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The It Factor: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Miniseries ‘It’

Pennywise the clown can be credited for millions of childhood nightmares, and with good reason: It is absolutely terrifying, and clowns are really creepy. And if Pennywise wasn’t scary enough as a clown, he can change into any fear. I, for one, would literally lose my ability to function if I saw a clown scorpion. (Just try to get...

Grammar Nerds, It’s Time to Celebrate

If you’ve got an iPhone and have upgraded to iOS10, Apple has a lot of surprises in store for your texting. You can create and send GIFs, send texts from the lock screen, place stickers over your messages, and, yes, correct your friends’ grammar with amazingly obnoxious red-pen stickers. Guys. I am so excited. Grammar...

In Today’s Magical News, Butterflies Will Drink Your Tears

The photo below was a finalist in the 2016 Royal Society Publishing photo contest, and let’s be real – it’s pretty damned magical even before you know the truth about what’s going on. The animal in this picture is a caiman, a relative of the alligator not typically known for its softer side. And yet, here...

Turns Out Your Dog Really Does Know What You’re Saying

Do you know how I know that? Because of science, for one, but also because someone out there is good enough with dogs to convince a bunch of them to lay perfectly still in an MRI machine without the promise of treats. Yeah. I mean, if that’s not a real life superpower then I don’t...

Thousands of People Can’t Stop Watching This Livestream of a Wyoming Town

Several thousand people have been e-flocking (I just made that word up) to this livestream of Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s town square, and nobody really knows why. Wyoming is the least populated of the United States according to 2013 census data, and you could easily make the argument that Wyoming is pretty boring unless you like skiing,...

Want to Know How Far You Can Drive Your Car on Empty? Check out This Handy Chart!

There are two types of people in this world – people who panic and fill up their cars with gas when the needle hits 25% or so, and people like me who wait until the gas light comes on, then check the odometer so you can drive the entire 30 miles to absolute empty before coasting into...

The Most Popular Halloween Candy in Each State

I’m not much of a Halloween person, myself, though perhaps my peanut allergy plays a role in my distaste. Living in Missouri, the end-of-October holiday is almost always rainy, cold, or rainy and cold, and when the candy in my bag turned out to be at least 50% inedible (for me), well…you can see how...

6-Year-Old Boy Instantly Understands Refugee Crisis, Brings World to Tears with Letter to Obama

I don’t know one single person whose soul didn’t break at the sight of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh alone in the back of an ambulance in Aleppo, Syria. He was still and silent, but somehow didn’t seem surprised to find his house destroyed by a bomb and his family missing. I think his lack of tears...

15 Things You Do that are Unintentionally Breaking Your Dog’s Heart

We all love our dogs – some of us (like me, I admit it), a little too much – and we go out of our way to make them feel happy, loved, and secure. Of course, we would never do anything to intentionally upset them or make them spend their days feeling sad, but what...

10 of the World’s Oldest Continuously Operating Stores

It takes a ton of work to open a business, even more to keep it going, and all of that – plus some luck from the universe – to run a successful store for a long time. We’ve all seen those storefronts in our towns and neighborhoods that seem to change owners and businesses in...

The Five-Second Rule Is a Lie, but You Can Still Eat Food off the Floor

We’ve all used the 5 second rule – when food (or maybe silverware) falls on the floor, but you declare that if it’s retrieved within 5 seconds, it’s safe to eat (with). I have, sadly, worked in restaurants where this rule also applied. On commercial kitchen floors. Yeah. There was a comedian who did a bit...

Pokémon GO Plus Guide: How to Collect from Pokéstops, Catch Pokémon and New Features Revealed!

On September 16th, the Pokémon GO Plus wearable bluetooth device finally started shipping to people who pre-ordered it back in July! In case you’re not familiar with the device, the Plus connects to your phone via Bluetooth and vibrates when you pass PokéStops. Once you feel the vibration, push the button and collect Pokéballs, potions, revives and eggs....

12 Alien Sightings That Will Make You Wonder – Are We Alone?

Are We Alone? These AskReddit users are pretty sure we’re not, and they’re sharing stories of encountering things from out of this world. 1. ‘Collective Amnesia’ “Summer before 8th grade, me and two of my friends snuck out at midnight to go walk around the neighborhood and go see these girls on the next block who were having...

15 Fascinating Explanations Why Things Are Certain Colors

Did you ever wonder why (standard) pencils are yellow, or why carpets leading into important events are red? I admit, I never have…BUT, that doesn’t mean I didn’t find the explanations interesting. I bet you will, too! #15. Why are fire hydrants ALL different colors? Fire hydrants were originally red (actual plugs made of redwood)...