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Is There A Right Way To Say ‘Pecan?’

Maybe you’ve never spent that much time talking about how you’re supposed to pronounce pecan – is it pee-can, or peh-kahn? And where does the emphasis go? I always thought it was the second way until I spent some time in the south (and saw When Harry Met Sally for the first time) and now, I’m not...

Upgrade Your Baking With Old School Recipes — New York Historical Society Is Sharing Vintage Recipes Online

Current circumstances are a sliding scale of annoying, frustrating, scary, and downright exhausting. Somewhere on that scale lies the fact that not only are we cooking more meals for our families than ever before, everyone is tired of the tried-and-true dinners that they usually love. Here’s the thing. Most of us had jobs before this,...
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People Are Sharing Tips On How Escape A Coffin If You Get Buried Alive

There are things you learn at some point in your life that go in one ear and out the other. And then there’s the time you hear that Victorian people used to tie strings to the fingers of dead people in their coffins, attach the other end to a bell, and sit someone in a...

10 Interesting Facts That Will Increase Your Knowledge

We do our best to bring you quality fact sets that make you think, reflect, and even celebrate life. And sometimes our sets are so great they even make people want to get up and MOVE! So go ahead and JUMP! And enjoy these facts while you’re at it. 1. Women with super strength. They’re...

People Talk About the Dumbest Reasons They’ve Seen Someone Get Arrested

This is not exactly breaking news, but there are A LOT of really dumb criminals out there. Why do you think Cops has been on the air for over 30 years? My point exactly… In this article, people share the dumbest reasons for people getting arrested. I think this is going to be a whole lot of...

Cops, Lawyers, and Other People Discuss the Stupid Reasons They’ve Seen a Person Get Arrested

Fact: there are a lot of people out there who’ve been arrested for really dumb reasons. Hell, even some of my own friends have gone to jail for doing stupid things when they were drunk or just weren’t using their heads. Hey, it happens… Here are some very funny and pretty ridiculous true stories from...

People Talk About the Celebrities Who Had It All and Then Tanked Their Careers

It’s a story that’s repeated itself ever since the idea of “celebrity” took hold in popular culture. People get ridiculously famous and wealthy, they have it all, and then they have a huge fall from grace because they are self-destructive and have too many problems. Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about celebrities who...