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10 Important Things That Firefighters Wish You Knew

Firefighters have one of the absolute toughest jobs out there – they put their lives on the line every single day to keep everyday citizens safe from a number of awful things that could happen. So when they talk, we should pay attention. Period. Here are 10 important things that firefighters think you need to...

United Airlines Responds to Customer Complaining About Why You Can’t Sit in Empty First Class Seats

Making your way through first class to your coach class seat, you pass passengers already seated in their wide seats, relaxed, with beverages and their noses stuck to their devices or magazines. You squeeze yourself into your middle seat and shove your carryon under the seat in front of you because all the overhead space...

The 5 Presidents with the Highest IQ Scores

Well, this oughta get a whole lot of people arguing due to the current political climate in this country, but what the heck! Let’s do it anyway! A researcher and psychologist from the University of California, Davis named Dean Simonton put together a list of what he estimates IQs of the American presidents to be...

10 Unscripted Movie Moments That Were so Good, They Left Them In

Let’s get into a little bit of Hollywood lore here and learn about some pretty cool instances of when things ended up in movies that were not only not in the script, they weren’t close to part of the plan. I just love happy accidents, don’t you?!?! Let’s take a look. And if you know...

Instagram Deactivated a Model’s Account After She’d Raised Thousands for Australia by Selling Dirty Photos

Kaylen Ward, a 20-year-old influencer and online sex worker from Los Angeles, California, says she’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Australian bushfire relief…all by trading cash for dirty pictures. She’s calling herself a Naked Philanthropist now, and even if her methods offend some – including Instagram, apparently – I doubt the animals and...

10 Pointless Movie Scenes That Probably Should Have Been Edited Out

Recently, Buzzfeed asked their readers what movie scenes they thought were completely unnecessary and should never have been kept. They come up with some real doozies, and, frankly, we couldn’t agree more. Here are 10 terrible scenes that really should’ve been left out. 1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, where there is a not-funny drunk-driving scene “She has...

A 17-Year-Old Discovered a Planet on the Third Day of His NASA Internship

Kids today…are pretty great, as it turns out! At least, some of them are. On only the third day into his internship at NASA, a 17-year-old named Wolf Cukier (awesome name) discovered a new planet that is being called “TOI 1338 b”. The planet is 6.9 times larger than Earth, and the folks at NASA...

16 Things Kids Today Will Never Truly Get

There are many amazing things about growing up in the world today. It’s easier to stay connected to friends and family far away, easier to network from the comfort of your home, easier for introverts to stay “social,” and easier to find your tribe – online if not in real life. As someone who grew...

8 Financial Tips to Help You Make the Best of Your Hard-Earned Cash

Everyone wants to manage their finances, have good credit, and save up a bit. And if for people who don’t have a financial advisor (i.e. almost everyone), Two Cents at Lifehacker is a popular site for financial advice. They compiled a list of some popular tips that could help you manage your money in 2020....

A Lighting Artist Explains His Job, and It Turns out Lighting Artists Are Awesome

Animated films are fun to watch, but most people don’t realize that it takes boatloads of creatives to really pull it off. One of those behind-the-scenes jobs in animation that you’ve probably never heard of before: lighting artist. Like Dan O’Brien. He’s a lighting artist who has contributed to some really cute scenes. But how...

Here’s How Alex Trebek Plans to Officially Say Goodbye to “Jeopardy!” Fans

Alex Trebek has hosted the hit TV show Jeopardy! since 1984, and in those three-and-a-half decades, he’s become a beloved figure. His name and face are so synonymous with the television program, it’s hard to imagine anyone else hosting the show. https://www.instagram.com/p/B63KgTxhgwP/ It was revealed last year that the 79-year-old Trebek has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and...

A Texas Boy Got a Magnifying Glass for Christmas And Promptly Set His Lawn on Fire

Whoopsy daisy…one minute you think you got your child a cool Christmas gift, and the next, the whole neighborhood is about to go up in flames. That’s exactly what happened: a 12-year-old boy in Texas got a magnifying glass for Christmas – and then accidentally set his family’s lawn on fire. I can tell you,...

This Website Warns You Ahead of Time About Movies with Sad Dog Plots

I’ve been dealing with this since I was a little kid. My mom doesn’t care if hundreds of men, women, and children get maimed or killed in a movie, but if a dog dies (or even gets lost or inconvenienced for a little while), everyone in the room is going to hear about it. Let’s...

American Girl Introduces Its First Doll with Hearing Loss

It’s important for kids with disabilities to see themselves in pop culture, whether it’s movies, music, TV – or even the toys and dolls they play with. That’s why this announcement from American Girl should make a lot of kids and parents very happy. American Girl rang in 2020 with a new doll, and this...