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16 Things People Don’t Realize Are Privileges

A Wildfire in Ireland Revealed a Lost Message from the Past

During World War II, Ireland declared itself officially neutral – the country was still struggling to recover from its bid for independence from the United Kingdom – and people there carved massive markers into their landscape to make sure their decision could be seen by all aircraft flying overhead. “The signs were built by the Coast...

Woman Asks if She’s Wrong for Not Cutting Out the Salt From the Dinners She Cooks for Her Boyfriends

When you’re cooking for two, you have to take the other person’s diet into consideration. Maybe you need to avoid fat or carbs…or salt. And that’s what’s going on here with this woman…but she’s not giving up that salt, baby! Read her story below and see if you think she’s acting like an a**hole. AITA...

The 1948 Kidnapping that Inspired Kubrick’s ‘Lolita’

Lolita is recognized as a masterwork of 20th-century fiction. The controversial 1955 novel tells the story of a literature professor in his 40s who becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl who also happens to be his stepdaughter. The novel was adapted for the screen in 1962, with legendary director Stanley Kubrick behind the...

15 Photos and Memes That Are Deep as It Gets

Fair warning… this article might just be life-changing. In fact, the posts contained here are guaranteed to be mind blowing. On another level. Stupendous. Your world will be rocked. Your life will change in 3…2…1…GO! Yesssssss!!! 1. That’s kind of sad But it’s true. 2. Might’ve been… But then again… probably not. 3. That is...

How Playing Outside Can Help Boost Your Child’s Immune System

When we were kids, playing outside wasn’t much of an option. Our moms had things to do, y’all, and it sure as heck didn’t include entertaining us 24/7 or stepping over us while she was trying to clean. It turns out that GenX, older Millennials, and the generations that came before us might have benefitted from all...

Was This Daycare Teacher Lacking Empathy When She Refused To Change A Diaper Outside Of Work?

I don’t think that changing diapers is anyone’s favorite part of having or working with kids, but it is something that has to be done. For parents and regular caregivers, it’s part of the routine, whether we like it or not. Or at least, that’s how it is for most of us. This OP found...

18 People Share What The Word “Australia” Makes Them Think Of

If you’re not from the Land Down Under, I can guess that your first thoughts about the place just might include their insane wildlife – everything there wants to kill you and all of that. Maybe your thoughts go somewhere else, though, and people from Australia are curious what you think of when you ponder...

10 People Share Their Creepy Road Trip Stories And Experiences

If you are a road traveler, chances are you’ve pulled off the highway to snag some food, find a bathroom, or needed a place to crash. In some cases, this can be harmless. You do your business and on your way, you go. Other times, you may have gotten the heebie-jeebies driving down a dark,...

11 Posts That Were Made To Make You Smile

There’s just something about those happy-making posts on the internet, don’t you think? They make us smile, sure, but they also remind us that human beings aren’t a total trash fire – at least, not as a whole. That’s exactly how I felt reading through these 11 tweets, so I’m hoping they’ll bring a ray...

5 Famous Child Stars Whose Smiles Masked Serious Pain

It’s happened so often that at this point it’s almost a cliche – an adorable kid makes a splash in Hollywood, only to fade during the awkward tween years. Often, they never make a reappearance in the spotlight save for the occasional tabloid article or, tragically, at their untimely death due to having been raised...

Some People Think This Historical Couple Inspired ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ but Their Story Is More Tragedy Than Romance

I love studying history, but if one thing is true, it’s that people have always been assholes to those who aren’t like them – and that doubly true for powerful people (or maybe they’re just the ones who have left most of the records). If the accounts of a man named Petrus Gonsalvus are even...

Taylor Swift Got Drunk, Here Are 10 Memes People Shared About It

It takes a lot for a meme to rise out of the pool of just okay, you’ll forget about them tomorrow, masses, but this drunk Taylor Swift meme absolutely deserves to be in the spotlight. And not just, you know, because everything Taylor Swift is awesome without trying. The meme was born after Taylor hosted...

LEGO Launches a Feature to Help Make Sets Accessible to Blind Children

Unless you are blind or someone you are close to is, you probably don’t give a whole lot of thought to how blindness affects people – how difficult certain chores and tasks might be. And that includes hobbies and fun as well, especially for kids. A young blind man named Matthew Shifrin remembers how difficult...

16 People Recall Mysteries From The Early Internet That Remain Unsolved

If you’re a person of a certain age, there’s a good chance some stuff went down during the early days of the internet that you still can’t explain. Some of them are personal mysteries and others live in our collective past, but either way, we’d all still really like answers to these 16 outstanding questions....