Names can be deceiving. And these 15 things are prime examples of that. Today, we will learn where these things actually came from (despite their names), and we will see what they should be called. Chinese Checkers Not only is this game unrelated to regular checkers, but it also doesn&
You likely know that there are replicas of well-known monuments scattered here and there across the United States, but you probably aren't aware just how many there really are. Today, we will find out. For this list, we won’t include the Statue of Liberty or Eiffel Tower
War is hell. Most everyone knows that. But certain sounds can take a toll on even the most hardened soldiers. Modern warfare may give us sounds like the A-10 Warthog’s cannon “BRRRT” or a Tomahawk missile flying overhead. But 80 years ago, both sides of the Axis and Allied
With the release of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things airing soon, I felt it was appropriate to help pinpoint the filming locations of this beloved series. Even though the series takes place in Indiana, nearly all of the filming for the fictional town of Hawkins was done
If you're like me, you enjoy a good fun fact every now and again. Sometimes, you'll want to know several facts all at once. So, for today's article, we've searched for facts that sound unbelievable, but are, in fact, real. And clues
At first glance, you may think of the US and Canada as being similar. And one may assume so because both countries are located on the same continent and share the longest international border in the world. But if you take a better look at things, you will notice that
Some world records may be easy to beat, others, not so much. But these records will, most likely, stand the test of time. For one, not very many people could consume non-food objects without a serious medical complication. And only one man in recorded history has sprinted at 37 km/
From the defeat of the Nazis in 1945 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet Union brutally expanded communist control over eastern Europe. Not long after, eastern Europe was forced into the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, where the following countries had communist puppet governments supported by the
Lots of development goes into creating movie characters. Some more than others, but for these characters, you'll see that tons of development went into creating them before they were finalized. Today, we will be looking at the characters who were vastly improved with, at the least, some touch-ups.
Anyone who's anyone in music will be familiar with the traditional (as in traditional in Western music) trumpet, saxophone, drums, and the like. But instruments can easily come in all shapes and sizes. Since the dawn of humankind, humans have tried and experimented with different ways of making
Sometimes, a movie that is considered a classic today wasn’t successful during its release. Some movies take up to a few decades to be fully appreciated. Here are 10 movies that flopped at the box office but still made their way into the public domain as classics. Citizen Kane
After landing a role or two, some people either have a change of heart or simply move on. These are some of the things that have happened to people we once knew as actors. It's also a poignant reminder of the pressures of fame, especially on children. George