Posts by Matt Gilligan

Thanks to software engineer and data cruncher Mike Barry, we can now see the development of trendy baby names in the U.S. since 1910. Barry compiled the data using Social Security Administration records to learn what the most popular baby names in America were from 1910 to 2015. Here is what was hip for girls...

I’m not gonna lie, I’d probably do this if Taco Via in Overland Park, Kansas burned down. IT MEANS THAT MUCH TO ME. Anyway, a Taco Bell in Montgomery, Alabama went up in flames and partially collapsed due to an electrical fire. Montgomery residents Russell Dowis and Katie James jokingly created a Facebook event to...

Getting a peek inside the mind of a serial killer is simultaneously fascinating and horrifying. These societal outcasts have a unique, twisted view of the world, and their words are often chilling. Just try not to shudder as you read these creepy quotes from convicted serial killers: 1. Carl Panzram (1892-1930) “I believe the only...

Edison. Bell. Tesla. Pee-wee Herman. Think of the most famous inventors in history and these names stick out. Browse these facts about inventors and inventions, and get inspired to make something great! 9. Source 8. Source Source 2 7. Source Source 2 6. Source 5. Source 4. Source 3. Source 2. Source 1. Source Are...

Now this is something I can get behind. I can say unequivocally that falling in love with reading at a young age has been the greatest gift I’ve ever given myself. And hopefully a whole lot of kids in Los Angeles will feel the same one day. Library personnel in Los Angeles, California have set...

First off, don’t eat Tide Pods, okay? Okay. Now that we have that cleared up, we must address the trend that is (sadly) sweeping the nation. People are pretty dumb, ipso facto eating Tide Pods is now a thing. We live in strange times. The problem has reached such a fever pitch that Tide has even...

Facebook’s gone and done it again. The social media giant has once again tweaked their algorithm, which means your newsfeed will be all out of whack. This is after you’ve blocked/deleted/organized the pages you follow, of course. It was almost perfect, wasn’t it? Sigh. Facebook’s new algorithm will prioritize content from your family and friends over public...

University of London student Robbie Stowers recently learned A LOT about women. The young man was randomly paired up to live with three women during a ski trip to France and decided to turn his experience into social media greatness. After the trip, Stowers tweeted out a hilarious list of the things that all girls...

We create new Fact Snacks for you every single day and put them up on our website. But it’s a tough road from fact to Fact Snack. More than half of our submitted, fully-researched facts never even get to be Fact Snacks. Yet here we are, dropping facts on our blog and website multiple times...

It’s hard to surprise people on social media these days. Maybe the instant access to everything the world has to offer has made people a little less creative. But then there are those hilarious tweets that come out of nowhere and smack you right in the face…like these gems! My faith in humanity has been...

Just look at that face. Looks like an innocent little guy, doesn’t he? But don’t be fooled. Flynn the dachshund is a stone cold criminal. A thief of the highest order. And his mom has taken to tweeting out about his exploits so the entire world knows. Read on to see just a few of...

As if we aren’t scared of enough things in the world already, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a map that outlines the most distinctive cause of death of every state in America. What does “distinctive cause of death mean?” According to the CDC, this means the cause of death most overly...

Our precious little kitties can turn into ultra-aggressive, violent monsters in the blink of an eye. Anyone who has owned cats or spent a lot of time around them knows exactly what I’m talking about. And when a cat is scared or feels threatened, you see its tail puff out to twice its normal size....

It’s never easy to ponder what will happen to your body after you pass away, but it’s important to consider the different options that are out there. We live in an age when eco-friendly products and lifestyles are extremely popular, so why not give your corpse the same consideration? Many people don’t realize that both...

This has to be one of the strangest stories I’ve heard in a while: Chloe Jennings-White, a 61-year-old chemist from Salt Lake City, Utah, is perfectly healthy, but identifies as ‘transabled’ and prefers to live life in a wheelchair. Yes, you read that right. The official name for this condition is Body Integrity Identity Disorder....