick Cavett Show,’ here are the talk show incidents we’ll never stop talking about.
Some of history's most infamous secret societies have planned revolutions and assassinations—others, are happy enough just to hang around college campuses.
It may be the place to bid on items you can't find anywhere else, but eBay draws the line at auctioning off your soul to the highest bidder.
Over the years, your tax dollars have gone toward Osama bin Laden action figures, reconnaissance pigeons, psychedelic drugs, and some homemade porn.
The sprawling Yellowstone National Park sees enough criminal activity to warrant its own jail facility, court, and judge. Sentences can include fines and even a lifetime ban from the premises.
It's hard not to feel like the walls are closing in on you while walking down Spreuerhofstrasse in Reutlingen, Germany—the narrowest street in the world.
Though humans and koalas don't have much in common, there is one big similarity: fingerprints. Koalas have looping fingerprints just like humans, and some might not be able to tell them apart.
Pumpkin-spice toilet paper really exists—and could be the perfect gag gift of the fall season. Here's where to get it.
History has seen an assortment of colorful kooks, quacks, and snake oil salesmen who tried to convince the public they could smoke, chew, or drug themselves to a thinner physique.
This just in: The aroma of IKEA's famous Swedish meatballs is now available in the form of a scented candle.
Near, far, wherever you are, an iceberg is plotting revenge after years of being the butt of all your Titanic-themed jokes.
Kids thought they were buying an adorable little pet when they ordered a monkey from their favorite comic book. What they got was a wild animal that pooped everywhere and attacked their mothers' bridge clubs.
Outside Boise is a 6-ton (fake) Idaho potato that sleeps two and shares the yard with a friendly cow named Dolly.