Popcorn is popular at theaters, sporting events, amusement parks, and everywhere else people gather. Most of the world's corn production used for popcorn is in the United States.

On Feb. 24, 1961, the first 15 students received their Bachelor of Hamburgerology degree (not a traditional academic one!) from McDonald's Hamburger University, aka the "Harvard of Fast Food."

Jim Henson made his first Kermit puppet using his mother's old coat and two halves of a ping-pong ball.

For the low, low price of $250,000, you can be one of the first to reserve a room at a luxury moon hotel, The Philippine Star reported on Jan. 21.

As a boat captain in the Florida Keys, Bradford Todd Picariello, 65, is well-placed to (allegedly) find huge amounts of cocaine just floating in the sea.

The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia was conducted every year on February 15 by priests called Luperci. As a rite of fertility, the festival was associated with the god Faunus.

On Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba's prime minister after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile.

Since 1971, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has issued permits to unicorn hunters.

Steven Pavlik, 63, of Stuart, Florida, is facing charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest after his stint as a Salvation Army bell-ringer went very much awry on Dec. 23, WFLA reported.

On Feb. 9, 2022, snowboard marvel Chloe Kim made history as the first athlete to earn a gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe event in two consecutive Winter Olympics.

People spend roughly 10% of their waking hours with their eyes closed. That's OK, we know you're just thinking.

Great white sharks are the largest predatory fish on our planet, growing as long as 20 feet and weighing as much as 4,000 pounds.

The FBI is on the case of a $400,000 shipment of lobsters that has gone missing, Boston.com reported on Dec. 30. The truck and its valuable cargo disappeared…

In 1901, Connecticut became the first U.S. state to implement a speed limit for automobiles. Motor vehicles could be driven no faster than 12 miles per hour…

On Feb. 7, 1984, Navy captain Bruce McCandless II became the first human to perform an untethered spacewalk while in orbit 170 miles above the earth…

Parrotfish are among the sleepiest of sea creatures, averaging around a good 13 hours of rest per night. When not dozing, they spend as much as 90% of their time eating algae…

A 38-year-old man named Sergei who was taking part in a corporate holiday party at the Igra Stolov “Game of Tables” cooking studio in Moscow was rushed to surgery after drinking…

Some jellyfish create their own light. This light is a result of energy released by certain chemical reactions that occur within the tissues of the jellyfish.

On Jan. 27, 1970, John Lennon composed and recorded "Instant Karma," his third solo single prior to the Beatles' official breakup, in one day.

In 1926, Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, was arrested with his older brother Buck for possession of a truckload of stolen turkeys.