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This Simple Illusion Makes You See Colors That Aren’t There

If you think things that are black and white tend to stay that way, well, buckle up – this illusion, when spun, turns a black and white wheel into a virtual rainbow. Benham’s Disk (or Benham’s Top) was invented by C.E. Benham in 1894 and sold as a children’s toy. Half the disk was painted...

4 Weird Manias That Gripped Society Then Disappeared

Mob mentality is as old as the human race, and yet it remains something slightly mysterious, perhaps because we have no real way to understand or control it. There are stories going back centuries about people who, for one reason or another or for no reason at all, collectively lose their sh*t. Maybe papers have...

20 of the Creepiest Two-Sentence Horror Stories You’ll Ever Read

It takes a pretty creative person to boil down a creepy story to just two sentences. Or any kind of story, for that matter. But these folks on Reddit sure hit the nail on the head. Ready to be scared in very short fashion? Then read on… 1. I’ll be right back… 2. What just...

14 Questions You Might Not Have Thought to Ask Your Alexa Device

You probably realize there are all kinds of questions you can ask your Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Show. Alexa has all of the answers, and yeah, there are definitely some queries that will earn you ones that are unexpectedly funny. In case you’re not sure you’ve been having enough fun with your house robot,...

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13 People Discuss the Most Disturbing Videos and Audio Clips on the Internet

I’m probably not telling you anything you don’t already know, but there are a TON of creepy videos and audio clips out there on the Internet. Some of them are real, some of them are unexplainable and remain a mystery. But you can definitely fall into some deep wormholes exploring all the creepiness out there....

11 People Talk about the Spookiest Video and Audio Clips Online

We live in a dangerous world filled with tragedy around every corner. Sadly, it’s a fact of life. And sometimes, these incidents or phenomenons happen to be captured on video or audio. An AskReddit thread recently asked people, “What are the spookiest audio or video clips on the Internet?” Here are responses from AskReddit users....

UFO Sightings Actually Rose 75% in 2019

UFO sightings are nothing new. People in the ancient world saw mysterious things in the sky, and that has never changed. There was a spike back in the 60s, when Area 51 became a thing, but things have leveled off in recent years. In 2018, in fact, there were “only” 3395 reported sightings of UFO’s...

Why Americans Are so Obsessed With Paper Towels

If the coronavirus has taught us anything, it’s that Americans are totally obsessed with our paper products – a fact we should have already known, given that we produce more unrecyclable trash (per person) than any developed country in the world. And paper towels? Americans spend around $5.7 billion annually on them, and most people...