Einstein's ideas on relative acceleration were partly inspired by a guy who fell off a roof in Berlin. Surviving without injury, he told the physicist that he had not felt the effects of gravity.

It is interesting that this top ten doesn't have a lot of household name companies on it.

If your July 4 traditions include watching Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Competition, steel yourself: Joey Chestnut is out.

On July 1, 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America, which oversees the voluntary rating system for movies, introduced its new rating of PG-13…

In 1865, William E. Brockway printed a counterfeit $100 bill that was so perfect, it left the Treasury Department with the sole option of withdrawing all authentic $100 bills from circulation.

The United States tops this list, with a higher incarceration rate than El Salvador (#2) and Thailand (#3).

The Japanese tech company Kirin Holdings has released the new Elecispoon, a metal-and-plastic, battery-powered spoon…

On June 28, 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies, officially ending World War I.

There are tea bags made to look like a goldfish swimming in your mug.

Canadians can sleep a bit easier with no cities in Canada on this list.

On June 19, 1821, Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet met with Sioux leader Sitting Bull in present-day Montana…

“Percussive maintenance” is the technical term for hitting something until it works.

The top two creatures in this list are potentially immortal, as long as they don't get eaten or injured of course.

A 45-year-old man identified as Omar B. was located in a neighbor’s house in Djelfa, Algeria, after being missing for 26 years, Gulf News reported.

On June 10, 1692, Bridget Bishop became the first person executed for witchcraft during the notorious Salem witch trials…

In 1925, a war between Greece and Bulgaria started after a stray dog crossed their border.

It’s no surprise that India is at the top of this list with China a close second, and the US a distant third.

“Father Justin,” an AI priest created by Catholic Answers, a Christian group in San Diego, was defrocked on April 24 after claiming to users that he was a real member of the clergy…

On June 3, 1943, a group of U.S. sailors marched through downtown Los Angeles with clubs and other weapons, attacking anyone wearing the “zoot suit”…

A study has found that second-born children are more likely to be troublemakers.