5 Weird KFC Items From Around the World
Stateside KFCs mostly serve down-home fare like fried chicken and coleslaw. Around the world, it’s a free-for-all.
Weird, Wonderful World
Crime and Outrageous Punishment
Popular wisdom advises that if you can’t do the time you shouldn’t do the crime. In the following cases, however, the authorities went a bit overboard.
4 Tales From the Frontlines of the War on Wizz
Public urination is a big problem in many cities. Here’s how a few of them are fighting back….
7 Restaurants Who Serve Food Creatively
Inspired by the twitter feed @WeWantPlates, here are some real restaurants who serve food on really weird things instead of plates.
6 Deliciously Heart-Stopping Ballpark Foods
You can get these real foods at Major League ballparks…but you probably shouldn’t eat anything else for the rest of the week if you do.
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.
Ask Uncle John Anything: You Can’t Fire Me, I’ve Got Tenure
Tenure doesn’t come instantly. It’s a privilege bestowed on teachers or professors after several years of a high-quality job performance at a school, college, or institution as a reward—generally after three, or five years.
8 Fun Facts About the NBA All-Star Game
The best of the West meets the best of the East next weekend. Here are some fun facts about the NBA All-Star game.
3 Amazing Ice Hotels
Winter is when most of us to curl up indoors next to a toasty fire with a good book. However, others think it’s always nice on the ice. Here are some (literally!) super cool hotels
Two Sandwiches Fit For The King
It’s 2015 and time to eat like a king, and by “king,” we mean Elvis. Here are a couple sandwiches fit for The King.
Junk Food Items That Disappeared…And Returned
We are living in a golden age of discontinued junk food returning to stores due to popular demand.
Strange and Interesting Facts: 3 Bizarre Coffee Blends
Do you take yours with cream, sugar, or monkey spit? Today’s Strange and Interesting Facts dives into three strange and bizarre coffee blends from around the world.
Food Trivia: 12 Weird Candy Cane Flavors
Candy canes – they aren’t just available in peppermint anymore. Also, make sure to check out the other food trivia we’ve covered in the past.
How to Defeat Proprietary Technology In One Easy Step
When a company introduces a new product, they try to hold on to being the one-and-only manufacturer of that product for as long as possible, even introducing more technology to keep other companies out of the game. Someone always finds a way to beat the system.
How Cuties Conquered the Produce Department
Oranges used to just be oranges…until Cuties came along and branded them. In 2004, Cuties debuted in the Western U.S and in the East Coast in 2011).
10 Christmas Desserts From Around the World
One of the best parts of the holiday season is gorging yourself on gingerbread, sugar cookies, eggnog, candy canes… but that’s just here in North America. Here’s some interesting trivia on some holiday sweet treats from elsewhere on the planet.
It’s Christmas in Japan!
Until recently, Christmas was obscure in Japan because, well, the country didn’t have a lot of Christians. It was only in the 1960s that the holiday became familiar by watching imported American and British TV sitcoms, many of which feature tradition-referencing Christmas episodes.
This presented the marketing department at Kentucky Fried Chicken with a great opportunity. KFC has had many restaurants in Japan for decades; the first opened in Nagoya in 1970. After learning
Ask Uncle John Anything: More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
“More fun than a barrel of monkeys” is supposed to be an ironic statement, or at least a sarcastic one. It’s properly used to wryly describe something that isn’t fun (say, the board game “Barrel of Monkeys.”)
