The McDonald's McRib, a sandwich that has 70 ingredients but no rib meat, was first introduced in 1981 and wasn't much of a hit. But in the years since, it… Read the rest of the article: Why is the McRib only offered occasionally and why so randomly?

Made-for-TV Christmas movies have filled the schedule at the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime for a couple of months now, but it's time for the premieres of the 2020 crop. Get… Read the rest of the article: There are 82 new Christmas movies this year

"Video Games" is a sweet and somewhat sad song from the album Mixtape for the Milky Way by jeremy messersmith. The papercraft video was animated by fellow video game fan… Read the rest of the article: The bittersweet nostalgia of "Video Games"

McDonald's is not exactly known for gourmet food, but most people will agree that their french fries are pretty good- for the five minutes it takes to eat them before… Read the rest of the article: A quest for the original McDonald's french fry recipe

Fifty-four years before Marilyn Monroe starred in The Seven Year Itch, the same scene of a white dress being blown by an updraft from a sidewalk vent was shown to… Read the rest of the article: What Happened on 23rd Street

The early days of space flight were quite different. Rocket scientists would sometimes even pull practical jokes on their team, such as the time Gene Kranz convinced flight director Chris… Read the rest of the article: The Thanksgiving gag that ended NASA pranks forever

You might enjoy playing Scrabble with your family and friends, but when you get outside your social bubble and run into a serious or even tournament-grade Scrabble player, well, that's… Read the rest of the article: The dark art of playing world-class Scrabble

What's the funniest movie you've ever seen? Comedy is certainly subjective, but a well-crafted funny film that appeals to many is likely to become a hit, then a classic. It… Read the rest of the article: 30 movies representing a century of comedy on film

Back in March, thousands of offices shuttered and set up their employees to work from home, often with no notice. We saw jokes in the summer about people returning to… Read the rest of the article: What realtors are finding in empty offices right now

When the news broke that Dolly Parton had quietly given a million dollars to Vanderbilt University back in April to fund COVID-19 vaccine research, which was used to help develop… Read the rest of the article: "Vaccine," in honor of Dolly Parton's research funding

The Stephen Sondheim song "Getting Married Today" from the 1970 musical Company is notorious for its difficulty. That did not deter Randy Rainbow from using it to illustrate the lengths… Read the rest of the article: Randy Rainbow protects snowflake Trump

In Antartica, sunset takes a long time, and night lasts for half the year. Most of the workers leave, and those who are left behind get no supplies for nine… Read the rest of the article: Six months of darkness for 15 years

Even though this is an ad, the Ghanian Coffin Dancers have the same message as always: Wear a mask… or dance with us! They have teamed up with Afrisocks to… Read the rest of the article: Masks to match your socks

New Zealand's organization Forest & Bird takes their Bird of the Year (Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau) competition seriously. When voter fraud was detected in the online poll to… Read the rest of the article: Voter fraud uncovered in Bird of the Year poll

Star City, Russia (previously at BB), is home to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Under Soviet rule, the existence of the town was a state secret. It is still… Read the rest of the article: When COVID-19 came to Star City

LEGO artist Ochre Jelly was inspired by Rudy Giuliani's post-election press conference in the parking lot of Four Seasons Landscaping in Philadelphia. Such an epic moment deserves a tribute in… Read the rest of the article: The Four Seasons Landscaping press conference in LEGO!

This looks like a bizarre parody ad, but it's real. It was originally scheduled to run during last week's Saturday Night Live, but ultimately did not. Arby's produced a pillow… Read the rest of the article: Arby's Deep Fried Turkey Pillow lets you nap, looks ridiculous

Kamala Harris has broken many barriers in her election as vice president of the United States. But the first biracial and the person of color to become vice president was… Read the rest of the article: The first US vice president of color

Election reaction on the right comes in such gloriously unbridled cadence that the Gregory Brothers made a song out of it. This mashup features all those you would expect: Paula… Read the rest of the article: Right-wing outrage songified

Image: Charles J Sharp/CC BY-SA 4.0 Banded mongooses are fearless fighters, and are famous for standing up to venomous snakes. A new study, combining observation and genetic analysis, shows that… Read the rest of the article: Female mongooses will start a war to get sex