Posts by Adan Mathews

Seriously, just stay hell away from the manchineel tree. We’ve tried to warn you before: It’s bad enough when a tree has to have a sign, but when Guinness gives it the world record for the “world’s most dangerous tree,” you know you’ve got something uniquely terrifying. Credit: GIPHY Found in the Florida Everglades and along the...

Are you ready for a trip down memory lane? Yes? Well come along with me, and let’s jump back a few decades to the 1990s. via GIPHY Like, remember CDs? via GIPHY Hell, it’s possible that you might have even purchased some of these on cassette. via GIPHY But whether you bought CDs, cassettes, or were...

I love optical illusions! Don’t you? via GIPHY This isn’t so much an optical illusion as it is an eye test. An eye test for what? I don’t know. But, it’s not a sailboat. via GIPHY Or a schooner… You ready? How’d you do? I can see most of it, especially after they show you the...

The National Science Foundation is all about science. Obvs. It’s right there in the name. The NSF spends a lot of time, effort, and resources supporting those who work in the sciences, but they also do some research on the public: their attitudes towards science, as well as their general scientific knowledge. These 11 questions come from that...

Have you heard the one about Andy’s mom? Copywriter, critic, and conspirer Jon Negroni found himself all over the Internet in early 2014 with his theory that there’s more to Andy’s mom from the Toy Story franchise than meets the eye. He thinks Andy’s mom is Jessie’s original owner. ^ There’s Jessie’s original owner, Emily, swinging her around during...

London has been around as a major settlement for at least 2,000 years, so there’s plenty of fascinating things about it that are worth digging up. With that in mind, here are 11 facts about London that are bloody calling for you: #11. It’s a large, old, and complex city. Due to its age, London looks...

When actors get their big break, they sometimes fail to realize that it means they suddenly have very little control over what happens next. That’s exactly what happened to these three actors, who signed multi-picture deals they knew would change their lives but had no idea what that meant until it was too late. #1....

Do you remember this racist meme? I don’t either, but the story behind it is as riveting as it is horrible. Taiwanese model Heidi Yeh says she had a pretty solid career going for two years, modeling for big name companies like Sony and landing some great exposure. Here she is in a floor display....

You love facts. I love facts. But did you know our most beloved facts from the last year? Well, now you will because I’ve compiled this amazing list of the most liked and shared posts from our 2015 Tumblr blog posts! It’s a weird list, but the data doesn’t lie. Do with it what you will. I’m also going...

Settle down and listen up, or I’ll have to be all aggressive and use my whip to get what I want. Now, please read these facts so I don’t look ridiculous tryna be cool like Harrison Ford. #5. The filmmakers loved their dogs, which led to true love for one of them. Indiana Jones was named after...

Almost all kids (and most adults, tbh) love Lego. They’re simple and can be used for just about anything. Braille Bricks wants to add something else to that list by using Lego-compatible bricks to help blind children learn to read in an inclusive setting. Lego Design Specialist Arthur Sacek puts the work of Braille Bricks into simple...

From January 15-18, 2016 fans of The Walking Dead boarded the Walker Stalker cruise from Miami to Grand Bahama Island, and it was apparently a pretty big hit… So, like the zombies they admire so much, they’re planning on coming back for more. OK… Maybe that’s not the best photo. But, it was my favorite. Here’s...

If you’ve ever thought that, you’re not alone. Even Courteney Cox seemed to notice it when she brought this up to Conan O’Brien: “My voice sounds so different because I think they speed it up a little bit, they speed it up a few frames to get another commercial in there.” She was absolutely right....

Melissa Hie travels the world eating and snapping pics of street food under the moniker, “Girl Eat World.” Honestly, this sounds like one of the best jobs in the world. With over 300 super tasty posts, I thought it would be best to focus on the cutest foods she has found thus far. So, here...

I don’t know what company it’s for, nor do I know what they’re trying to say, but if you still can’t get the nasty taste out of your mouth from that crazy-racist Chinese detergent ad… …then this just might do the trick. It starts out simple enough… There’s a dude. There’s a lady. They’re staring at each other… but then…...