540. Monsters Like that When Life Closes a Door, it Opens a Window
Actually, that’s not life doing that. It’s us. You just can’t see us because we’re invisible. And angry that you’re here. This house is haunted. Surprise!
539. Monsters Like Country-Dependent Alternate Endings
Everyone knows that during the final epic battle of the 1962 “King Kong vs. Godzilla” movie, Kong wins. The giant monkey’s roar is clearly audible at the end of the film after both behemoths crash into the ocean. No Godzilla can be detected. Kong triumphed over that stupid radioactive lizard.…
538. Monsters Like Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias is the ability in humans, once they want or believe in something, to ignore almost all contradictory information. For instance, when humans fall in love with a house on the market. Of course, a family of five were slain there, mysteriously, while they slept in their beds. And…
537. Monsters Like Sticking with the Plan, No Matter What
I wanted to make Hell’s Kitchen a better place. When I was a kid, I dreamed of what it was like to live far, far away from the bustle and the crime and the filth. But I realized that the city was a part of me—it was in my blood.…
536. Monsters Like Being Small, but Mighty
The US averages 19 shark attacks each year, but only one death by shark every two years. More than 7,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year in the US. And of those, about 5 people die. Believe it or not, the hippopotamus is the deadliest large land animal,…
535. Monsters Like Engendering a Peaceful Coexistence
It’s not that hard to live in peaceful coexistence with another race. Especially if that existence skews heavily in favor of the oppressive invaders. And Greg. Let the assimilation begin! Image via Fake Science