History

How a hoax intended to ridicule Biblical literalists itself got hoaxed.

A small correction to the “Hardcore History” story. Don’t worry, it’s still totally badass.

Who is more badass: 50 Cent or Teddy Roosevelt? Ozzy Osbourne or Andrew Jackson? Brett Michaels or Genghis Khan? (That last one is sort of a gimme)

Ham the Chimp was the first real pilot sent into space, beating that pinko Yuri Gagarin by months. Take that, Soviet Russia!

91 years ago today the federal government took away the people’s right to drink. We got it back, but we’re still inching towards some more basic booze freedoms. In the 70s Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing, creating a multi-billion dollar industry. When will someone do the same for home distilling of spirits?

You may think port wine is a granny drink, but Tim wants to prove otherwise. Here’s the story of how a war, a treaty and some accidental aging turned the Night Train of the 1700s into the nectar of the gods.

Before the Chilean miners there was Baby Jessica.

There aren’t many women in THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Devin explains why that’s not misogyny, that’s a point being made.