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10 Ways to Game Up Your Home

The first generation to grow up playing video games is now feathering empty nests, and plenty more gamers are buying and filling homes. Furniture and home decor companies keep adding designs catering to video game lovers, and those with a bit of time and creativity keep designing and building their own! A really dedicated gamer could furnish the entire house this way, but it's more likely you'd want to add just one or two game touches to your home to honor that side of your personality. 1. Space Invaders... READ ON

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10 Amazing Ways Video Games Can Change Your Life

by JR Minkel They can save your life, crush your soul, make you a fortune, or even leave you penniless. Here are 10 reasons why video games have more real-world power than you think. 1. They Can Make You a Better... READ ON

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Initials That Meant More Than They Realized

In 2010, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority announced that it would be rearranging some of its subway signs because they resembled a slightly naughty bit of internet slang. The signage for the F, M, and L lines read "FML," which savvy web users know as self-deprecating shorthand for "F--- My Life." The double meaning of its signs caught the transit authority off guard, but they've worked quickly to switch around the letters. New York's subways are hardly the... READ ON

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The White House Gift Guide: 13 Unique Presidential Gifts

What do you get the Commander-in-Chief who has everything? Let's look back at some of the more interesting gifts presidents have received. 1. George W. Bush: Raw... READ ON

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50 Amazing Facts for Our 50th Issue

We recently published our 50th issue. In honor of our little milestone, here are 50 fun facts we've picked up over the years. 1. In 1943, Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging "smokers' cough." They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris. 2. In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned. 3. Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 4. On the 2001... READ ON

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Drink Up! The Stories Behind 11 Regional Soft Drinks

Soft drinks, which originated as flavored and carbonated elixirs in the late 1800s and became especially popular during the Prohibition era, have long been associated with the region in which they were first developed. While some brands have branched out from their humble beginnings -- Coca-Cola is sold in more than 200 countries and territories throughout the world -- others have maintained a more localized appeal. Here are 11 lesser-known soft drinks and the stories behind their regional ties. 1.... READ ON

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Oh, the Places Your Ashes Will Go!

Want to be cremated, but worry that your ashes will just end up buried in a cemetery or sitting in some boring urn? Fear not! Have a look at these 10 bizarre places that ashes have gone. 1. Into a Comic... READ ON

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Why Do Your Dog's Feet Smell Like Popcorn?

My editor Jason has periodically brought up this topic in brainstorming sessions over the years, but I always figured the popcorn smell was a quirk of his dog, Bailey, and not an actual phenomenon (sorry, boss).Â But since I've already asked for some time off this summer and gotten it without any complaining on Jason's part, I humored him and did a little research to see if dogs besides Bailey actually do have popcorn-scented feet. Well, my mind is blown. Many dogs' feet actual do smell like popcorn!... READ ON

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22 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Don't Know

You know the characters, but you might not know their full names. Store these away for future trivia... READ ON

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Why Does Asparagus Make Your Pee Smell Funny?

The asparagus has a long and storied history. It was mentioned in the myths and the scholarly writings of ancient Greece, and its cultivation was the subject of a detailed lesson in Cato the Elder's treatise, On Agriculture. But it wasn't until the turn of the 18th century that discussion of the link between asparagus and odorous urine emerged. In 1731, John Arbuthnot, physician to Queen Anne, noted in a book about food that asparagus "affects the urine with a foetid smell"¦and therefore... READ ON