11 Offbeat College Essay Topics
As high school seniors across the country are hard at work on their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have
As high school seniors across the country are hard at work on their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have
Conventional wisdom tells us that a college degree will get you much further than only a high school diploma. But what about those who choose to cut out while pursuing their higher educations and go it alone, free from the constraints of academia?
Ever wonder what a Canuck is? How about a Blue Jacket? Here's a breakdown of how the league's 30 teams got their names.
Ad slogans and taglines generally come to us in the form of a declaration. But seriously, what would you do for a Klondike bar?
What if you finished reading this article and remembered every detail of it for the rest of your life?
It seems anything, including trees, can become a mascot. With the start of college football season, we thought it might be interesting to take a look back at a few colleges who have changed their nicknames or mascots.
A burger and fries aren't the only items you can find on the go.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to seek out covert items at fast food chains around the country. Be warned, this mission includes very real dangers such as hardening arteries and skyrocketing cholesterol. But we know you won't let us down.
Vladimir Nabokov, the author of such masterpieces as 'Lolita' and 'Pale Fire,' was also an expert on butterflies who inadvertently helped give Luciano Pavarotti a career boost.
News outlets reported this week that legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite never amended his will to include Joanna Simon, who had been his girlfriend for the last four years of his life. Cronkite's daughter said the newsman never planned to leave Simon,
It was hard to pick just 20.
The NFL preseason's in full swing, but instead of handicapping battles for backup QB jobs, let's take a look at five things you might not know about one of the greatest signal callers of all time: Johnny Unitas.
In some cities, driving a taxi is considered an important, valued, even elevated vocation. Sometimes those cabbies become famous.
Let's take a look at some real life Don Drapers who went on to find fame in other fields. Here are a few famous folks who got their starts penning slogans and writing jingles.
Even during the worst economic downturn in modern U.S. history, some folks still knew how to make a buck—many bucks, in fact.
Crayons of yore have a revisionist history unto themselves.
People have been eating pickles ever since the Mesopotamians started making them way back in 2400 B.C.E.
Most of us spend a lot of time staring at a computer or TV screen, playing video games, or gabbing into our cell phones. The brand names for these products are all familiar, but where did they come from in the first place?
Here are a few facts that you may not have known about the gang in gold and red (and maybe a couple about the set in silver and green).
Lots of people are superstitious, professional baseball players included. Here are some of the rituals players adhere to
This week's installment of our "5 Things You Didn't Know About..." series focuses on one of the finest comic actors of all time. Whether in comedies like The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby or Hitchcock thrillers like North by Northwest, Cary Gra
Calvin Coolidge was the only U.S. president to have been born on Independence Day, but these 10 other famous Americans also have blowout birthdays.
Does it seem like only 15 years ago that we were all plastered to the screen, watching a white Bronco speed down Interstate 405? That's because it was. Although it's definitely up there in terms of media coverage, it's far from the first scandalous murd
Long-lost artworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Ludwig van Beethoven, and more have resurfaced in some unexpected ways.