In 1980, a New York press screening of Disney’s horror “The Watcher in the Woods,” starring Bette Davis, ended in near laughter.  A bad sign, executives knew, even for a scary movie for kids. The company immediately p.....»»

With Halloween and Election Day occurring so close together, it’s only natural that revelers may want to get political with their costumes on October 31.  But election-themed Halloween costumes aren’t just for grown-ups. These adorable ba.....»»

Who knew that taking your shirt off during a track race was forbidden? French runner Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad learned the hard way at the 2014 European Championships, when he was disqualified for whipping off his top on the home stretch of the 3,000 me.....»»

With colorful food trends like delightfully green matcha and all-rainbow everything taking the dessert scene by storm, it was only a matter of time before the purple goodness of ube got its time in the sun. Ube (pronounced ooh-beh) is the Tagalo.....»»

Kathy Crandell remembers the days when it seemed like barely anyone she met knew what a shiba inu was. “People would always ask what kind of dog [I had] or say, ‘it looks like a fox,’” Crandell, founder of Shiba Inu Rescue of Flori.....»»

It’s beard season, the time of year when a man’s tender chin protects itself from the chilly winds underneath a cozy, bushy beard. But a man doesn’t just have a razor at his disposal. There are also plenty of grooming tools out there to .....»»

Who knew toilets had feelings? This can howls in distress after every flush, apparently because it is missing its regular users who are out of town. function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i).....»»

The best inventions are things we never knew we needed ― like a drone designed specifically to deliver beef jerky to its user. Amazingly, a prototype of that dream product exists. It’s called the Jerkybot, and it combines a wooden butcher block wi.....»»

We knew Kim Kardashian was a selfie queen, but we had no idea what her duties as social media royalty entailed. Until now, that is.  On Wednesday, Kim took over her sister Kendall Jenner’s website to break down her recent trip to Mexico by the .....»»

After threatening both Gotham City and Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy’s defining feature is his husky voice. The last place you’d expect to find the actor, who has built his young career playing gruff heavyweights, is in a musical. But “Lo.....»»

There’s an evolutionary reason those adorable puppy photos send tickles through your soul. It turns out our brains are hardwired to gravitate toward cuteness, according to a recent feature from The Washington Post. And that biological hard.....»»

Thirteen Things You Never Knew About Pine Cones........»»

UPDATE: Oxford Dictionaries suspended its #OneWordMap most-hated words project today. An update to the blog post describing the feature stated: “We regret to inform users that due to severe misuse we have had to remove this feature from our web.....»»

Hawaii wedding photos have become something of a cliché. Bare feet, sand, sunset, repeat. One adventurous couple, however, decided to do the unexpected ― ditch the beach and get up close and personal with one of the Big Island’s most t.....»»

No, you’re not dreaming and, yes, this glorious expanse of glowing lights is real. Those lights are actually bioluminescent shrimp, better known as sea fireflies, or, in Japan, as “umibotaru.” Visible every year from May until the end o.....»»

Was there a moment you knew your marriage was over? A split-second you saw the writing on the wall â€• even if you didn’t acknowledge as much until later? We asked readers on Facebook and Twitter to share the moment they knew their relatio.....»»

Alison Teal is no stranger to extreme adventures. She practically grew up traveling the world as a real-life “Tarzan Child” and even won Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid survival challenge all by herself. But the survivalist and.....»»

Here at HuffPost Weird News, we’re constantly on the lookout for innovations in pizza technology. So it was only natural to get super-excited for any breakfast food that looks like a pizza. The pancake artists at Dancakes are the masterminds behind .....»»

Some people like to live life on the edge. Others, like Kawika Singson, enjoy living even more dangerously: On fields of scorching lava. The Hawaii-born lava enthusiast has hiked miles over hot, blackened fields every week since the 1980s. It’s all .....»»

Who knew that watching a toothbrush melt could be so mesmerizing? The oral hygiene instrument is slowly blow-torched into oblivion in a hypnotic new video posted online.  The team at the “Let’s Melt This” channel on YouTube are behi.....»»