Considering this fact is going up on Christmas day, we’re not holding out much hope of it being popular, but we really wanted to give you few people reading something cool to learn today. Mainly that children, adorably, continue to believe in Santa because they think we enjoy it.
Children in the Philippines Train Spiders to Fight
Spider fighting or spider wrestling, far from being a movie pitch for the Sy-Fy Channel is an actual sport children in the Philippines engage in to pass the time and yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Unless of course you’re picturing children fighting spiders, in which it isn’t and you’re weird.
Even Batman has a Hero
The word “Batman” is so intrinsically linked with being a total badass, that it can only be tattooed onto granite and speaking it loud is a cure for a sore throat. However, despite his outwardly menacing appearance and collection of bat-shaped knives, Batman has a rather unexpected and geeky obsession, a campy, in-universe TV show.
The Da Vinci Code Has Outsold the Dictionary
The Da Vinci code is widely accepted to be a literary turd of such magnitude copies of Harry Potter immediately catch fire in its presence. So then it’s rather annoying to realise that it’s sold better than tons of famous books, including the dictionary, or at least one version of it.
Jonathan Meath, The Man Who Became Santa
If you love Christmas at all, you’re going to love Jonathan Meath. A man who grew a beard as white as snow and used it for good instead of evil, because literally the only other alternative in that situation was becoming either Gandalf or Dumbledore.
