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What Makes You Say “I’m in Love With This Person”? People Responded.

Isn’t falling in love great? And even if it doesn’t work out in the end, the memories of those early days when you got the warm fuzzies and butterflies in your stomach will stick with you forever. Hey, it’s one of the best parts about being human! What makes you say to yourself, “I’m in...

14 People Talk About Why They Quit Jobs on the First Day

One of my brothers is the One Day King. And that’s not a good thing! This was a long time ago and he’s been steadily employed for many years now, but there was a time when we were in high school and college where he quit several jobs after one day for various reasons…and all...

12 People Explain What It’s Like to Be Transgender

There is a lot to be said for feeling comfortable in your own skin. History is filled with people who didn’t, and suffered for it. But there have also been a great many people, and probably more than we know, who “passed” unnoticed, as the gender they identified with. A famous example was 19th century...

30 People Share the Quotes That Permanently Changed the Way They Look at Things

Have you ever been kind of down on yourself for one reason or another and out of the blue you saw a quote that made you snap out of your funk? And, on top of that, it stuck with you? I love those kinds of moments! And we all have the quotes that remain implanted...

Researchers Are Floored to Discover a Wedding Chariot Preserved in Lava at Pompeii

It’s amazing to think that even 2,000 years after the city of Pompeii was destroyed, there is still something left to discover. But earlier this year, archaeologists literally uncovered a remarkable new find. As originally announced on PompeiiSites.org, researchers discovered a fancy chariot, unlike any they had ever seen before. Best of all, it was...

How Coffee Filters Could Help Keep Your Houseplants Alive

Some people in this world have naturally green thumbs. The rest of us range somewhere between “can grow things if we really focus” and “kills everything, even the houseplants that are supposedly impossible to kill.” If you’re somewhere in that latter group but would like to change your murderous relationship with the plants in your...

13 People Admit What Topics Make Them Want to Say “Just Be Quiet!”

I appreciate the fact that a lot of people are obsessed with video games, but I just can’t listen to it. At all. In fact, it kind of makes me want to plug my ears and say “ayayayayayayaya” like a 5-year-old who doesn’t want to listen to their parents. And we all have things like...

Why Disney Continues to Recycle Bits and Pieces of Animation Over and Over Again

If you’re an avid Disney fan – or even just someone who watches a lot of movies and pays attention to detail – it’s probably no secret that Disney’s animators recycle some of their animations into multiple subsequent films. If the only reason they do that is to save money, it turns out they save...

13 Hilarious Times People Were Way Too Tired for Life

We are all overworked and under slept. My dog insists on waking me up earlier on the weekend than I have to get up during the week, and she refuses to be ignored. So I totally get how people can be just too tired, although I do worry about some of them being out on...

14 People Share the Most Ridiculous Luxury Items They’ve Ever Seen

The luxury goods market is an interesting one. I mean, I’m as guilty as the next person of spending my hard earned money on ridiculous things. But there are definitely some items for sale that make you go “what?” Last month, mother and hockey fan Lexi Brown, PhD, went viral for her Tweet about random...

27 People Unearth Long-Buried Family Secrets

I used to think that there were probably nice, normal families out there without secrets, and without skeletons hiding in the closet. The older I get, though, the more I realize that’s not true – human beings are unpredictable, but if there’s one thing they’re consistently good at, it’s making decent sized messes of their...

28 People Tell The Story of Their Most Cringe Day at Work

The Office is a super popular television show because it’s hilarious, but listen – none of us would actually like to work in that office, right? Michael Scott is cringe enough to watch on television; can you even imagine having to deal with him in real life? I’m sure some of you have had similar experiences,...

Here’s How You Can Find Out if Hackers Are Sharing Your Facebook Info

We’ve all heard by now that Facebook isn’t exactly the safest place to share personal data. Those apps that masquerade as games are actually gathering data, Facebook is listening in to your conversations, and well…basically the app exists to gather data for third parties. If you’re worried that your settings need to be shored up...

Here’s Why Scientists Think Humans Could Evolve to Be Venomous

Unless you’re a science fiction writer (or enthusiast), you probably don’t spend too much time thinking about what, exactly, humans might look like in the future. Most of us probably assume they’ll look and act a lot like we do now, since evolution takes millennia to really change anything, anyway. So, it’s probably going to...