When NASA Received a $400 Fine for Littering

How Skylab, the first United States space station, made…

The Most Famous Sound Clip in Hollywood

The Wilhelm scream is possibly the most famous piece of stock sound footage and has been…

Some of History’s Best April Fool’s Day Pranks

These pranks are considered some of the most famous to…

The Signature Tool of US Presidents — the Autopen

How the Word “Guy” Came From An Event That Never Succeeded

Where is the Most Gold in the World?

Australia has the largest mining gold reserves anywhere in the…

How Scooby-Doo Got His Name

The name of the detective dog, Scooby-Doo, who has been popular since his start in 1969, was inspired by words…

How the Super Soaker Was Accidentally Invented

A NASA engineer saw the potential for a new water gun…

The Spittoons of the US Senate

There were once many of these objects dotting the floor in the United States Senate, but now there are…

The Deadliest Snowstorm in History

For a week in February of 1972, Iran experienced the deadliest…