6 Interesting Facts About ‘Guitar Hero’
After a long hiatus, the popular video game franchise is coming back. Here are some interesting facts about the game and its many spinoffs and competitors.
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10 Amusing Stan Lee Cameos From Marvel Movies
Stan Lee helped make Marvel Comics what it is, creating or co-creating hundreds of characters, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Fantastic Four. In tribute, every movie based on a Marvel Comics title includes a Stan Lee cameo. Here are some of the best, and hardest to spot.
Ask Uncle John’s Anything: It’s Okay, We’ve Got Insurance
Yes. Lloyd’s isn’t a traditional insurance company, but a “specialist insurance marketplace.” Not backed by one institution, it has the financial interest of several backers, which means that it can offer big payouts if necessary by distributing risk around the multiple parties.
3 Noteworthy Tributes to Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy succumbed to pulmonary disease last week. The beloved, influential actor has since been honored in a number of creative ways.
The Happiest Ghosts on Earth
Disneyland and Disney World are home to more than just actors in stuffy costumes and thousands of exhausted families—there are “grim grinning ghosts” around, too.
6 Highly Logical Facts About Leonard Nimoy
RIP Spock.
- Leonard Nimoy invented the Vulcan Hand Salute during the filming of a Star Trek episode. The gesture was borrowed from the Jewish High Holiday services. The Kohanim (priests) bless the congregation by extending “the palms of both hands…with thumbs outstretched and the middle and ring fingers parted.” Nimoy used the same gesture, only with one hand.
5 New Weird Magazines
Think print media is dead? Well, an impressive 234 new magazines launched in 2014. Here are some the most notable (and weirdest) to hit newsstands in recent months.
Daily Fun Facts: When Wienermobiles Go Wild
One of Oscar Mayer’s iconic automobiles was recently involved in a pretty bad traffic accident. In today’s Daily Fun Facts, we give you a rundown on what happened, in addition to some other frankly wild incidents involving the company’s fleet of hot dog-shaped vehicles.
4 More Better-Late-Than-Never Literary Sequels
It was recently announced that author Harper Lee would release a follow-up for To Kill a Mockingbird…55 years after the book’s release. Here are a few more long-delayed sequels.
Youngest, Oldest, Longest, Shortest: ‘SNL’ Edition
As Saturday Night Live prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary, here are some “not ready for prime time” superlatives.
7 Things You May Not Know About the Abominable Snowman
He’s big. He’s hairy. He’s possibly more synonymous with winter than any other mythical creature. Here is some interesting trivia about the big fella.
10 Positively Adorable Facts About the Puppy Bowl
It’s one of America’s biggest sporting events and it draws millions of viewers every year. No, not the Super Bowl. Here are some interesting facts about Super Sunday’s other big game.
Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters Random Trivia Facts
With the recent announcement of the amazing, all-female leads of the new Ghostbusters movie, we decided to dig up some random trivia facts about the Ghostbuster franchise.
The MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
Since 1992, MTV has held its own Movie Awards. The categories are fan-voted, and less stodgy than the Oscars, with awards for things like “Best Villain” and “Best Kiss.” From 1992 to 2002, there was an award for Best New Filmmaker.
Breaking Bad (With Glitter)
Here’s what happened when one entrepreneur recently decided to turn those annoying little decorations into a mean-spirited business.
Look Like an ‘SNL’ Character for Only A Few Hundred Bucks
Saturday Night Live is celebrating it’s 40th anniversary season with…a line of expensive, designer clothing at Sak’s Fifth Avenue?
Ted Turner’s CNN Doomsday Video, Revealed
It’s become something of a legend over the years, but Ted Turner really did record a special clip to play on his CNN news channel…at the end of the world.
2015 According to “Back to the Future”
Back to the Future Part II landed in cinemas in November 1989. The film follows Doc Brown and Marty McFly as they blasted themselves into the far-off year of 2015. Now that it really is 2015, let’s look at a few of the film’s technological predictions. Hoverboards Mirroring a scene in the original Back to […]
