I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that my booze stash consists of a half-empty bottle of two-year-old vodka in the freezer, a random assortment of maybe three beers in the fridge and a cheap bottle of red wine that was opened at some unknown point in time on...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Yolks 2. Arrow 3. Crown 4. Hoist 5. Thief Mystery Keyword: Yacht ROMPECABEZA DOS:
Everyone’s heard of wanting to take home your wisdom teeth after they’ve been yanked from your mouth, but an entire leg? Earlier this month, my colleague John McDermott had many questions about a man who served his friends tacos made from the flesh of his own amputated...
Despite evolving to leave the sea and never need to go back, we humans return to it with alarming regularity. This is despite the very obvious and constant reminders as to why we left in the first place: The sea sucks — from luminescent poison jelly to swimming bears...
A lot of people believe this old wives’ remedy, so first, it’s important to know where this pee-theory began. According to Science News, the legend of pee sterility began in the 1950s, when epidemiologist Edward Kass was trying to figure out a way to screen patients with...
While “how to escape from quicksand” might sound like something that only applies to Indiana Jones, the stuff is actually more common than you might think. It’s true: Just because you don’t think you pass a quicksand pit on your way to work doesn’t mean that it’s...
When you have a cold, you know the drill: Your nose runs, your head hurts, maybe some nausea. But what if something more than a simple cold virus got into your system — say, the demon Naberius, triple-dog-headed Marquess of Hell, commander of 19 legions and master of rhetoric:...
In a pee-holding contest between man and frog, man stands no chance — at least, not when it comes to the wood frog. According to Newser, this iron-bladdered frog can hold its urine for up to eight months during the winter. According to Luis Villazon, a writer at Science...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Ablaze 2. Splash 3. Nobody 4. Inborn 5. Aerate 6. Tyrant 7. Detour 8. Retold 9. Spryly 10. Larynx Mystery Keyword: Laboratory ROMPECABEZA DOS:
Back in April, the official Twitter account of Sweden maddened many by posting that Swedish meatballs—the national dish of Sweden—actually originated in none other than Turkey. Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in the early 18th century. Let's...
Most of us know what the basics are when it comes to laundry tags—we recognize “Don’t tumble dry this, idiot,” and “Put the iron away, you’re going to kill us all!” But there are many more confounding icons to be found in your clothes’ labels: Here’s your...
The final scene of the epic 1958 adventure flick The Vikings goes something like this: The corpse of Prince Einar (Kirk Douglas) is carried onto a longship by four decorated Viking warriors. A shield is placed above his head, the massive striped sail drops into place and...
