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Even Before Discovering Fire, Our Ancestors May Have Had a Way to Cook Their Food

The cool thing about science, and archaeology in particular, is that just when we think we know everything about our human (and human-ish) ancestors, we uncover something new. Kind of like a never ending Easter egg hunt, and who doesn’t love that? For a long time, we’ve sort of defined human evolution by our ability...

The Roving Horseback Libraries of the 1930s

If you think librarians are heroes now (which, who doesn’t?), wait until you hear about the women who saddled up horses in the early morning and set out to deliver books to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities. Talk about commitment to making sure everyone had reading material, right? The “book women” of The Pack Horse Library...

7 Things Nobody Tells You About Losing a Parent

If everything goes “right” in your life, as far as the natural order of things, you know you will one day have to bury your parents. We know this, we accept it, but until the day it happens to you, you never know what it’s actually going to feel like to exist in a world...

The 1980s Are “History” According to American Girl Courtney

If you’d like to feel particularly ancient today, how about this – the newest historical American girl doll, Molly, is from the 1980s. Yeah. I am history. It’s not like most of us GenXers (and older Millennials) didn’t already know that our time had come and gone, but I mean…I didn’t really consider myself ready...

14 Interesting Science Experiments That Happened Totally by Accident

Ever since Breaking Bad made science cool again all those years ago, the internet can’t get enough homegrown science experiments. What’s even more thrilling is when science happens irl without any real reason, rhyme, or planning. Especially when they’re less volatile than Coke and Mentos volcanoes. Here are 14 mildly interesting science experiments that happened...

Did You Know Your Hair Is Tougher Than a Razor Blade?

Sure, your razor blade can cut your hair, but only so many times before it gets dull and you have to throw it away, right? If you’re like me, you might have figured this was due to the blade just getting wet and rusty, but guess what? Your hair is actually dulling that steel razor...

What Was So Special About Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Iconic Collars

You might have thought that Justice Ginsburg was just a stylish lady, and enjoyed standing out from her mostly-male coworkers on the bench with her bright white, decorative collars. Or maybe you assumed she had her reasons, figured they had nothing to do with vanity, but have never remembered to sit and Google the meaning...

15 People Share the Best Memories They Have From Going to School

Remember your school daze? I sure do…well, I remember some of them, at least. When I look back now, it all seems like it was so much fun and I was having a great time. Of course, I really don’t know if that’s the truth, because there were quite a few days I recall absolutely...

People Share the Moment They Realized, ‘Wow, I’m Old’

We all have this moment at one point or another in our lives… I’m talking about when it suddenly hits you and you say to yourself…wow, I’m old. I think for me, it came when I tuned into the Grammys a few years back and had absolutely no idea who any of the people were...

People Discuss Where They’d Go if They Could Teleport Themselves Only Once

Are you ready to get weird, ladies and gents?!?! Admit it, you’ve probably thought about teleporting before…but where do you go? And, if you can only do it once, you better make it worth it, if you know what I’m saying. Let’s get freaky-deaky with some folks on AskReddit who talked about where they’d teleport...

15 People Talk About What Scares Them That Most People Think Is “Normal”

I’m gonna go out on a limb here…I think a lot of things that people find “normal” are genuinely frightening. I won’t get into specifics, but a lot of things that people just accept related to politics, religion, society, and the way folks behave in general SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME. And I guess...

People Talk About “Pieces of Junk” They Found That Turned Out to Be Valuable

I think we’ve all fantasized about finding some discovered item that we rush home with under our coat and, once safely at home, we examine it and discover that it’s something worth a lot of dough. It’s never happened to me, but I think I still have some time to get lucky… Here are some...

Therapists Open up About Patients That Genuinely Scared Them

I have a feeling that these responses are going to sound like something out of a horror movie…so it should be kind of exciting! And creepy… We’re about to hear from therapists who admitted that they have had patients that genuinely scared the hell out of them. Are you ready to get creeped out? Here’s...

10 Nostalgic Posts That Reveal a Person’s Age Without Saying a Number

The internet loves its trends, and one of the more fun ones recently is people describing how old they are with a picture or a written statement about their life that just totally gives it away. These 10 posts definitely get the job done, as I could definitely pinpoint a person’s age to within the...