The HQ Trivia craze proves people are as interested in random knowledge as ever. Mental Floss' April Daley joins Cheddar with a multiple-choice challenge in honor of National Trivia Day. She asks whether we know where chocolate milk originated. Spoiler alert: it's Jamaica!
Do you know what people in the Victorian Era used to stay instead of "cheese" when posing for photos? Daley reveals the answer to be prunes. She also puts us to the test, asking which American was the first to achieve a brown-belt in Judo.
In honor of the "bomb cyclone," we also answer plenty of questions about snowy weather. Daley debunks the common misconception that no two snowflakes are alike. She also explains why Syracuse, NY once declared snow illegal.
A driver tried to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant Thursday night about an hour after security asked the same car to leave when it tried to enter, authorities said.
A former Southern California street gang leader pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas — a charge prompted by his own descriptions in recent years about orchestrating the deadly drive-by shooting.
A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital, the National Park Service said.