Rare Video Footage Suggests Octopuses May Experience Nightmares
Were Costello's flailing actions the result of a lifelike nightmare?
Vintage & Historical
The Real Reason Why People Wore Powdered Wigs
It wasn't just wealth, head lice and syphilis played a major role in the rise of the wig.
Science & Technology
The World’s First 3D Printed Rocket Actually Takes Off
Besides being the first 3D-printed rocket, Terran 1 is among the first methane-fueled rockets, too.
Vintage & Historical
How Fake Was Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds?
A ratings poll showed that only 2% of listeners were tuned into Welles's broadcast.
Food
Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
Let’s take a bite out of this proverbial 19th-century wisdom.
Vintage & Historical
That One Time Napoleon Was Attacked By Rabbits
The savage bunnies that embarrassed the Emperor of France.
Science & Technology
In A First, Astronomers Spot A Star Swallowing A Planet
A foreshadowing of Earth's fate in 5 billion years!
Vintage & Historical
The Real Life Mummy’s Curse: Ancient Remains Could Infect Humans
From chilling stories to television screens, does the mummy curse exist?
People
Forget Red and Blue Pills, Would You Take the Brown Pill?
This medical advance could save lives but comes with a stomach-churning premise.
Animals
On Becoming a Platypus Mom: Biting, Dancing, and... Oozing?
Platypus mothers take on the role of both the mammal and the reptile when caring for their eggs and future puggles!
Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025
Cartoon of the Day
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!