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8 Old English Words We’d Like to Revive Because They’re Hilarious and Awesome

I love words. They’re interesting, and fun, and it’s such a great feeling when you can find exactly the right one – the one that was on the tip of your tongue for a few seconds before it rolled right off. I know not everyone gets the same enjoyment out of a perfect word find,...

6 Interesting Habits Dogs Pick Up From Their Owners, According to Experts

I’m sure you’ve heard people say that pet owners kind of start to look like their animals after a time, the same way spouses start to resemble each other after they’ve been married for awhile. I think it’s just that we start to really get the other person (or animal) and so we naturally adopt...

14 Hilarious Items That Are Stocked in “American Food” Aisles Around the World

I think it’s natural to wonder what other places, other people, and other cultures think about your own – and not just what they would tell you when you ask, either, but what they believe when no tourists are looking over their shoulders. Well, it turns out we don’t have to ask – we can...

If You’re Here for an Easy Laugh, These 15 Posts Have You Covered

There are days when you want to challenge your mind. When your brain is in need of a meal full of protein and carbs, when it wants to learn and grow and work until it collapses into bed that night. There are other days when you feel like taking it easy. When you don’t want...

China Has Officially Switched on Its “Artificial Sun” and It Could Be a Revolution in Energy Production

The race to find cleaner, more accessible, and less damaging forms of energy has been accelerating in recent years, and now China has taken a giant step forward as far as their nuclear power research capabilities. They’ve been developing the HL-2M Tokamak reactor, the country’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device, and...

Could a Huge, Ancient Shark Still Haunt the Deep? Scientists Weigh In.

If you were a child once, there’s a good chance that you were fascinated with dinosaurs. If you’re an adult, there’s a chance that fascination lives on – you love the Jurassic Park movies, and somewhere in the back of your mind, you think it would be pretty awesome to meet a live dinosaur…as long as...

The History of Alaska’s Giant Rhubarb

Rhubarb is one of those flavors that divides people along pretty clean lines – you love the tart bite of it or you can’t stand the stringy nature, and there’s very little in between. That said, you don’t have to eat it to be interested in how and where certain plant life settles in the...

Ben & Jerry’s Released a Line of Desserts Your Pooch Will Love

If Ben & Jerry’s isn’t already your favorite ice cream flavor, first of all, you’re wrong. Their ice cream is delicious, the flavors are superb, their names are on point, they’re always consistent, and yeah, it’s totally worth the money. Throw in the fact that they’re also active in the social justice arena, and I...

Here’s How You Can Tell Whether or Not a Used Car’s Odometer Has Been Tampered With

Whether you’re buying new or used, getting a new car can be as daunting a process as it is exciting. There are so many options, so many questions, and so many pitfalls – and there seem to be more of the latter when you’ve decided to go the used route. There are people out there...

McDonald’s Is Offering One Million Free Meals in the United Kingdom

Say what you want about McDonald’s, but the restaurant is one of the most popular eateries in the entire world. And even though their food isn’t the healthiest option available most days, the fact is that it’s affordable, it’s everywhere, and for all of the faults of their food, as an organization, they give quite...

A New Tinnitus Treatment Could Be Music to Ringing Ears Everywhere

There are surely plenty of medical conditions in the world that are more serious and life threatening than tinnitus, which causes a constant, high-pitched ringing in the ears, but I imagine there aren’t that many that would be more consistently annoying. It affects millions of people around the world – maybe as many as 1...

This Truly Funny Post Mocks Influencers on LinkedIn

I know it makes me sound old, or all like, “get off my lawn,” but social media influencers in general are something I struggle to accept are a real part of our lives now. Put them together with LinkedIn, which is kind of like the redheaded stepchild of social media, and I honestly can’t believe...

NASA Just Released This Telling Video About Climate Change

Climate change is catching up with us. Though scientists have warned for decades that human activity is taking a toll on our blue planet, we’re now starting to see the more palpable effects come to fruition. According to NASA, 2020 tied for the warmest year on record. This year’s counterpart? 2016. The two warmest years...

Microsoft Unveils Plans to Bring You (or Your Data) Back to Life as a Chatbot

They said that dead men tell no tales, but that idiom soon may change. In another moment of freaky sci-fi becoming reality, Microsoft received a patent for a new digital process of immortalizing the dead. This system takes someone’s social data they left behind (including videos, text, and electronic messages), analyzes it, and renders it...