Author: Karl Smallwood

Roman Emperor Elagabalus is probably one of the most decadent rulers in history, along with his frankly ridiculous appetite which included things like rice sprinkled with solid gold, he is also credited with creating one of the first known lotteries. However, because Elagabalus was a total ass, his prizes included things like dead dogs and…

Video games are serious business, hell, GTA V just came out and it cost approximately all of the money to make, but that was a huge company, it’s not like anyone on the customer side dropped that kind of cash to play, is it? Well we’d like to introduce you to the game, Eve Online,…

If the name, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, doesn’t mean anything to you, we’re sorry for the huge, Heath Ledger shaped hole in your life. For the 8 of you who haven’t watched the film we’re referring to, Ulrich von Liechtenstein is the false identity Ledger’s character assumes in the film, A Knights Tale. Here’s the thing…

Robin Williams will likely always be remember for 3 roles, the Genie in Aladdin, the Dr in Flubber who ignores artificial AI and self-sustaining flight in lieu of a blob of sentient green goo and Mrs Doubtfire in, well, Mrs Doubtfire. While recording the film Williams would continue his day to day activities in full…

When you look like Milla Jovovich there’s not really that much, beyond standing perfectly still and letting people look at you for a while, that you have to do for people to appreciate your existence. Which didn’t stop the actress from being the beacon of moral purity when the film studio proposed perhaps the stupidest…

While you work and toil in obscurity, hoping to one day make a name for yourself, some people come out of nowhere and achieve fame and fortune seemingly overnight. We mean nowhere quite literally, by the way, as none of these people actually exist. Truth is stranger than fiction, but not nearly as successful.

Being overcharged is terrible, not only do you have to lovingly stroke your bank balance to reassure it that it will be turned into beer vouchers soon and that the numbers are just a mistake, but you also have to jump through a bunch of hoops to convince whomever it is that’s billing you that,…

Wolverine is one of the most badass characters in comic book history and he’s consistently rated one of the best superheroes alongside Batman, Spider-man and Superman when he doesn’t look like a walking fridge. However, back when the character was still in his infancy and before people realised how awesome a guy who stabbed people…

If you’re wondering what the hell the Kabiles are, they’re a terrorists and presumably Satan’s worst nightmare. They’re a highly trained and elite fighting force hailing from Guatemala. If Guatemala isn’t the kind of place you associate with kicking ass. Wait until you hear how they train. The Kaibales training is so brutal that it…

While most of us start out a project strong but fizzle out after a couple days, there are others who set a goal for themselves and work every second of every day to meet it, no matter how utterly ludicrous the goal is. These incredibly dedicated people deserve our admiration, and possibly the number of a good therapist.

Cake is perhaps man’s greatest invention. You’re probably expecting a joke or something here, but there isn’t one. We just really, really, like cake. But even we understand that cake isn’t a solution to all of life’s problems, it is however a solution to most of them. As the McVitie’s company learned when the British…

Alcatraz is one of those places that you just know sucked the fat one, it was a prison and not just any prison, it was the single most famous and suck-ass prison in the entire freaking world. Of course it was awful. However, Alcatraz did have one, single, redeeming feature going for it. It was…

Wyndham Halswelle is the only guy in Olympic history to win a race by “walkover”, if you’re not sure what that means, basically rather than running and getting sweaty like a chump, he lazily walked around the track and then won a gold medal, because suck it, spirit of healthy competition. How did this occur…

Ben and Jerry’s ice cream is pretty much the best ice cream, or cheapest heroin substitute money can buy. Part of the reason for this is the fact the ice cream is chock full of chunks that make sweet tender love to your tongue with every mouthful.  The thing is, those chunks are only in…

Lazarus Syndrome is the name given to a very poorly understood and incredibly rare phenomenon the characteristics of which involve a person rising from the grave! The phenomenon is, as mentioned, very poorly understood, but it has been observed in recorded and recent history several dozen times, which you’ll notice is several dozen more times…

Most plants can’t hurt you unless you’re in The Little Shop Of Horrors, and most trees can’t kill you unless one topples over and lands on your head. But then there are the others: plants and trees from the wrong side of town. They don’t like you, and if you get too close, they will make you pay dearly.

Let’s be honest here, after reading the title you’re only here to see a picture, so here it is. As hard as it might be to believe, yes, that’s the US, Mexico border and there are citizens from both countries happily playing volleyball while using the division of an entire country as their net. There…

Elephants were the tanks of the ancient world, lumbering, arrow-proof monstrosities that barreled through entire legions of men like they were made of malnourished twigs. If your opponent had an elephant you were effectively screwed, unless that is you had a pig and the ability to set said pig on fire. Science! You may be…

Emperor Commodus will go down in history as one of the craziest SOBs to rule Rome, why? Well Commodus had a huge hard on for stepping into the arena as a gladiator. As the emperor, no opponent would ever dare attack him, so his time in the coliseum literally consisted of him clubbing unarmed criminals…

Daft Punk have virtually never appeared in public without their trademark robot masks on and they rarely, if ever grant interviews. This allows the duo to simply slip off their masks and disappear, because no one is ever going to look twice at a sweaty, pale Frenchman and think anything is out of the ordinary.…

Even though the government recently acknowledged the existence of Area 51 it is still an area of the world shrouded in mystery and rumour, this is despite the fact the only reason we think it houses aliens in the first place is because some crazy guy in the 80’s went on TV and said so.…

Doom is one of those games you have to play, if you haven’t, stop reading this and go play it right now, we won’t be mad, honest. Now for those of you who are left you may remember the game being very fast paced, then again, who wouldn’t run like the wind when they’re being…

The ever popular Call of Duty video game is often criticised for being unrealistic. However, one of the most hated, despised and mocked aspects of the game is actually one of the most realistic. We are of course talking about the Commando Pro Perk. If you’ve never played the game, basically this is a perk…

Money as they say, can’t buy everything. Well apparently nobody told Liechtenstein, who decided, you know what, screw it, rich gits can rent out our country if they want. You may be thinking surely you can’t rent out the whole country? If so, you’re massively underestimating how much money can convince people to do things.…