Today is National Lasagna Day, and in order to expand our readership’s appreciation of that sacred Italian dish, we’ve gone looking for some odd and unusual recipes. Did you know that lasagna is named for the Greek word “lasanon,” meaning “trivet or stand for a pot,” and that the word originally designated the dish lasagna [...]

An interesting, if borderline sci-fi story from The New York Times details how the American Army is testing soldiers for their ability to detect danger and risk with their minds. While on patrol in Iraqi and Afghan villages, some seem better able to anticipate road-side bombs and the like than others, making them a valuable [...]

The whole idea of a president needing a vacation sounds, to be honest, more than a little wimpy. After all, you’re the leader of the free world, and the free world never takes a break. If “vacation” was code for “diplomatic trip abroad,” we might understand, but every president seems to make a point of [...]

As General Motors continues to repurpose and shape-shift in order to remain competitive, how creative are they really getting? Presumably they’ll still be manufacturing cars, instead of shifting to bikes, trains or some other more sustainable and long-lasting solution. We imagine they’re also sticking to mostly gas-powered vehicles, instead of actually doing something new like [...]

Sure, we could have posted this at the beginning of the long weekend as a preventive warning to would-be pyros, but then we would be hurting the chances of future fireworks disaster videos emerging. If you still have enough digits to click a mouse, or enough eyes to watch YouTube videos, we suggest taking a [...]

It’s July 4th weekend, and you know what that means: shopping! After all, there’s nothing more patriotic these days than spending all your green to keep the stars and stripes afloat, and so we suggest that in preparation for your weekend barbecuing, hanging at the beach, losing your memory at the kegger, or celebrating however [...]

Hey, tomorrow’s patriots’ day BBQ day Independence Day 2: The Movie day. Whatever day it is tomorrow, we know it has something to do with America, and how endearingly messed up it is. Accordingly, it’s one of the few days of the year (along with Christmas) that we at Listicles HQ really pay heed to [...]

The first zeppelin (named after inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, seriously) took to the skies exactly 109 years ago, and though we’re a little sad they didn’t catch on as well as the airplane, we suppose all the flammable gases and whatnot are a plenty good reason. At any rate, to celebrate that 109th anniversary, [...]

Today, in addition to being Canada Day, is Build a Scarecrow Day, which strikes us as rather region-specific national holiday, but there you go. Of course, now that we’re thinking about it, just because they’re called scarecrows doesn’t mean they can only be used to scare crows. To prove our point, we’ve rounded up these [...]

In about two weeks, President Barack Obama will toss out his first opening pitch since moving into the White House (as a Senator he once threw the opening pitch at a White Sox game). The pitch will kick off the MLB All-Star Game, which is happening in St. Louis this year. To get us psyched, [...]