Bhutan Has Made Teachers and Medical Staff the Highest-Paid Civil Servants in the Country
In “other countries outdoing America” news, Bhutan has officially made teachers and medical staff the highest-paid civil servants in the country. In the U.S., by contrast, the highest-paid public employees in most states are college football coaches. When Bhutan’s new law goes into effect, teachers with zero to 10 years of experience will see a...
Mom Charged With Felony After Recording Daughter Licking Medical Supplies
In “WTF” news, a Florida mom has been charged with a felony after posting a video of her daughter licking a tongue depressor and then putting it back into the jar at the doctor’s office. Apparently, nobody learned anything useful from 2019’s ice cream challenge. Corey Ward, 30, posted the video to her Snapchat with...
House Cat Pulls Off Hilarious Photobomb of News Report About Cougar Sighting
House cats have a lot in common with their wildcat cousins. Similar to lions, tigers, jaguars, and other big cats, house cats like to sleep a lot, rub against things, and scratch with their claws. Still, it’s not exactly hard to spot the differences between a big cat and a house cat — which is...
Nüshu Was a Special 19th-Century Chinese Writing System That Only Women Knew How to Write
Imagine a special writing script that only women know how to use. If that sounds like something out of a fantasy novel, think again. Nüshu was a women-only script in 19th-century China, and researchers are still attempting to figure out where it came from. Nüshu comes from the county of Jiangyong in Hunan Province in China. In...
‘Men In Black’ Writer Told to Not Mansplain ‘Men In Black,’ But Women Figured Out Who He Was and Apologized
Recently, a man found himself in a sticky situation when women accused him of “mansplaining” the movie Men In Black — not realizing that he was, in fact, the man who wrote the movie. Ed Solomon is the writer behind Men In Black, as well as other famous films like 2000’s Charlie’s Angels. Though Ed obviously plays...
30 Trends That People Were Glad to See Die Out
Trends come and go, and thank goodness for that, because some of them get really old really quick. Redditors discussed the trends that they’re glad have died out, from fake mustaches to “Who Let The Dogs Out,” and here are some of their best answers. This thread is a walk down memory lane! 1. Keep calm and…...
This Company Makes Life-Sized, LEGO Sculptures of Your Pet
Landlord doesn’t allow pets? How about a LEGO-like version of one? The Hong Kong-based company JEKCA makes toy bricks similar to LEGOs — “building blocks for kidults.” They sell life-size brick sculptures of various pets, including hundreds of dogs, cats and other animals. Each sculpture is about one foot tall and is made of over...
15 Experts Share Common Knowledge That Most People Don’t Know
No matter what your job is, it likely requires some form of expertise, whether that’s how to wrangle a two-year-old or how to land a plane. When you’ve been in the same field for long enough, you start to take certain forms of expertise for granted. But when you try to talk about it to someone not...
Parents in Finland Get Seven Months of Paid Parental Leave, Regardless of Gender
The struggle to balance work and family knows no borders, but some countries definitely have more supportive policies for working parents than others. In Finland, parents of any gender will now get the same amount of leave, thanks to a new parental leave policy that goes into effect in 2021. Moreover, single parents will have...
Newly Discovered Weed Compound Could Be 30 Times More Potent Than THC
Good news for anyone who’s ever used cannabis and thought to themselves, “Boy, I wish I was 30 times higher.” A newly-discovered cannabinoid called THCP could potentially be over 30 times more potent than THC, according to recent reports. THCP stands for tetrahydrocannabiphorol. It was discovered alongside another previously unknown compound called CBDP. The latter...
13 People Share The Silly Things People Still Believe
These days, you can immediately verify any fact by looking it up on Google. If you’re savvy enough, you’ll have the truth within a few minutes. But once upon a time, misinformation spread really easily. To this day, there are a ton of “facts” that countless people believe are true, even though they couldn’t be...
Jerry From Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ Inspires People on Their Way Into Work
There are so many delightful things about Netflix’s cheerleading docuseries Cheer — the badass lead coach, the impressive flips, and the touching stories. The series gave people a window into the unique intricacies of the cheerleading world, including one phenomenon called “mat talk.” “Mat-talk” is the practice of hyping up fellow cheerleaders from the side of...
Learn How To Turn Off Netflix’s Annoying Autoplay Previews
The year 2020 has been pretty much a sh*tshow so far, but at least one marvelous thing has happened: Netflix will finally stop autoplaying every single preview that you scroll past. For what feels like ages, Netflix’s autoplay feature has been non-optional. Every single Netflix user has had to deal with the jarring clips that immediately...
17 Really Weird Things That Society Just Accepts as Normal
Sometimes, you’re just minding your business, going about your daily routine when you realize: LIFE IS SO WEIRD. From colloquial sayings to random societal norms, there are a ton of frankly bizarre things about being human that go unnoticed most of the time. But thanks to AskReddit, you now have 17 of those things to...
14 Caterers, DJs and Event Planners Share the Saddest Party They’ve Ever Worked
There’s nothing quite as awkward as a sad party. Whether it’s a birthday, graduation, wedding, or other special event, things can go horribly awry, and no one has more experience with these situations than the employees who work at them. From caterers to DJs, people on AskReddit shared the saddest party they’ve ever witnessed. Warning:...