In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why mint tastes cold, why mustard is yellow despite the seeds being anything but, why paper cuts hurt so much, why school buses are yellow and don’t have seat belts, and how the word spam came to mean junk message. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for many […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we look at the surprisingly interesting story behind how the default hard drive letter on Windows computers became “C”. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to their new daily channel! [TRANSCRIPT]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss why people look more attractive when you’re drinking, why lead used to be added to paint, why zombies eat brains, why some Asian countries use chopsticks instead of more common eating utensils, and how much caffeine it would take to kill you. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel […]
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In this week’s “best of” our YouTube channel, we discuss who has gotten the millions of dollars of royalties for Hitler’s Hymnal of Hate since he died, the comic version of Superman where he landed in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas, the United States’ plan to invade Canada, why Native Americans didn’t wipe out Europeans with diseases, and why […]
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In this video from our new YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we look at the truth about whether high sodium intake and high blood pressure are actually linked or if it’s just a commonly perpetuated myth. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! [TRANSCRIPT] […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we look at whether Lemmings really all jump off cliffs annually in a running frenzy. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! [TRANSCRIPT] If you liked this video, you might also enjoy This Mega […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we look at why certain Asian countries use chopsticks instead of more common eating utensils. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked this video, you might also enjoy Our Mega List […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the story that no publisher wanted that became an impromptu Christmas card that became a flop of a film that nonetheless later became one of the most famous movies of all time. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like […]
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If you’ve noticed the fewer number of articles being published the last couple weeks on TIFO, this post is the cause. 🙂 It now holds the record for the longest time spent researching and writing any single article on TIFO by a very good margin. It turns out there are an awful lot of Star Wars “facts” commonly repeated all […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the origin of one of the most popular songs of all time, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and the 13 year old girl who popularized it. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look a look at the fascinating and unlikely origin of one of the most popular Christmas stories of all time. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked this […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at why you definitely shouldn’t keep a goldfish in a small, featureless fish bowl by themselves. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked this video, you might […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the real story behind Krampus, the Christmas Demon. “May Krampus not take your child away in a basket!” To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! [TRANSCRIPT]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at how Thanksgiving became a national holiday in the United States and what the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb” had to do with it. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at why turkeys are called turkeys. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! [TEXT VERSION]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at why people think that Area 51 secretly houses evidence of alien activity on Earth. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked this video, you might also […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at the origin of 7-UP, the real reason it was named that, and what lithium has to do with it. To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked […]
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In this video from our YouTube channel (click here to subscribe), we take a look at who really invented duct tape and what it was originally used for, which is probably not what you think! To make sure you don’t miss out on many more videos like this, be sure and subscribe to our new daily channel! If you liked […]
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