Curiosities

<!--qv q:id=7f q:key=vcaa:In 2008, Marvel took a gamble on Iron Man. The studio—then a relatively small company—bet big on its first independent blockbuster with a film that featured a lesser-known superhero and starred Robert Downey Jr., who had been...

Claim: A collage of medical scans shows parasites throughout a woman's body after she ate raw pork for 10 years. Rating: What's True The images came from a documented 2016 case of widespread cysticercosis in a 23-year-old woman. Her family reportedly said she...

On May 10, 1996, dozens of climbers were delayed while attempting to summit Mt. Everest and failed to turn back by the appointed time — leaving them stranded in the Death Zone for hours.Rdevany/Wikimedia CommonsBetween May 10 and 11,...

<!--qv q:id=7b q:key=vcaa:A survey of U.S. parents in 2014 found that although 82% of them had to do household chores in their own childhood, only 28% of them made their own children do the same today. By 2025, that...

Wallis Simpson married Edward, Duke of Windsor, in 1937, after he announced that he would abdicate the English throne in order to be with her. Public DomainWallis Simpson, one of the most controversial women in English history When King Edward...

The claim that Olive Garden would require diners to show photo ID to order all-you-can-eat pasta bowls is still under investigation. Several Republican politicians spread the claim in July 2026 during discussions about the SAVE America Act, a proposed bill...

<!--qv q:id=7b q:key=vcaa:We all know that words change their meaning over time, but did you know that phrases can too? This is the case with 'dog eat dog world.' If you were wondering, it is not, as many people...

Did police arrest woman for posing as Costco employee, handing out meatball samples?May 15, 2026 According to the story, police took Sienna Halverson, 31, into custody in Glendale, Arizona. Read More ...

Though Lebensborn initially focused on encouraging Germans to have more children, the program's directors eventually resorted to kidnapping "biologically valuable" foreign children with Aryan features. Bundesarchiv, Bild/Wikimedia CommonsA baptism performed under a swastika. Amid all the cruel policies put forward...

<!--qv q:id=7b q:key=vcaa:One period of history that often lends itself to the glamor of Hollywood is ancient Greece. Both historical records and myths of ancient Greece have fascinated filmmakers for decades, but it's difficult to fit an accurate portrayal...