Weird & Strange

Ever had a self-appointed linguistic expert regale you with word origin stories that seemed a bit off? The following etymologies have spread well beyond

No childhood is complete without a toy that could potentially kill those who wield it. Why, part of growing up is learning that Lego bricks are both sharp and

If you've read the article about examples of rural entertainment that could end in disaster, then you already know that living in the country can be a lot more

In high school, I was a Cobra. That was embarrassing. In college I was a Mariner. That was boring. Then I became a teacher at a school that bore uniforms

You put a lot of trust in airline companies to get you from A to B without, you know, crashing. But if you’re being seated in one of these planes, we’d suggest the bus.

Mandela effect was named after Nelson Mandela, a South-African leader. Apparently, a number of people remember clearly his death and funeral in the 1980s. Mandela...

Home is where the heart is. And since you spend a lot of time there, you want to make yourself comfortable while using furnishing to reflect your personality. You therefore want to avoid any of this crap.

The medical field is always looking for ways to cure diseases. Even in the Medieval or ancient times, they would come up with plausible solutions for what was

We often look up to famous people because of the fact that they have managed to turn something they were really passionate about into a hugely successful career. Now that they have all the money in the world and are living their dream, you have to wonder about what they do for fun outside of their work and what kind of hobbies they might have. Here are some of the most surprising and unexpected ho

Most people have their experiences with theme parks limited to one or two visits to a major attraction like Disney and a few more outings at some local knockoff. The truly unfortunate may have found their childhoods ripped from them after visiting one of these places…