Posts by Adan Mathews

The death of Pokémon GO has been greatly exaggerated. Pokémon GO is still hovering in the 40s on the download charts.  It’s also still the top-grossing app on iOS. And, that’s great for Niantic and probably also for gamers who want ever-expanding content. That’s also been great for animal shelters all over, including the UK’s Wood Green Animal Charities. They...

I love rock and roll: And I love history. So I loved this quiz. If you like those things, you’ll dig this one, too. But will you ace it like I did? How’d you do? Want More? Check out: Quiz: How Well Do You Remember the Lyrics from ‘Jagged Little Pill’? Quiz: How Well Do...

The author of the quiz says that 97% of men remember these female icons. I can’t find any proof of that, though. I feel like most men would actually do worse than women on this quiz, but I don’t have any numbers to back that up. Maybe if you all post your scores after, we...

I have no idea how finding the middle dots in this quiz is a marker of how intelligent you may or may not be. But I did have a good time. It’s both a color test and a perception test. Good luck, my friends! How’d you do? I aced this thing. I don’t know if...

15 years ago, one of the earliest and cruelest online photo-hoaxes made its first appearance. According to Snopes, this “accidental tourist” photo started popping up worldwide in email chains just a couple of weeks after 9/11, usually preceded by this message: “We’ve seen thousands of pictures concerning the attack. However, this one will make you cringe. A...

I bet your brain could use a good workout. So, here are 12 riddles for you to dig into. Good luck: #1. Is somebody cheating? *No, John can’t see Paul past Sarah… You sure you’re ready for the answer? The answer is A. There is a married person looking at an unmarried person. But, wait!...

You know who this is right? And, I bet you know who this is, too: Of course, I suppose that if you didn’t you wouldn’t have clicked into this quiz. But, just in case you don’t. She was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, the first woman ever to be nominated by a...

I am definitely not one to romanticize the past. I have no desire to exist during any time in history other than right now. I mean, I might be into a quick trip to the future, but you can keep the past. For example: as much as I hate waiting at hospitals and dealing with...

Who doesn’t remember that f’n awesome opening ceremony from Beijing in 2008? Fireworks both real and fake. A giant, rolling and eventually floating LED screen… And the drums…. We’ll never forget the drums… Or that water cube. But, what happened after the games ended? Well, when it comes to the water cube, a lot of things...

I crushed this one. I never actually owned Alanis Morrisette’s 1995 album, “Jagged Little Pill.” But I absolutely dominated the quiz. Even though I never had the album, a whole lot of other people did. The era-defining album ranks just behind this one: And just ahead of this one: Maybe you don’t recall the time when Celine Dion...

The folks over at the YouTube channel WonderWhy have stumbled upon some 50-year old research that still packs a powerful punch today when it comes to determining one’s ability to use deductive reasoning. It’s a super-simple test invented in 1966 by cognitive psychologist Peter Cathcart Wason. And, this dude dedicated his life to the psychology of...

There are several reasons I’ve been hesitant to re-name any of my Pokémon in the game so far. Practically speaking, I like using the “A-Z” function to organize them by type, but I think the main reason is that I have enough stuff to do – when the servers let me on – that re-naming Pokémon...

Pokémon GO is bringing people together in amazing ways, and one of the most incredible stories to come out in the short time since the ARevolution began is the story of NYC’s own Ralph Koppelman. Six-year-old Ralphie loves to draw, and he’s well on his way to becoming a Pokémon master. Ralphie found this thing just...

Actually, that’s not very new anymore. Nowadays a lot of phones have a time-lapse option in the camera app. I mean, if it’s new to you, go for it! It really is pretty damn cool. Or… You could just check out these time-lapses I pulled from our archive of Fact Snacks: #9. Here are the...

If you were around for the premiere of South Park – or, like me, you caught it on VHS because your cable company didn’t carry Comedy Central back in 1997 – then you’re probably feeling kind of old right about now. But don’t go sticking that fork in the electric socket just yet… All those...