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13 Companies Whose Names You Know, But Whose Dark Pasts You Might Not

This Guy ‘Breaks Up’ With Random People Over Text. Here Are the Results.

Sometimes, when you get really bored, there’s really nothing left to do besides text random people that you’re going to break up with them. Am I right or am I right? A guy did just that and luckily, he took screenshots of his interactions with complete strangers so we can all see how they reacted....

Mom Loses Her Son, Then Donates 500 Ounces of Breast Milk to Babies in Need

A mom whose baby passed away found a way to turn her loss into a way to help other babies in need. Sierra Strangfeld lost her unborn son, Samuel, in September after he was diagnosed with a rare condition called Trisomy 18, or Edwards syndrome. Sierra had been excited to breastfeed Samuel, who was her...

6 Times Experts Predicted the Future and Were Spectacularly Wrong

Predicting the future is always a precarious business. But one of the things we rely on industry experts for is their ability to foresee trends. This influences the technology we invest in (RIP, cassette tapes and Betamax) and even the career paths we choose. And it works because sometimes experts get things right… And sometimes...

Man Uses Pie To Explain America’s Wealth Inequality Problem

Some concepts can be harder to grasp than others, and when it comes to big ones like wealth inequality, well, they can be tougher to wrap your mind around than most – sometimes because we don’t like what we hear when we do. And if you’re sitting there thinking, “Sure, okay, but pie makes everything...

He Ate Cake in His Car So He Wouldn’t Have to Share It With His Wife and Kids. Is He a Jerk?

I’m not gonna lie…this sounds like something I might do… But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, okay? Check out this story from Reddit’s “Am I the A**hole?” page and see if you think this guy was out of line for what he did. AITA for eating cake in my car so I didn’t have...

Paris is Always a Good Idea, Especially After a Snowstorm

A few days ago, Paris had a rare snowstorm. Blanketed with snowflakes, the City of Lights turned into a muffled, dazzling landscape. The Eiffel Tower, laced in ice, closed because of the treacherous weather. Meteo-France, the national weather agency, issued a winter-weather advisory. Slippery streets, power failure, phone outages. Quelle horreur. But Paris being Paris,...

8 Ice Cold Conspiracy Theories About Antarctica

Antarctica is one of the most remote and least explored places on the planet, which is perhaps why people also find it so mysterious – and insist on coming up with their own theories about what, exactly, might be lurking among the ice, ice, more ice, and the occasional penguin. Here are 8 of the...

16 People Muse on Fates Worse Than Death

We’ve all obviously heard the saying that something is “a fate worse than death,” but have you ever spent any real time thinking about what that might mean for you? I mean, maybe not, because it’s not all that comforting of a thought, those things that would make dying seem appealing. These 16 people are...

12 Recent Posts That Tickled Us Pink

It’s not hard to find funny content online, but it can be tough to know whether or not your missing out on the absolute best the internet has to offer if you don’t have time to be constantly scrolling. It’s a burden we all bear these days, I swear. If you lay awake at night...

These 22 Google Chrome Extensions Will Save You Time and Money

Customer and user customization is key for companies looking to maintain a solid consumer base. For example, have you ordered a meal and asked to substitute the offered side (like vegetables) for french fries only for the waiter to reply, “Sorry, no substitutions.” It’s frustrating! The same thing happens with technology. User experiences are super...

PETA Went After the Late Steve Irwin and the Good People of the Internet Got Upset About It

Steve Irwin, the Australian conservationist known as “The Crocodile Hunter”, died tragically in 2006 and is remembered for his tireless advocacy for animals. On what would have been Irwin’s 57th birthday on February 22, Google honored him with a Google doodle on its homepage. Most people on Twitter were moved by the tribute. And then PETA...

Teacher’s ‘Bread Experiment’ Shows You the Importance of Washing Your Hands

Flu season might be coming to a close, but there’s always another winter – and if your kids go to school, play sports, or spend time in daycare then you know there’s no season that’s germ free. So if you’re looking for a way to convince your kids or grandkids to do more than fake...

14 Recent Tweets We Think Are Too Funny To Pass Up

Tweets are always coming. They never stop, and if you’re someone who spends time on Twitter then you already know that finding the ones that don’t make you want to throw all of humanity in a deep, dark hole can be harder than it seems. That’s what we’re here for, though – to unearth those...

13 People Who Love To Troll Scam Callers

Most of us don’t have a ton of free time these days. We don’t answer calls from people we don’t know, and we’re more than happy to send anything flagged as spam straight to the voicemail dustbin. Some people like to have a little fun with these folks, though, and given that their job is...