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This Second Grade Word Problem Is Torturous and Confusing as Hell

13 People Share What They Think Is Normal to Have One Of…but Concerning to Have One More Than One

Why do you have 18 samurai swords in your house, sir…? Have you ever said that to someone before? I sure hope not! But you can see how that would be cause for concern, right? Let’s hear from AskReddit users about what they think it’s normal to have one of but WEIRD to have more...

Millennials Share What It’s Truly like Living Paycheck to Paycheck

The biggest struggle for most Millennials is when they’re first starting out and obtain that entry-level job out of college. Most people joke about it, but there are harsh realities to moving out and starting a life. We all end up living paycheck to paycheck. It sounds like a running joke, but in reality, it’s...

We Answer 6 of History’s Toughest Riddles

If you’re into riddles, here are some doozies — but don’t feel bad if some or all of them stump you, because people throughout history have struggled, too! Just have fun with them, and wipe your brow when you come out the other side. Riddle #6. Gollum’s Trick “Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites,...

30 Redditors Weigh in on What the U.S. Does Better Than Other Countries

The world is ready and willing (probably rightfully so) to tell the U.S. and her citizens everything that we’re doing worse than our counterparts around the world, so it’s nice to stop and consider that there are still some things we’re absolutely doing right. Here are 30 things that the people of Reddit are giving...

16 People Nominate Their Choice To Represent Humanity To The Aliens

I think we all kind of assume that we’re going to encounter alien life at some point in the future (if we haven’t already), but there are about a dozen ways that meeting could go down. If the aliens showed up all peaceful like, though, and just asked for a meeting, who should we send?...

18 People Muse on the Things That Feel Like Cults, Even if They’re Not

Most definitions of cult revolve around religions and religious groups , though in general, they just require a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. There are plenty of situations that don’t technically qualify, but we’re not the FBI here, and we know when we get that icky feeling in our gut....

14 People Share Their Tips for Gaming the System

Look, most of us try to be honest and do the right thing the majority of the time, but here’s the truth: business, the government, other people…they’re always looking for ways to take advantage of you and your hard-earned cash. So maybe people also feel like, if there’s a harmless way to get some of...

13 People Share the Worst Experiences They’ve Ever Had in a Movie Theater

I clearly remember my worst movie theater experience… I think it was around 2003 and I went to see 28 Days Later with a few friends. A group of young people, probably in their late teens, sat in the row in front of us and were pretty loud. Oh, and they also mentioned that they had just...

This Stunning GIF Gives Us a Unique Look at the Surface of a Comet

Comets are strange little things. They are really large space snowballs, with an icy center surrounded by frozen gasses, rocks and dust, orbiting the sun. When they are completely frozen, comets are about the size of a town. But when one gets close to the sun,  it heats and starts spewing the gasses and dust until...

Heartbroken Scientists Write a Eulogy to Iceland’s First Disappeared Glacier

Scientists everywhere (literally all of them) are in agreement that the climate of the world is changing rapidly, and that the results, should the problem go unchecked, will be disastrous. One of the first casualties are the world’s glaciers, like Iceland’s Okjokull (aka Ok), which officially melted away back in 2014. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0VArBGIis2/ Scientists at Rice...

People Shared the Books That Changed Their Lives

I love books. It’s a love affair that’s lasted my entire life and will be with me until I kick the bucket at some point. Some of my favorites that really made an impact on me are In Cold Blood, This Boy’s Life, and My Dark Places. But there are so many other great ones that I love,...

Eight-Year-Old Girl Skipping Stones on a Lake Pulls out Viking Sword

This story of a girl playing in a lake starts off pretty cool, then gets way more awesome. A Swedish-American girl named Saga Vanecek – her real name – had only moved to Sweden a year ago. She and her family had previously lived in Minnesota and are even big Vikings fans. While vacationing at Vidöstern...

13 Interesting Facts About Cars

Cars changed the way human beings live their lives. They opened up the country and gave people personal freedom like they had never known before. Today, things aren’t that much different. Take a look at these facts about automobiles past and present. 13. Source Source 2 12. Source 11. Source 10. Source 9. Source Source...

13 Messages About What It’s Like To Live With A Chronic Illness

There are so many experiences in this world that are hard to imagine or understand unless you’ve lived them yourself. We never know what goes on behind the closed doors of other people’s houses, and I would imagine that goes at least double for the things that go on behind the scenes of other people’s...