Curiosities

<!--qv q:id=6s q:key=vcaa:There comes a time at every Thanksgiving dinner when a critical decision must be made: go back for seconds of your favorite sides, or make a beeline for the dessert table. Stacked with options, the latter can...

On January 29, 1863, U.S. troops massacred hundreds of Shoshone people along Bear River in present-day Idaho following a series of clashes between white settlers and Native Americans. National Archives and Records AdministrationInterpretative signs near the site of the...

Claim: In 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump promoted a proposal called "The TRUMP Rules" that would restrict legislative lawmakers' privileges and actions. Rating: Social media users are spreading seven rules that U.S. President Donald Trump has allegedly proposed to limit privileges...

<!--qv q:id=6s q:key=vcaa:The Harry Potter movies in the early 2000s made overnight stars of their three young lead stars, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione). -->The Harry Potter movies in the early 2000s made overnight...

Found in Qinngua, this church is situated just three miles from Brattahlíð, the 10th-century estate of the famous Viking explorer Erik the Red.The National Museum of DenmarkArchaeologists have identified a Norse church in Greenland for the first time in...

Claim: An image authentically showed Niagara Falls in Canada lit up in blue after the Democrats won the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. Rating: ContextThe image appears to be genuine. But according to The Niagara Falls Illumination...

<!--qv q:id=74 q:key=vcaa:In his work, David Lynch plundered the depths of the bizarre, trawling the underbelly of the American psyche and translating it into dreamlike and disorienting cinema and television. But in his daily life, he made sure his...

In the late 1990s, Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was accused of murdering a 10-year-old boy named Zachary Ramsay. Then, his neighbors remembered the strange meat he served them years earlier. Warning: This article contains...

Claim: In 2017, late actor Patrick Stewart said: “The fact is, when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. America, I think, is on the edge of a very bad flu infection, and it’s because of the man who is...

<!--qv q:id=7n q:key=vcaa:Back in July 2004, Jeff Lindsay introduced readers to Dexter Morgan, a Miami police blood-spatter analyst who kills only people who deserve it, egged on by a voice in his head he calls the "Dark Passenger." Two...