9 Reasons The Hulk Shouldn’t Have His Own Movie (And 1 Why He Should)
Avengers: Age of Ultron contains approximately 1,000 characters that we’re excited to see. But the biggest draw is probably still the Incredible Hulk. Ol’ Jade Jaws has gotten a lease on life from the...
View Article8 Mysterious Disappearances (And The Clues That Keep People Guessing)
What makes a mysterious disappearance even more intriguing? When baffling clues are left behind — or even more tantalizingly, when they surface again, months or years after the fact. Here are eight...
View ArticleThe 5 Best And 5 Worst "I Wanted to Get Caught" Villain Schemes
Villains sure do like to be captured on purpose, don’t they? We’ve seen it again and again as a trope, but it’s not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it does show just how brilliant our bad guy is. And...
View Article10 Things People Once Complained Would Ruin The English Language
You’ve probably heard that English is being ruined — by the Internet , by texting, by Americans, by young people who have no respect for proper grammar. But it turns out that people have always...
View ArticleThe 10 Biggest Blunders in The History Of Espionage
In movies and books, spies are always debonair and brilliant, pulling off the most complex schemes without getting caught (too badly.) But in real life, espionage is a messy, complicated business, and...
View Article10 Superheroes Who Can Never Have Sex
It’s tough to be a superhero. Not only do you have to drop everything and get into a brawl at a second’s notice, but you’re frequently misunderstood. Superheroes’ personal lives are a mess — especially...
View Article10 Worst Misconceptions About Medieval Life You’d Get From Fantasy Books
Some tropes are so ingrained in Medieval-inspired fantasy stories that it’s tempting to think that they represent real aspects of Medieval life. But often these stories are just reinforcing myths and...
View Article9 Historical Murder Mysteries Solved More Than A Century Later
While many historical whodunnits were solved not long after the supposed crime was committed, sometimes it’s up to modern science and history to determine how and why a person died. Here are cases...
View ArticleThe 7 Least Plausible Solutions To The Fermi Paradox
One of the greatest conundrums to face humanity is the question of extraterrestrial life. Many explanations have been posited over the years to explain why we have yet to make first contact, some...
View Article10 Famous Scientists Who Held Surprising Supernatural Beliefs
While we typically hold up scientists, especially those who have made important discoveries, as paragons of rationality, numerous scientists have had fascinations with cryptids, psychic phenomena, and...
View Article9 Historical Mysteries Solved By Astronomy
History is filled with mysteries that can be answered by the position of the moon, the nature of the tides, and the time of year when an event occurred. Here are mysteries of battles, art, and...
View ArticleThe 14 Most Loathsome Figures Of The Second World War
World War II is remembered for its cruelty and ferocious violence, a global conflict that claimed the lives of nearly 60 million people. It was a war that featured no shortage of heinous individuals —...
View Article15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Farts
Admit it. You’ve always wanted to know whether farts can carry germs. Read more…
View Article5 Game Of Thrones Book Plots We’re Glad The TV Show Is Skipping
The Game of Thrones TV series has been a remarkably faithful adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series so far, but that will change when season 5 debuts on April 12th. But not every alteration...
View Article8 Short-Lived Religious Manias That We’re Lucky Didn’t Stick Around
All kinds of manias have gripped the public mind, from time to time. And that definitely includes religious manias. Luckily, some of the most intense, and intensely scary, religious movements were...
View Article9 Batman Knock-Offs That Utterly Miss The Point Of Batman
Everybody loves Batman. After 75 years of saving Gotham City, the Caped Crusader has become an archetype. So it’s not surprising that every comic needs its own version of Bats. And yet, Batman remains...
View Article12 Ways Humanity Could Destroy The Entire Solar System
We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we...
View Article10 Incredibly Stupid Ways That Superheroes and Villains Have Died
Superhero comics are full of death-defying action… that sometimes results in actual death. And for every epic, brilliant final stand, there’s a death that’s less than satisfying. There are plenty of...
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