If you’re a girl or grew up around girls, you’ve probably got your fair share of experience with Barbie dolls. They’re one of the most successful toy brands in the world, and there’s been a lot written about them in recent years, mostly due to their misrepresentation of how women look or should look. There’s […]

Some animals have modest superpowers. For instance, cats have the incredible ability to sleep 20 hours and actually be rewarded for their laziness with catnip and squeaky mouse toys. Polar bears have been taught to solve complex algorithms…or so we are alleging without a shred of evidence. But there really are animals that can do […]

While nature usually speaks of intelligent design, that isn’t a hard rule it adheres to in all situations. Sometimes nature, much like all things that live in it, can be a bit odd and quirky.  We’re not talking Sharknado-level oddities, but there are a few strange things nature has done over the ages that really […]

The ancient Scandinavians and Vikings were a harsh bunch. This can be clearly seen in their myths and the kinds of creatures they chose to depict in them. Let’s take a look at some of the weirdest and creepiest creatures in all of the Nine Realms! 1. Kraken There are dozens of theories and guesses […]

English might be the most commonly used language on the internet, but that doesn’t mean that having a good knowledge of it will help you get through any situation. The English language has some tones that are very unkind to other languages, sometimes making foreign words hard to pronounce. This is especially amusing when talking […]

Most of our knowledge of the Middle Ages comes from fantasy books, Monty Python movies, and TV shows. Therefore, some things we treat as facts are, in reality, nothing but myths. The Middle Ages lasted for around a thousand years from 476 AD to the 15th century, so some of the things we believe in […]

We treat products like the most mundane things because they are. But we never even stop and think about what they looked like they looked before. Just a few hundred years ago, many fruits and vegetables looked completely different from their modern image. Some of them were barely edible, while others needed a visual transformation […]

Happy 2021 or whatever year you’re reading this article! Have you made your New Year’s resolution? Doing the vaping thing but committing yourself to quit? We believe in you! Contrary to what the e-cigarette industry wants you to believe, vaping is not a “healthy” alternative to tobacco smoking. The more the experts find out about […]

Do you believe in supernatural phenomena like vampires, ghosts, or honest politicians? We can’t be certain about the other two, but ghosts are very real. Ghost ships, for example, have evoked fear in weak-minded humans for centuries. Their ominous fleet consists of ships that were crashed, abandoned, and ships that just mysteriously disappeared, only to […]

Former US president, Donald Trump, is famous not only for his business endeavors and ridiculous Twitter posts but also for all those sitcom-worthy situations in which he finds himself more often than any other world leader. Trump’s presidency is coming to an end, which naturally irks a good chunk of the American population, but that’s […]