'Popular Mechanics' on How to Avoid Deadly Accidents

Each year 37,000 men between the ages of 18 to 50 die from an accident. It's the leading cause of death for men in that age bracket. Some instances of ...

Stats on Americans' TV Viewing Habits

In a nationwide 2014 survey Barna found the following stats about Americans' TV viewing habits:

• 74 percent of Americans turn on their TV everyday
• 5 percent don't watch any TV

Mailman Hoards 2,500 Pounds of Mail

Everyone knows that a letter carrier has one job—deliver the mail. Apparently a Brooklyn mailman spent a decade avoiding his job by intentionally ...

Why a Popular Cheer Often Backfires

One of today's most popular sports cheers was first chanted in 1999 during the fourth quarter of an Army-Navy football game. The six-word cheer—I ...

Pet Rock Inventor Regrets Invention

In the mid-'70s, an unknown editor named Gary Dahl was talking with his friends, who were complaining about all the work involved in caring for pets—feeding ...

App Fills Your Calendar So You Can Pretend To Be Busy

Your friend is moving Saturday. Are you free to help? The real answer is yes. The honest answer is no, because you're a human being and not a forklift. ...

Man Wins 'Ultimate Couch Potato' Contest

In January 2010, Jeff Miller, an independent businessman from Rogers Park, Illinois clinched his third consecutive Ultimate Couch Potato title Monday ...