Humans used to do some really, really gross stuff. Like putting leeches on your own body. And bathing once a year…at a public bathhouse. But, it was all we humans had for a long time: fake science, no hygiene, that was reality for people in the old times. Of course, diseases were everywhere and no…
Hip-hop is a genre that celebrates Alpha behavior, top-dog mentalities, and sometimes aggression. While not always the case, fights that start over the microphone can sometimes work their way into the real world, with disastrous consequences. Some of the feuds fizzle out with no harm done and everyone friends in the end; others, not so…
It’s nice to think that someday, if we wanted to, we could quit our job, pack up our stuff, move someplace totally new, and just start over: a clean slate, a fresh start. But most of us would be happy to just make a change or two in our lives – move to a new…
Dino fans rejoice: Jurassic World is coming out soon, so you can get yourself a healthy dose of vitamin D. People have always been fascinated by dinosaurs; these mighty creatures once ruled the earth, and as much as we can learn from dinosaur bones, there’s not much we can tell about what life was like…
I’m the king of the castle, you’re a dirty rascal! Sound familiar? You probably sang it to your foes as a child, When you grow up, though, you realize you really ARE the king or queen of your castle…kind of. In the sense that when the toilet is broken you get to choose to…
While we can look back on the past and say how times were better, with more high-paying jobs, a stabler economy, and higher rates of happiness and health, we can also look back on the past and say that it was a horrifying, hellish place that we should never return. Don’t believe me? Just take…
In modern times, it seems like you can’t ever erase yourself – from your GPS to your credit cards, they can track you almost anywhere. But people do, in fact, go missing. Sometimes people go missing because they want to go missing. Sometimes people go missing because something bad has happened. And sometimes,…
There’s something so special and romantic about lighthouses: they stand for decades, guiding ships to shore and helping keep sailors safe. Lighthouses have saved countless ships from getting lost in storms or crashing into rocks on the shore. And lighthouses have to be pretty sturdy; the weather on the shore isn’t pretty all year…
It’s not easy being a woman, living or dead. You think your wife is difficult to deal with while she’s alive, wait until she’s nagging you from beyond the grave! Some of the most famous ghouls and ghosts are women – women who were hurt or scorned while they were alive, and spend their…
The Garden State has a rich, storied history as part of one of the original colonies, but as neighbor to the much-celebrated New York, New Jersey gets a bad reputation. Maybe it’s the pollution, the unsightly factories, the Jersey Shore stereotypes, or the seemingly endless boring suburbs: there’s something about New Jersey that people just…
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