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23 Stories That Will Make You Re-Think Trusting in Modern Medicine

Everybody makes mistakes. It’s what makes us human. However, some mistakes can cost us more than others. When a writer makes a mistake, they have auto-correct and editors to cover their backs. When a medical professional makes a mistake, it could cause someone their life. We took to AskReddit to find some real life horror stories as...

These Photos of Hitler in Disguise Aren’t What You Think

By the time WWII stumbled to a close, pictures of Adolf Hitler had permeated every possible media platform available at the time. His mustache, his dark, slicked-back hair, and his disturbingly clear gaze had peered out at Americans – and the rest of the world – for the better part of five years. As the Allied...

One Day, You May Be Able to Glimpse How a Single Decision Changed Your Life

That’s right, folks – science is back (it never left, I know), and this time, it’s telling you that it’s possible that one day you might be able to take a peek into a parallel universe. You could find out how your life would have been different if you would have taken that trip, said...

Do You Have the Nicest Friends? New Study Suggests You Might Want to Watch Your Back

In Mean Girls, Regina George and her crew are always smiling and dishing out compliments to people’s faces, while conniving and talking trash behind their backs. It might be fiction, but it turns out to be true that people who seem overly nice may not be as friendly when your back is turned. A new study published in Annual Meeting of the...

Book Nerd’s Tweet to a Bookstore’s Twitter Account Ended in a Love Story and Marriage

This is one of our favorite IRL love stories ever, y’all. EVER. We’re talking better than Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum. Yeah. Here’s what happened. Lots of people read the Twitter feeds of companies and brands and wonder just how in the heck the people writing them got the job. But Victoria Carlin of London looked...

9 Simple Ways to Boost Your Home Wifi Network

We’ve all been there – sitting at home, watching the spinning color wheel (because basically everyone uses Macs, right?), and cursing our slow home network. Nothing is more infuriating than being right in the middle of the latest episode of your favorite Netflix show only to have your internet crap out. Luckily, we’ve got your back...

Vagina Science: 7 Things to Know about Your Lady Garden

Come on, ladies – we’ve all wondered whether something was “normal” down there at one time or another. Chances are, we’ve had a mother or a trusted friend (or even a doctor) who we could ask. But in case you didn’t (or couldn’t get up the nerve), read on to find out 7 vagina facts...

10 of the Most Bizarre, Disturbing Causes of Death, as Told by Medical Examiners

Let’s be honest – we’re all a little obsessed with the morbid. We watch television shows like Bones and Dexter that showcase some pretty bizarre ways to kill and die, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With fall (and Halloween!) quickly approaching (or is that wishful thinking as I sit here sweating?), I...

Imagine if We Only Had 38 States: The Argument for Why Things Would Be Better

Imagine, if you can, a United States map that only contains 38 states. Got it? No? Well, here’s a little help. Map of the Day: The Proposed 38 States of America https://t.co/TiHMbMM2U9 pic.twitter.com/amSAN5UkFg — Dave Shoemaker (@Shoe393) December 18, 2015 There are actual reasons and benefits to the suggested changes, first proposed in 1973 by California State...

Beijing 2008: What Happened After the Games Were Over?

Who doesn’t remember that f’n awesome opening ceremony from Beijing in 2008? Fireworks both real and fake. A giant, rolling and eventually floating LED screen… And the drums…. We’ll never forget the drums… Or that water cube. But, what happened after the games ended? Well, when it comes to the water cube, a lot of things...

The Sad, Strange History of Macaulay Culkin

It seems to be a common, albeit sad, story among actors who find success as children: they burst onto the scene, steal our hearts (and sometimes awards!), only to disappear from the big screen. The stories about them are hard to hear, as they’ve often fallen in with the wrong crowd, gotten hooked on drugs...

20 Actors and Their Insane Physical Transformations for Movie Roles

You might have the idea that acting is an easy job, and maybe sometimes it totally is (see Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!). For the actors in the following roles, though, that certainly wasn’t the case. These actors made total transformations and proved some serious commitment to their craft. #20. Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw He...

14 Regular People Now Living as Internet Memes

In today’s age of selfies, cell phones, internet, and social media, you truly never know when your fifteen minutes in the limelight might begin. But is it fair? Or even right? Let’s take a look at 14 people who became memes and what has happened to them after. #14. College Freshman When Reader’s Digest asked freshman...

Pokémon GO Players in San Francisco Share Their Thoughts After Using the ‘Nearby’ Tool for a Week

After Niantic killed Pokémon GO’s three-step Nearby tracking tool and replaced it with the Sightings tracking tool in the game’s first major update, many players were bummed that it was gone. Still, news broke quickly that users in San Francisco were testing a new Nearby tracking tool. Here’s what that looks like… https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/763077940066123776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/763078147151585280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw So...