December 2016 - Page 3 of 6

The Not-So-Grimm Story of Gingerbread Houses

(via mental_floss) This Christmas, you might find yourself elbow-deep in frosting and candy canes, trying to construct a gingerbread house

(via Atlas Obscura) The Santa Winter Games, in Gellivare, Sweden, also known as the Santa World Cup and the Santa

(via Amusing Planet) A small coastal plain, some 30 kilometers southwest of the city of Almeria, Spain, has developed the

(via Amusing Planet) The dazzling white sand of “Spiagge Bianche”, or “white beaches”, in the town of Rosignano Solvay, in

(via Popular Mechanics) If you invent a holiday, then you’ve really got to bring your A game when it rolls

(via Great Big Story) Want to bulk up like a sumo wrestler? Try chanko nabe, an ancient Japanese dish that

(via Great Big Story) Ralph Morse was a stormtrooper in Star Wars episodes V and IV. He tells us what

(via Quartz) One of the best gifts we can give ourselves and those we love is a great meal. Whether

(via mental_floss) Ever wonder who is behind the names of your favorite fast food joints? Now you can put a face

(via Retronaut)Pasta, an Italian staple, was first recorded in Sicily in the 12th century, a few centuries after Arabs brought

(via Vanity Fair) Master impressionist Jim Meskimen reads “The Night Before Christmas” as 27 different celebrities, including Robert De Niro,

(via Amusing Planet) It is said that Tommy Tucker fell from a tree one fine afternoon in 1942 in the