French fries vs. tater tots … which is the superior fried potato? Let’s start at the beginning. French fries came from … France, right? Oh boy, we’ve got a lot of history to get through. Join host Justin Dodd in a journey through the history of fried potatoes. [Mental Floss]
Amazon is currently holding a MASSIVE book sale! Just buy one, and you’ll get the second one at 50% off! And yes, most of these book are already discounted, which makes this sale even more interesting! There’s THOUSANDS of awesome title in there, including countless comic books, Dungeons and Dragons adventures and rulebooks, and a […]
Plenty of Companies have released statues of the legendary Stan Lee since he passed away in 2018, but so far, I think this one from Beast Kingdom is my favorite so far! The MC-030 Stan Lee Master Craft: The King Of Cameos is limited to 1,922 pieces worldwide! I would absolutely LOVE to get this […]
When the pandemic started, one of the most geektastic group of all time, OK Go, wrote and recorded a song together, each alone in their respective homes. Then, a high school choir from Long Island asked for the sheet music and decided to join in to perform in the same matter. Ok Go loved the […]
I’ve watched this video featuring Car Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot countless times over the past few years, and to this date, it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. [carlsagandotcom]
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Two remastered color videos showing a typical day in New York in 1930. The first one likely starts around 51st street and rides along 5th avenue for the rest, right next to Central park. The second one shows the New York shoreline by boat. Watch! https://youtu.be/65Deh9u2pLw [NASS]
When The Lord of the Rings was first released back in 1954, the book included two illustrations by J.R.R. Tolkien: the Doors of Durin and the Inscription on Balin’s Tomb. Since then, the artwork of the legendary author has never graced the pages of the beloved fantasy classic… until now. Thanks to The Guardian, we […]
Leonard Nimoy was born in Boston on March 26th, 1931. To pay honor to the great man and humanity’s ultimate honorary grandfather, the city has declared that the actor’s birth date would, from now on, be “Leonard Nimoy Day.” As you can see in the 2013 Tweet below, the man dearly loved his hometown: “I […]
Antartica is not only very cold and mostly uninhabitable, it’s also really difficult to determine precisely who actually owns it. In this video, Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones both do a very good and entertaining job of explaining everything there is to know about one of the largest piece of land in the world. [Jay […]