Posts by Matt Gilligan

Love: it’s hard to find. And a true soulmate is even harder to uncover out there in this crazy world of ours. So when you find yours, you never, ever let go. The people who put up these posts are lucky enough to have found their soulmates and I think you’ll see why they’re so...

America, we have some work to do. I don’t know if it’s arrogance or ignorance, but some Americans think that we are hands-down the best, the happiest, the “number-one” at everything imaginable. I love living in the United States, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else (permanently), but I have to admit that a...

Uh oh. This sure doesn’t sound good. I know fewer people have been getting married, but I thought the cultural shift was due to other things. Once again, I was wrong. Researchers at Cornell University released a study with a pretty sobering conclusion: there aren’t as many “economically-attractive” men as there used to be for...

I try to stay positive and be nice to everyone, but man, sometimes people really get on my nerves and I can’t help but get incredibly annoyed at them. Hey, I’m working on it, okay? Hopefully, these AskReddit users, are as well, because they are pretty fired up about people right now. 1. Turn on your signal!...

I have a feeling this place will be booked up for a while…and quick. Highclere Castle, the main filming location for the Downton Abbey TV series and recent feature film, is now available for guests through Airbnb. This has to be a dream come true for fans of the show. I know how excited I’d be...

I remember the first sushi place I ever went to in my life: it was in San Francisco, and the little plates went around on a conveyor belt, and you could just grab off whatever you wanted and then pay at the end. I thought it was amazing; my 15-year-old mind was well and truly...

I often wonder if my parents still do this, even though all five of the kids they raised are grown up and out of the house. And now I have an answer. A study published in The Gerontologist Journal shows many older parents worry about their adult children as much as they did when they...

As much as you think you might know about food, there’s always something new to learn, right? Right! So let’s take a look at 10 food facts that you might not be aware of. 1. That’s kind of gross… https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkLqFUli9s/   The fries at McDonald’s were cooked in beef fat until 1990. They’re now cooked...

It really blows my mind that in the year 2019, parents out there buy into the anti-vaccination rhetoric and expose their kids (and others’) to potential harm. That’s why it’s encouraging that Facebook has taken steps to fight harmful misinformation and “fake news” that appeals to these anti-vaxxers. On Facebook, informational windows will pop up...

Violence against women is a pressing issue across the globe, but in some countries, it’s more extreme than others. In Turkey, for example, 42% of women over the age of 15 have suffered from physical or sexual violence. Last year in Turkey, 440 women were murdered by their own husbands. An artist decided to come...

I’ve been lucky enough to go to Europe a couple of times, but there are still quite a few places I haven’t been able to go to yet: Spain, Greece, and the Czech Republic to name a few I’d love to visit. And although the most well-known places in Europe are wonderful (London, Amsterdam, Paris,...

Add this to the list of wild drinks you must try this fall. It: Chapter Two recently hit theaters, and Starbucks has decided to offer a drink inspired by Pennywise, the murderous, terrifying clown from the film. The frappuccino drink features a “strawberry blood” puree. I know I’m in! https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kztgQnO_Q/ The drink is a limited-edition item,...

I love Halloween. I love pancakes. I love The Addams Family. What else do I need in this life? Wait, I need this! IHOP launched an entire Addams Family menu on September 16 to go with the new 3-D animated Addams Family movie that hits theaters on October 11. Alisa Gmelich, IHOP’s vice president of marketing, said,...

If you have a cat (or five), you know that you spend a lot of time cleaning up after them as they shed. You’ll find mounds of fur in the corners, under the beds—basically everywhere and anywhere. Japanese photographer Ryo Yamazaki and his wife Hiromi have come up with an inventive way to use all...

Are you the kind of person who can fall asleep ANYWHERE? I really envy folks like that. It’s a true gift that is not in my DNA  – not by a long shot. But these people in the photos below? Pssshhhh. They are on a whole other level. Not only can they fall asleep anywhere,...