Katherine Benjamin

In late 2019, a strange new disease appeared around Wuhan, China. Within a few months, it had spread across the globe. As of this writing, there are still many unknowns but there are plenty of things we can and do know...

In theory, it's all very simple: You want a shoe, Dick has a shoe, you trade your hard-earned green bits of paper for the shoe Dick has. In real life, Dick is a greedy bastard. He'll use all kinds of mind games to trick you into wanting a shoe you have no use for, or giving him a larger amount of paper bits than the shoe is worth.
Here are some informative pics about the tricks and techniques used by Dicks:

What's with all the sniffling?

More like UNreality shows, right? Right, guys? Hello?

Everyone loves the story of Beauty and the Beast. The Disney version of the story was well-received enough to become the first animated feature nominated for Best Picture. But some people believe the romantic fable is based in part on a true story - and that story is pretty dark.

If you don’t want to be buried after you die, the options for what to do with your remains are endless. They can be green. They can be gross. Here’s what really happens to bodies that aren’t buried.

These days, St. Peter is mostly known as a guy who has a Basilica in Rome and a Burg in Russia, but St. Peter was actually one of the most important people in the New Testament. Here's a whole bunch of stuff you probably never knew about him.

The pig war, easily the most ridiculous conflict in the history of mankind. While the conflict definitely had deeper-lying roots, the catalyst for the war was the killing of potatoe raiding pig. From there, things quickly become even more ridiculous, with both sides calling in their armies and navies.

North Korea is very different than anywhere else in the world, to put it mildly. While other countries get more connected, North Korea pushes itself further away. Here are some of the weirdest things that only exist in this Asian nation.

The Bible is full of mysterious things that we don't know the answers to. And many of those mysteries have deepened as we've gotten further from the events described in the holy book, but there are a few Bible mysteries that might have finally been solved.

If you're into sports, there's nothing like the thrill of watching a game. The adrenaline pounding, the pride in your heart after a win. You can never understand it unless you've felt it. But sometimes, the love of the game can go too far, as it did with these heated sports rivalries.

Being in a famous band or group sounds great, but there's a lot of pressure that comes with being a pop star — and the circumstances are often murky when a member decides to leave the group. Here are the stories behind these pop star departures.

The Antichrist is usually understood to be a really bad guy who makes everyone worship Satan and who has something to do with the end of the world. Many Christians fear him while others want him to show up so Armageddon can start. Here's the story behind the Antichrist.

VH1 was originally supposed to be MTV for older people. The channel once played all the slightly adult contemporary videos, but then it eventually fell into a pattern of broadcasting reality TV and never went back. And VH1 has been diving into things ever since. Here are some of the biggest in the network's history.

You might not realize it, but Americans do things that totally confuse people from other countries. From Americans' obsession with guns to the love of the Stars and Stripes, here are some of the weirdest behaviors you'll find in the 50 states.