14 Sad Truths That Go Hand-In-Hand WIth Being Smart
People who are smart enjoy being smart, for the most part. They think it gives them a leg up, or the ability to better problem solve, or support themselves, or what have you, but it’s a well-known truth that intelligence also correlates with higher instances of depression, anxiety, and general unhappiness. People who are less...
Doctors Share the Worst Diagnosis They Had to Fix
People like to put doctors up on a pedestal, as if they’re more than human or too smart to totally flub their job, but the truth is that they’re humans. Humans make mistakes, and that’s why we have backup systems, even in the medical field. If a doctor gives you a diagnosis, and you feel...
15 Doctors Share Appalling Stories of Really Bad Diagnoses
Doctors go to school and go through training for a good portion of their lives, which is why we trust them with our literal lives. Of course, everyone is human and it only makes sense that, no matter how good they are at their jobs, doctors are going to be wrong at least some of...
16 People Share the Laughably Obvious Conclusions of Scientific Studies
Have you ever seen a headline about a scientific study and thought “well, what did they expect to find?” I know sometimes the outcomes can seem obvious, but we can’t call them scientifically accurate unless we do the actual research, you know? Still, if you’re looking for a laugh, these “well, duh!” research studies should...
13 Scientific Studies With Glaringly Obvious Conclusions
In other news, water is wet. People like to say that when someone says something completely obvious and the result of common sense, but when it comes to scientific studies, I think most of us expect the material to be a bit more convoluted to start. Otherwise, what is there to really figure out? These...
The Perks Really Are Great, and 4 Other Secrets Roadies Keep
If you’re a music lover, there’s a good chance that, at some point in your life, you mused about how amazing it would be to go on the road with your favorite band. The music, the lifestyle, the music…what’s not to love, right? Well it probably won’t surprise you to learn that, like with every...
Here’s Why the United States Chose Fahrenheit Over Celsius
You probably realize that the United States does things different when it comes to units of measurement. We eschew the metric system (most of the time) for, you know, reasons and stuff. But when it comes to how we tell temperature, wouldn’t it just be easier if we could all be on the same page?...
Check Out This “Supercool” Science Experiment You Can Do at Home
If you’re looking for a cool, fun, fairly easy science project to do at home with your kids, well, look no further. And also, everyone loves ice, right? As long as you’re not crunching it in someone’s ear, you’ll be fine. What we’re talking about here is those videos where someone shows you what appears...
Here’s a Super Cool Map Detailing The Road Trips In Classic American Literature
Americans love a good road trip. There’s something about the freedom of the road, windows down, cheap gas station food scattered on the passenger seat, and the possibilities that lie ahead that just gets us going. It’s probably partly because we have all of this dang space to explore, but most of it just seems to...
16 Things People Wish They Hadn’t Learned
In general, people like learning new things, and knowing new things. It’s good for our brains to always be expanding and processing new knowledge; after all, we have all of our lives to learn as much as we can. Some facts, though, are better off left in the dark, if you ask me – and...
14 Facts People Wish They’d Never Heard
You know that stunned, sinking feeling you get when you’re researching something, or reading something, or just minding your own business and suddenly you know something you never wanted to, and wish you didn’t? That’s the sort of moment these 14 people had when they learned these particular facts, so if you’re going to read...
There’s a Rumored “Harry Potter” Reboot on HBO and the Internet Has Thoughts
Harry Potter is one of those properties that belongs now to the people who love it, I think – we’ve grown up with the books during our formative years, we waited anxiously for each movie to be released, and now we watch them any time they happen to pop up on ABC Family, right? Oh,...
20 Secrets That Airline Pilots Generally Keep
I’m not sure that airplane pilots are necessarily trying to hide things from their passengers for nefarious reasons, but I do think that when you’re dealing with a huge, complicated machine and a mostly-shrouded industry, it probably just seems easier to keep most of the inner workings to yourself. These 20 pilots loosened their tongues, though,...
15 Celebrities Reimagined as Sausages by Hilarious Pastry Chef’s Instagram
You might have clicked on this link out of pure, morbid curiosity. Like…you never imagined celebrities as sausages, right? It never occured to you that anyone could be reimagined as a sausage, perhaps, and you certainly never guessed it might be something you need in your life. Well, I’m here to convince you – with the...
14 Doctors Share Stories of Patients They Couldn’t Believe Were Still Alive
If there’s one thing that’s true about life across the board, it’s that you really don’t want to surprise a doctor. Strictly speaking, you’re definitely better off having an experience that a doctor has seen a bunch of times than one they haven’t – and you definitely want to avoid anything that makes other doctors...