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Why ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part Two’ Was a Lot Better Than You Remember

Chances are that when you think of the Twilight phenomenon, great art is not what comes to mind. Whether we’re talking about the books, the movies, or both, there’s a certain amount of cheese, and a great amount of shrugging at parts, even by those who are lovers of all involved. I mean, the dialogue is...

These FedEx Workers Say They Lost Their Job for Calling out a Racist Customer

Racism clearly remains a rampant, heartbreaking, and tough problem in the United States. It’s part of our history, but if we don’t want it to be part of our legacy, it seems there’s still a lot of work to do. Part of what most people believe works is calling it out when we see it...

Coca-Cola Is Coming out With a Bottle That Quickly Biodegrades

People all over the world love their Coca-Cola, and have for decades. It’s all great, of course, until you realize how big a contributor to the global climate crisis plastic bottles are – but Dutch company Avantium might have a solution. Companies like Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, and Danone are supporting their efforts to develop a plant-based...

13 People Who Failed Quite Hard

We all fail sometimes, you know? We do our best, we go into things with so much optimism, but then there’s no way to get around the fact that things just did not turn out the way we’d hoped. And luckily for all of us (but maybe not so much for the people involved), the...

5 Times We Noticed ‘Celebrity Paradoxes’ That We Couldn’t Unsee

I’m not sure when the first time was that I realized these “celebrity paradoxes” existed. If you’re not sure what that means, it’s when a character or storyline on a tv show or in a movie references a celebrity, and then later, that celebrity appears, not as themselves. Or, it could be when two actors...

5 Weird Coincidences in Movies and TV for the Trivia Nerds out There

There are some weird things that jump out at you immediately, and some things that you only notice when someone points them out…and then you can’t unsee it. These “celebrity paradoxes,” when a celebrity is mentioned on a television series or movie and then later appears on the show or another movie (not as themselves)...

8 Celebrity Paradoxes That We Think You May Have Missed

If you don’t know what a celebrity paradox is, it’s when a real person is referenced on a television show and then the actor shows up on a later episode, not playing themselves. And everyone just acts like they’re not who everyone was talking about before (or look exactly like them). It can feel a...

BBC Sports Announcer Holds Hilarious Zoom Meetings With His Dogs

Look, we’re all figuring out different ways to amuse ourselves and keep from going crazy while we’re “working” from home. Some of us are dealing with kids – little ones who need to be entertained all day, older ones whose school work need to be checked, while others are bored in silent houses with roommates...

Wash Your Berries in Salt Water and Little Bugs Might Crawl Out

We all know that we should wash our fresh fruits and vegetables before we eat them, right? They likely have dirt, pesticides, bugs, feces, and heaven knows what else smeared all over them, but listen…I honestly wasn’t prepared for the message that there are bugs inside them. And if you wash with vinegar, a bleach solution, store-bought...

Movie Theaters Are Using Their Blank Marquees to Entertain the Public

Recent complications and you know, everyone having to stay at home for extended periods of time, have meant that movie theaters and concert venues all over the country – and the world – have had blank marquees. More than a few of them have decided to put them to work making people laugh, and I’ve...

People Love This Librarian’s Twitter Thread of Things She’s Learned Over the Years

Listen, anyone who works face-to-face with the public is bound to learn a thing or two about people, whether they’re trying to or not. Some of it is amusing, some of it is profound, some of it isn’t memorable at all, but here’s the thing – we could all use a little more insight into...

Viral Video Shows How to Easily Pull Out Tendon From Chicken Breasts

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are fantastic sources of lean protein you can prepare in a million ways. Yet, there is a definite yuck factor around the long, white, hard bits running along the length of them. That’s the tendon and, technically, you’re supposed to remove it. But most home cooks don’t know how, so we end...

Man Uses Cardboard Cutouts to Take Epic Sunset Selfies

Sunsets are nature’s way of showing off. A splash of red here, a dash of pink there, some bright orange there. Voila, an effortless masterpiece in the sky. TV producer John Marshall decided to add his own artistic flair to the mix while staying at a cabin in Maine. He calls his series “Sunset Selfies”...

10 Images That Are Crimes Against Books

Books are sacred. It’s impossible to throw them out – what if you want to re-read them? What if you want to stare at the cover and remember the feeling it gave you the first time you cracked it open? What if you want to share it with your kids some day? What if you...