Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Logic is all you need to come out ahead of these 5 riddles – but that’s easier said than done! #5. Odds and evens. #4. Days with a book. #3. Mothers and daughters. #2. Toward the river. #1. A fair race. Continue reading when you’re ready to check your answers!

Irena Sendler was living in Poland at the beginning of WWII, by which point the Germans had made helping Jews punishable by death. But Sendler, raised by a father who believed helping people – all people – who were in trouble was the right thing to do, continued her life as an activist and outspoken...

Plenty of people out there love cracking their joints – fingers, backs, necks, you name it – and even though cautionary tales abound, no one really knows what might happen if you keep it up. Is it bad? Is it fine? Who can really say? At least, until a freak accident happens. 23-year-old paramedic Natalie...

There are iconic faces, and there are iconic names, and very often, the two coincide. Sometimes, though, they don’t – like these 15 examples below of people you definitely have heard of, but may have never seen. #15. Gianni Versace View this post on Instagram A post shared by DATE WITH VERSACE (@datewithversace) His mother...

The Graff Lesedi La Rona (“our light” in Botswana’s Tswana language) weighs in at 302.37 carats and is a D-color, high-clarity stone. It’s the world’s largest square emerald cut diamond, and the latest amazing creation from Laurence Graff, the owner and founder of the international luxury jewelry brand. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNVnMUhRc4/ “My love affair with diamonds is...

Fair warning: if you’re someone who hasn’t been able to walk past a murder of crows since you first saw The Birds, this post might not be for you. Because recent studies are confirming what scientists and bird watchers have long suspected – crows (and other corvids) are super smart. They can make, store, and...

Cats are pretty smart, and they’re also fairly adept at getting out of tight spaces and landing on their feet and all of that. Still, they regularly manage to get themselves into sticky situations – and these 13 cats are probably wishing they’d thought things through a bit more before taking the proverbial leap. #13....

Depending on how you felt about math in school, that could be a good thing or a bad thing – but either way, these riddles will get those brain juices flowing! #4. Eight eights. #3. Fathers and sons. #2. Shipping boxes. #1. Ages and stages. Continue reading for your answers!

Many caregivers seem to innately know that reading books to the kids in their care is a positive thing. In our house we read books before naps, before bed, and any time the kiddos get a hankering in between. And sure, we feel like reading to our kids is good and important, but a recent...

Kroger is the largest grocery store chain in America, so not only is their pledge to phase out plastic bags a big deal, it could also potentially have a pretty large positive impact on the environment. Up to 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year in the world, with only about 5% making it...

Dogs and mailmen don’t have a reputation for being the best of friends, but when it comes down to the individuals on the ground every day, that’s not always true. Twitter user @amorningsting recently shared a status about how her father, a US postal worker, carried treats along his route and handed them out to...

It should be no secret that the people on the other end of the 9-1-1 line have super stressful jobs. They’re talking to human beings in their most desperate moments (and also some stupid and hilarious moments, of course), so of course they have some pretty good stories. Like the 17 below, categorized by people...

The Swiss take the happiness of the pets living within their borders as seriously (or perhaps more so) as they do the satisfaction of the human beings residing there. They’ve even gone so far as to grant “social rights” to pets that tend to get lonely on their own – like guinea pigs, for example,...

I am now happily married, but as I was just as happily single a few years ago, I would never shame someone for being willingly solo in the world. There are a lot of perks, as these 15 people are quick to point out. #15. So much space! Being able to sleep diagonally across my...

I love words – they’re fun, fascinating, and can make you feel super smart when you pick just the right one! The 17 words below are a special type of word called ‘contronyms‘ – words that are their own antonyms – and that makes them pretty sweet, if you ask me! #17. Dust You can...