10 People Share All the Small but Creative Ways Kids Rebel at School
Not all rebellions are big, and sometimes, when you’re a person who generally follows the rules but doesn’t like one particular rule (or, let’s be honest, rule-maker), small acts of resistance can be at least a little bit satisfying. Kids, in particular, seem to have figured this out. They want to be good and make...
30 Redditors Weigh in on What the U.S. Does Better Than Other Countries
The world is ready and willing (probably rightfully so) to tell the U.S. and her citizens everything that we’re doing worse than our counterparts around the world, so it’s nice to stop and consider that there are still some things we’re absolutely doing right. Here are 30 things that the people of Reddit are giving...
The Baby Planter’s Nut Dethroned Baby Yoda as the Internet’s Favorite Tot
You’d have to have been living under a rock to not realize that not only is Baby Yoda the main (and perhaps only good) reason to continue watching slow-moving Mandalorian, but he’s also absolutely taken the internet by storm. Twitter loved him so much, in fact, that it was impossible to believe he could be...
17 Airport Pickup Signs That Might Make You Laugh From Here to Baggage Claim
Airport pickups aren’t exactly the most fun things in the world – you have to drive, they never seem to happen at convenient times, you waste your own gas and time, and don’t even get me started on traffic – but you do them in the hopes that one day, when you need a ride,...
People Are Sharing Their Advice On How We Can Help Suicidal Men
78% of all suicides are committed by men, which means that, across the board, the men we encounter on a daily basis – at work, in meetings, our kids’ fathers, our partners, delivering our pizzas – are just not okay. If you’re worried about someone in your life, or just want to be better equipped...
Penguins Have Been Documented Using the Same Speech Patterns as Humans for the First Time
It seems as if there have been more and more reports of different animals displaying increasingly human characteristics, like making and developing tools, but most of the instances have been in our closer genetic relatives. So it feels a bit off to say it’s not monkeys, but penguins, whose speech patterns could closely mirror those of...
You Can Search 60 Years Worth Of United Kingdom U.F.O. Reports Online
If you’re reading this from the States and think that Area 51 is the be all end all of alien mysteries the world over, well, the United Kingdom would like everyone in New Mexico to hold their beer. And if you want more proof and less secrecy well, they’ve got that, too – 60 years...
Fireflies Could Be Headed for Extinction Due to Light Pollution
If you’re from a part of the world where fireflies (or lightning bugs!) go hand-in-hand with the other delightful, relaxing, warm feelings of a summer evening well-spent, well, there might be bad news on the horizon. Popular Science reports that firefly species from around the world are at risk because of many of the same...
Your Dog’s Feet Really Do Smell Like Fritos
The belief that, if you smell your dog’s feet (and you know you have; they’re so cute!), they possess a scent reminiscent of Fritos is a long held one by dog owners everywhere. For example… what do you think THESE feet smell like? https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XhcJgAhit/ You’ve probably always shrugged it off as just one of those...
Physicist Weighs in on Whether Scrooge Mcduck Could Actually Swim in a Vault of Gold Coins
If you thought Ducktales was a thing relegated to the 80s or 90s, well, you obviously don’t have kids. The McDuck kids and their grumpy, rich uncle are not only still around, but thriving on streaming platforms like Disney+. The enduring image (and most common pop-culture reference) from any iteration of the series is the...
Build-A-Bear Gets on the Girl Scout Train With Cookie-Scented Bears
There are many things that signal the close of a long, cold winter – Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter – but for some, nothing says summer is coming like the sight of little girls in green uniforms, boxes of cookies stacked behind them. Everyone loves Girl Scout cookie time, right? https://www.instagram.com/p/B8nW-xxjuK0/ I mean, maybe...
These Teenage Brothers Spent 8 Years Recreating ‘Toy Story 3’ With Real-Life Toys
I don’t know if Toy Story 3 is the best of the Toy Story franchise, but I can say for sure that, as a parent, it definitely made me cry the hardest. And let’s be honest, that bar was already pretty high. Eight years ago, these brothers fell in love with not only the film,...
Washington Department of Transportation Tweets About a “Possible Sasquatch Sighting”
People believe all sorts of things all over the world, and honestly, as long as they’re not hurting anyone else with their belief, I’m cool with all of it. When it comes to Bigfoot, even most scientists would have to shrug and say it’s possible. We live on a big planet, so the idea that...
12 Mysterious Facts We Uncovered About Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is one of the best known literary characters of all time, with books, spinoffs, riffs, television shows, and movies tackling his legacy over the years. Even so, chances are there is still plenty that you don’t know about him – and if you’re curious, we’ve unearthed these 12 curious facts about the world’s...
7 Quirky Facts About Leap Year
February 29th is one of those things we don’t think much about, partly because it only shows up every 4 years and partly because no one really understands why it exists or how it works (I think). And while there’s no getting around the first reason, maybe we can clear up some questions surrounding its...