Posts by Matt Gilligan

This is what true love looks like, people. Tsuyoshi and Tomi Seki have been married for 38 years, and we should all aspire to be like them. Tsuyoshi and Tomi wear matching outfits every day, and we think they look absolutely splendid. Get a load of these two lovebirds and try not to get too jealous....

Ok, I think a documentary crew needs to start following this guy immediately to follow his exploits. It would make great TV, don’t you think? Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov has been sharing the very odd and, frankly, creepy creatures he captures from the deep sea on his Instagram page. He said, “I decided to create social...

We all need to be reminded how terrifying the world is once in a while, and these 10 facts really do the trick. Hold on, friends. 1. Ewwwwwwww 2. Disgusting 3. Check it out 4. Very uncomfortable 5. Jumbo 6. Not a lot of help 7. That is not good news 8. Tasty 9. Deadly...

Steve Irwin tragically died in 2006, but his legacy lives on through his 14-year-old son Robert. Robert is a photography whiz and, like his late father, has a love for nature and animals. He’s turned his passion into a burgeoning photography career, where he documents the beauty of our natural world through a camera lens....

Waking up in the morning is rough, no matter who you are. As Mark Twain once wrote, “I have tried getting up early, and I have tried getting up late—and the latter agrees with me best.” A whole lot of us agree with you, Mr. Twain. But why is it so difficult to make that...

Life is rough. It’s even rougher if your name happens to be Lauren. This hasn’t been addressed until now, but the time has come. All you Laurens out there, we are on your side. Here are 10 really annoying things that you have to put up with day in and day out. 1. People will...

Holly Warland is a 27-year-old Australian who is on a mission. She is documenting her slow death from Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy on social media in an effort to bring awareness to the controversial topic of euthanasia, aka the right to die. Here is Holly’s story in her own words. “I wanted to show more of...

I don’t ask for much in this life, but I’m really hoping that this fad makes its way across the pond. Near Liverpool Street station in London, a vending machine that dispenses pouches of whisky will be open until the end of December. The people behind London’s Black Rock Bar in the Shoreditch district opened...

In what has become a time-honored tradition, women flocked to Susan B. Anthony’s grave in Rochester, New York on Election Day place “I Voted” stickers on the activist’s headstone. Anthony (1820-1906) was arrested for illegally voting in 1872 and women would have to wait almost another 50 years before they were allowed to legally vote...

There’s a reason the global hair care industry is valued at a whopping $160 billion and rising — most people are concerned with their appearance, and hairstyle makes a huge first impression. But beyond our superficial concerns, it’s important to pay attention to our hair for another reason: our health. You may not consider it...

I guess not all dreams come true. The Make-A-Wish foundation does a lot of great things for all kinds of sick kids, but there are some requests that sadly they aren’t allowed to fulfill. Make-A-Wish workers reveal what wishes they weren’t able to complete on AskReddit. 1. Out of spite “As a wish granter I...

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Especially when it’s petty revenge, amiright? AskReddit users shared their best petty revenge stories, and they’ll make you think twice about crossing anyone ever again. 1. The pumpkin “I have a friend whose pumpkin\fall display at the end of his driveway would be run over by the neighborhood...

It’s all fun and games right now, but what are you gonna do when the zombie apocalypse happens? If you’ve watched The Walking Dead enough, you probably have a good plan, but how does it measure up against these from AskReddit users? 1. Works for me! “If there was a zombie outbreak I would be one of...

Sometimes traveling can put you in some pretty sticky situations. Being in an unfamiliar place where you might not know the language or anyone around you is a prime setting for off-putting and, in some cases, downright terrifying things to happen. My scariest traveling situation came in Moscow when my brother, my sister and I...

Let’s face it: sometimes weddings are…painful. And uncomfortable. And embarrassing. We’ve all been witness to these kinds of events, so let’s relive them, shall we? AskReddit users weighed in on the worst weddings they’ve ever witnessed. 1. Too much Pitbull “Went to a couple’s wedding who were both on their second wedding. The dude was...