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Today is President’s Day, but what exactly does that really mean anyways?  Well, the holiday was originally a celebration of just one president actually, our first president: George Washington.  Th...

Most of us recognize the fleur de lis as a popular symbol associated with the celebration of Mardi Gras, particularly within the confines of its epicenter, New Orleans.  But this pretty little symb...

Nostalgia is a word that comes up when I think about Myspace. It is the social phenomenon that changed the world. I imagine you probably had a Myspace account, that you now only access to LOL at ol...

Ready for a couple of modification stumpers to exercise the old noggin?  Answers are listed in the key below, but no peeking!  Here we go: 1. Why is piercing of the cartilage that lies just above t...

Perhaps it’s fitting that today, as our first African American president delivers the inaugural oath that will usher in his second term, we also celebrate Martin Luther King day.  Here, we take a l...

Today is Benjamin Franklin’s birthday, and we’re paying fashion tribute to the only thing more iconic than our founding fathers: dough. Moolha, greenbacks, cheddar; whatever you call it, we all wor...

– This week in 1968 the first adult human heart transplant in the United States was performed by Norman Shumway. – This week in 2013 interactive subdermal implants are being tested that are meant t...

The all-sewn-shut trend happens, including several still-trending internet photos of pierced persons with string wound through their lower lip piercings.   The bagel-head trend flies through Asia. ...

Almost everyone has heard of Christmas, as well as other widely celebrated holidays like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but what about Saturnalia, Yule, or Yalda?  All of these festivals were celebrated in ...