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18 People Muse on What Will Become the Modern Equivalent of Pirates – Terrifying Now, Fun Later

As someone who has studied a good amount of history, the transformation pirates have undergone in the past 400 years always stuns and amuses me. When they were common on the high seas, people feared them, and rightfully so – they were killers, men (and some women) who lived outside societies rules and niceties, who...

16 People Share the Totally Wholesome Thing They Love to Do When They’re Home Alone

I’m not sure any of us really appreciated how nice it can be to be alone in our homes before we were forced to stay inside, only our immediate families or roommates for company, for months on end. The opposite problem has been a challenge for loneliness, but for those of us who live with...

The Common Practice These 15 People Find Totally Barbaric

Society is a weird thing. It evolved to keep human beings safe from things that go bump in the night, but since forever, one of those things has been a subset of human beings have been the evil we need to fear. There are some practices that remain common, but that some people don’t understand why the...

How the Strange Myth of the Tooth Fairy Came to Be

There are so many traditions that we follow without thinking too hard or too much about it, and I’ve gotta say…if we thought more about how a woman supposedly breaks into our house at night to steal our discarded teeth, I really don’t think we would be so excited for those couple of bucks. Or,...

Carmine Red: Here’s How a Dye Made From Bugs Gets Into Your Food

I think we’re all clear on this point: red dye is bad for you, and even worse for your kids (and your sanity, if you’re a parent). We’re avoiding it, manufacturers are avoiding it, and life is generally better because of it. That’s the bad red dye, though, and there’s one that bakers and cooks,...

Why Dogs Are Scared of Thunderstorms and How You Can Help

Thunderstorms can honestly be a bit scary for humans, too, depending on their ferocity, or maybe how expected – or unexpected – that clap of thunder may be. That said, there’s something terrible about that helpless feeling we get when our precious puppers are frightened and there’s nothing we can do to help. Most dogs...

666: How Did It Become the Devil’s Lucky Number?

There are so many things we believe and follow without a second thought. They’re engrained into us from birth, sunk into society, and honestly, we never really stop to think about why we believe them, or whether or not there’s any truth to them at all. The idea that the number 666 is evil, or...

How the Chemistry Behind Catnip Could Help Research With Cancer

Cats are super fun to own, especially if you’re someone who enjoys being snubbed or attacked in your own home. Cat owners love giving their little kitties everything that makes them happy, and for many, that includes catnip. Your furry friend loves it, they wallow in it, and then they entertain you by going completely...

9 Irreverent and Hilarious Facts About the Iconic ‘The Far Side’ Cartoon Strip

Are you someone who grew up with a dad or an uncle sharing The Far Side cartoons with you that you didn’t quite get? Did you grow to love the humor, only to fall into a depression when you realized there would be no more new content? If so, these 9 fun facts about the strip...

Here’s Why Dogs Bring Their Food to a Secondary Location

Dogs are endearing and funny little creatures, and anyone who has loved one at some point in their life knows one thing for sure – we don’t deserve them. There are any number of curious dog behaviors that don’t really make sense to humans. Why do they sniff poop? Why do they eat gross stuff?...

21 Things to Trash in the Next 21 Days

Clutter is one of those things that makes us less happy, even if we think we’re hoarding things we love, might need, or just can’t bear to part with. An excess of clutter can exacerbate anxiety and depression, among other things, and so most of us try our best to keep it to a minimum....

10 Hollywood Extras Share Behind-the-Scenes Secrets

If you’ve never worked on a movie set, there’s a good chance you’d love to work on a movie set. It sounds so exciting and fun, being in the middle of making art like that, and in some ways, it is. In the day-to-day, minute-to-minute ways, though, it’s pretty boring. Oh, well. At least we’ve...

12 Things That Exist Solely Due to Low Intelligence

Sometimes we run across rules or precautions that just seem so dang obvious, we wonder why on earth they even need to be stated. Perhaps it’s for legal reasons, perhaps it’s because at some point some person made a very stupid decision. AskReddit users share the feelings on things that exist solely because of stupid...

12 Issues From Third World Countries That People From First World Countries Can’t Comprehend

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own lives, we can lose sight of the bigger picture. If you’ve only ever lived or spent time in a first world country, you might not understand just how different life can be in a third world country. AskReddit users offered their real life experiences living in...