Today I Found Out

First, let's start by dispelling a somewhat popular myth that more or less goes like this:

The practice of saying "o'clock" is simply a remnant of simpler times when clocks weren't very prevalent and…

One of the six simple machines, a screw is nothing more than an inclined plane wrapped around a center pole. While…

Today I found out that in an effort to scare people away from drinking alcohol, the American government once…

For millions of drinkers, it is perhaps the most important ingredient in the world.

When Hiroo Onoda got dropped off on in the Philippines during World War II, the Japanese soldier was told two…

Today I found out "Pong" was originally meant only as a training exercise for a new gaming developer at Atari, Allan…

Today I found out about a man who saved over two million lives just by donating his somewhat unique blood plasma.

No one is sure when exactly the first WALK/DONT WALK style signs were installed. Even the Federal Highway…

After the steaks, chops, breasts, ribs, thighs, hams, tenderloins and briskets are removed, there's a fair amount of…

On July 23, 1983, in the small town of Gimli, Manitoba, Captain Robert Pearson and Co-Pilot Maurice Quintal expertly…

When someone is "blowing smoke up your arse" today, it is a figure of speech that means that one person is…

Gray hair, memory loss, wrinkles and brittle bones, sooner or later, each of us gets old (if we're lucky). Yet…

Today I found out how to drastically increase the life of your shaver razor blades, such as Gillette or Schick brand…

In 1975, George Lucas was casting for his upcoming sci-fi film The Star Wars (name later changed to simply Star Wars)…

Every summer we slather layers of sunscreen with the highest SPF we can find, and bravely venture outside hoping our…

When Elaine on Seinfeld failed a drug test after eating a poppy seed muffin back in the 1996 episode "The Shower…

Beer brewing and drinking are activities that have been part of the human experience seemingly since the dawn of…

It was lunch time on a muggy late September day in 2013 when an explosion shook downtown Orlando, Florida. A…

In 1998, there was a groundbreaking study telling parents that their children were at risk of getting autism from…