A holiday of airing grievances and decorating with a bare aluminum pole, Festivus was popularized by "Seinfeld" in 1997 — but it actually began decades before that.While millions around the world prepare for Christmas, thousands of loyal Seinfeld fans begin to gather around their unadorned aluminum poles and air their grievances for Festivus. NBCJerry Stiller, who played George Costanza’s father Frank, with the Festivus pole.
But just what is Festivus, the holiday “for the rest of us” celebrated two days before Christmas? Read More...
The Titanic Conspiracy Theory That The Ship Was Attacked By A German U-Boat Wikimedia CommonsThe first U-boat produced for the German Empire, SM U-1, which was commissioned in 1906.
German U-boats are most closely associated with World War I and World War II, but the first one produced for the German Empire was actually commissioned in 1906. And a number of other U-boats were ordered after SM U-1 — years before the first world war broke out. Read More...
Once a thriving fishing village in southwest Japan, Aoshima is now home to only six humans but hundreds of cats, earning it the moniker of "Cat Island."A ferry from Ozu, Japan, will take you to Aoshima Island in less than 20 minutes. The sparsely populated island has become a booming tourist attraction, but there are no stores or restaurants here.
What Aoshima does have are cats — lots and lots of cats. Read More...
