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“4-7-8” Relaxing Breath and 5 Other Techniques for Improving Your Quality of Sleep

12 More Funny Memes to Help Numb Your Brain

Ugh – I love memes. They’re the perfect remedy for any type-A neuroticism that might ruin my weekend. Here are 12 more memes to help you totally turn off your left brain today. Because who doesn’t love a hearty helping of memes? 1. Lol You have to love jokes that really aren’t jokes at all....

These 13 Memes Will Be Funny If You’re Gonna Get That Stimulus Check

As you are well aware, we are living in a total nightmare right now. Millions of people are out of work, we’re stuck at home, our family members are driving us insane… But, one bright spot is that we’re getting stimulus checks from the government! …At some point, I guess, I still haven’t seen mine…...

Did You Know That These 7 Common Words Came from Railroad Lingo?

Etymology is endlessly interesting to me – where words came from can help us better understand when using them is most appropriate, of course, but also it’s fun to know (and helpful during those games of Trivial Pursuit) how lingo came to be part of everyday language. To that end, here are 7 common words...

The Spacecraft Drive That Could Propel Us to Saturn in Less Than Two Years

Space exploration is something that gets many people excited, but one thing that always dampens the party is the fact that, if we want to keep going, to explore deeper, we’re going to have to come up with a bunch of new technology that helps us circumvent all of the issues with just how vast the...

These 5 Tricky Riddles Are the Perfect Escape from Your Day

If you love to keep the real world at bay by challenging your mind, here are 5 tricky riddles that are just what the doctor ordered. #5. The holidays. Continue reading when you’re ready for the answer!

10 Dark Moments from Kids’ Movies That Come out of Nowhere

Have you ever been in this situation before? You’re watching a movie with your kids or your nieces and nephews that is supposed to be family-friendly – and BAM! A totally disturbing and dark moment pops up and traumatizes everyone? These people sure did, and they shared them with all of us. So take note...

20 Clever Uses For Petroleum Jelly

Back in the day, we had to discover clever alternative uses for products ourselves, or maybe rely on friends and family to pass along the secrets they’d discovered themselves. Now, we have the internet, which means we can benefit from the knowledge of literally everyone in the world – and here are 20 things people...

Scotland’s Overtoun Bridge Is a Suicide Hotspot for Dogs…and No One Knows Why

There is a bridge in Scotland of of which anywhere from 300 to 600 dogs have jumped – some 50 or more to their deaths. So many dogs have leapt off the structure that the site has earned the nickname “Dog Suicide Bridge.” The Overtoun property has been around since 1859 and was originally acquired...

People Share Who’d They’d Look for First if They Were in a Room With Everyone They’ve Ever Met

It’s hard to think about the people who have already passed away and who will pass away in our lives. That’s why it’s important for all of us to appreciate the time we get to spend with those we care about. People on AskReddit talked about who they’d look for first if they were in...

8 Haunted Stops to Make Next Summer

Summer feels real far away right now, and I know, I know – not everyone is as fascinated by ghosts and haunted houses as I am… but WHY NOT? Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, supposedly haunted places often (almost always) offer amazing peeks into history. So, even if you’re skeptical (or uninterested) in...

Woman Wants to Know if She’s a Jerk for Banning Her Mother From Her House After She Cooked in Her Kitchen

I understand people who get territorial about what goes on in their kitchens…but kicking out your own mother? Is that taking things a little bit too far? That’s what one woman is wondering and she wants to know if she acted like a major a**hole? Read on and let us know what you think in...

Once the Pandemic Is Over, What Will Never Be the Same? Here’s How People Responded.

2020 is definitely a year for the history books, there’s no doubt about that. Among all the chaos of this year, the pandemic looms the largest. And we all know that life will probably never be exactly the same ever again… AskReddit users talked about what won’t be the same once the pandemic is over....

Female Dragonflies Say “Not Tonight, Dear” by Faking Their Own Deaths

On July 5, 2015, zoologist Rassim Khelifa noticed something strange while he was traipsing around the Swiss Alps studying how temperature affects dragonfly larvae. Really strange. While I was waiting at a pond near Arosa, at about 2,000 meter elevation, I witnessed a dragonfly dive to the ground while being pursued by another dragonfly… the...