Of all the world’s massive and mysterious monuments, the easiest to copy (save perhaps the pyramids) must be Stonhenge – provided you ignore the problem of how its multiple-ton blocks were lifted into place before modern machinery. Regardless, recent replicas abound. Inexplicably, the great Pi Stonehenge (also known as Stonehenge 3.141…) was left out of [...]

Yesterday was Labor Day, which we found out was actually originally a Canadian holiday sparked by labor disputes in Hamilton and Toronto in the 1870s. American labor leader Peter J. McGuire was visiting Toronto in 1882 when he came across one such celebration, and decided to import the idea to the U.S. He organized the [...]

It’s easy to forget, in these days of handheld devices and interactive, hyper-dynamic web design, that websites were pretty much hideously ugly 10 years ago. Or maybe our aesthetic standards have changed and they actually seemed acceptable at the time. Either way, perusing the Telegraph’s listicle of How 20 Popular Sites Looked When They Launched [...]

Today marks the 196th birthday of Uncle Sam, which is to say that his name first appeared as a personified U.S. government during the War of 1812 compelling you to join the army on September 3rd, 1813. And in light off all the years of service he’s given to his country, in his old age [...]

The Internet’s silly fascination with Lego re-enactments of, well, anything, doesn’t have to involve exclusively tacky and artless creations. For instance, the Daily Beast has a listicle of images created by British photographer Mike Stimpson to replicate some of the most iconic images of modern culture with Lego. Our favorite of his Lego Versions of [...]

As kids, we definitely went through a phase when we were into military mission patches and medals. It kind of made sense: they’re basically the army equivalent of trading cards in sports. Of course, we got over our brief bout of militarism, but we still dig us some retro NASA mission patches.
They tend to be [...]

Exactly 140 years ago today, Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York patented the very first waffle iron. His was a simple model, which sat atop wood or gas ovens, and whose two cast iron plates were attached by a hinge. Though the mechanics of modern day waffle design are basically the same (except, you know, [...]

We can’t decide if the fact that co-stars in a summer blockbuster don’t even need to meet to film their scenes together nowadays is awesome of depressing. Despite your stance on how impoverished acting has become in the current era of spectacular visual effects, you’ve got to admit that our movies look more stunningly beautiful [...]

Ahead of a review over at our sister site The L Magazine, we just saw Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and, well, there’s much Nazi-killing going on in that there WWII revenge fantasy. How does it compare to some other cinematic Nazi-murdering sprees? Well, ScreenJunkies sets out to put Inglourious Basterds in context with their listicle [...]

It’s kind of a slow time of year for pro sports, especially with no World Cup or Olympic Games this summer, but what better excuse to indulge a sweeping sports history retrospective. We suggest Complex’s listicle of The 50 Most Badass Moments in Sports History, which includes some questionable entries like Zidane’s headbutting adventure, but [...]