People Discuss Scary Experiences They’ve Had While Deep Sea Diving
I’ve been snorkeling a few times and I really love the ocean, but I’ve never been DEEP down there, as in scuba diving. I think it would be a great time, I’ve just never taken the plunge, so to speak. But I have a feeling that people who spend a lot of time underwater see...
Yes, Your Dog Can Get Poison Ivy. Here’s How to Help Them When They Do.
Most of us are probably aware that the irritating oils from poison ivy leaves can smear onto your dog or outdoor cat, then transfer onto your skin or clothes, causing that awful, telltale itching and rash. If you live pretty much anywhere in North America where there are woods and wooded areas, there’s a good...
The Facts Behind Antarctica’s “Blood Falls”
Our world is home to many amazing and weird things, and oftentimes those two adjectives can be applied to the same spaces and places. Traveling in person isn’t a thing many of us are doing these days, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still look at pictures and dream, right? Not that many of us...
6 Strange (and Creepy) Ways Organisms Actually Reproduce
If you think too hard about it, all reproduction seems a bit weird, I suppose. That’s why we don’t overthink it most of the time, I’d bet. That said, even on a scale full of weirdness, these 6 organisms manage to take it to another level. 6. Community Gendering Fully grown Japanese climbing ferns can...
14 People Share What Their Pet Has Trained Them to Do
Sit! Stay! Shake! Heal!!!!! If you’ve ever tried to train a dog, you’ve probably used these commands before. And if you’ve tried to train your cat…well, that was a huge mistake because cats don’t listen to anyone, but they do learn a lot of things along the way from being conditioned. Like when to eat,...
10 Interesting Facts That Will Definitely Capture Your Interest
It can be really difficult to keep the attention of people out there these days, don’t you think? There are endless streams of information coming from all forms of social media and different websites, and now we have wars about which facts are true, which are false, etc. It’s enough to make your head spin!...
Beekeeper Explains That Vegans Can Eat Honey After All
People who are vegan have made a choice to live in a way that brings as little harm to animals as possible. Ideally, this applies to every aspect of a vegan’s lifestyle. Vegans generally do not eat any food or products that are made with animals. They also don’t eat food or products if the...
Tumblr Explains Why Kudzu Is a Monstrous Plant That Only Wants to Destroy
One of the best things about Tumblr is that you never truly know where a thread will go. For example, consider this thread that starts out discussing how odd tree houses are, wends its way through the murderous nature of plants, and concludes with a fierce explanation of why kudzu is truly the worst plant...