Forrest Mars, Sr., the founder of Mars, was inspired to create a candy-coated, bite-sized chocolate candy after observing soldiers in the Spanish Civil War enjoying such a treat. He noticed that the hard candy shell ...Read More

A tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer.

Leafy face architectural ornamentations are almost always male: green women are rare. However, green cats, lions and demons are also found. On gravestones and other memorials, human skulls are sometimes shown sprouting ...Read More

In 1935, the police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, arrested 42 men on the beach. They were cracking down on topless bathing suits worn by men.

When the Apollo 12 astronauts landed on the moon, the impact caused the moon's surface to vibrate for 55 minutes. The vibrations were picked up by laboratory instruments, leading geologists to theorize that the moon's ...Read More

Sadly, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth passed away on April 4th, 2001. Rat Fink and the monster gang have grown into rock-art icons and are now a permanent part of the underground culture. "I'd like to thank my father in heaven for ...Read More