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Day-Old Baby Has C-Section To Remove Twin She Absorbed In The Womb

I can’t imagine recovering from a C-section, a major surgery, only to learn that my day-old infant would need to go under the knife to have practically the same operation. But that’s exactly what happened to Monica Vega and her daughter, Itzamara, after her birth. Itzamara suffered from what’s known as fetus-in-fetu, which happens when...

The U.S. Job Market Is Not as Strong as Statistics Make It Seem

Numbers don’t always tell the whole story – and in the case of the U.S. job market, don’t let the record-low unemployment figures fool you. While the common narrative says that the job market is booming based on the Department of Labor’s employment statistics, a deeper dive pokes a few wholes in this theory. As...

NFL Linebacker Wearing a Hot Mic Adorably Searches for His Mom in the Stands, Over and Over Again

Hey, even big, tough NFL players still love their moms and want to make them proud. Jerome Baker Jr. is a second-year linebacker with the Miami Dolphins. He played college ball for Ohio State and was taken by the Dolphins in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Recently, Baker had a ticket reserved...

This Hero Dog Is in Charge of Finding Koalas That Have Survived Australia’s Bushfires

It’s been heartbreaking to watch scenes of scorched, singed, and confused koala bears as the bushfires continue to rage throughout Australia. The fires have destroyed land and homes in New South Wales and Queensland but have also tragically taken a huge toll on the koala population in the country. Because koala habitat is being destroyed...

Woman Warns Against Propping Feet on Dashboard After Ending up Without a Forehead

Gráinne Kealy got into a car accident in 2007, when she was 22. Her boyfriend at the time was driving, so put her feet up on the dashboard to relax. Then the couple slipped on some ice and collided with a wall. She wound up with an uncommon injury because of her seemingly inconsequential decision....

Texas Man Builds Awesome, 2,500 Square Foot Home out of Shipping Containers

You’ve no doubt heard all about the tiny house craze that’s gained massive popularity over the past few years. Well, maybe the next big thing will be based on what Will Breaux did with his house. Breaux decided to do something radically different by building a 2,500 square foot house in Houston, Texas, out of...

To Tackle Water Scarcity, Kenya Turns Ocean Water into Drinking Water – with Solar Power

The fact is that most of us, as Americans, take clean water for granted. It’s just something that’s part of our everyday routine, whether we need to grab a drink from the faucet, to wash the dishes, or to take a shower – water is always (mostly) there for us. But that’s not the case...

Millions of Americans Actually Think Their Chocolate Milk Comes from Brown Cows

I’ve never really considered that people over the age of 5 might think strawberry, chocolate, and regular milks come from different color cows, but, I mean, if no one ever told you differently…I suppose it could still make sense? Aside from the fact that you’ve never actually seen a pink cow. Then again, I live...

Lil Bub, Internet Sensation and All Around Adorable Cat, Has Died

In some very upsetting news, Internet-famous cat Lil Bub has passed away at the age of 8. The adorable cat with the goofy face had 2.4 million followers on Instagram and was a social media star. Lil Bub’s owner, Mike Bridavsky, said on social media, “On the morning of Sunday, December 1st 2019 we lost...

14 Tweets That Sum up That Awful Moment When You Run into Someone from High School

As a self-professed hermit and also someone who spends most of her days and nights looking after two young boys (and one husband), I can state with one-hundred-percent certainty that I am never prepared to run into someone from high school when I leave the house. I’m wearing the same clothes I’ve had on for...

Muslim Woman Steps in to Stop the Harassment of a Jewish Family on the Subway

If there’s one thing people love to see on the internet even more than cats, it’s human beings sticking their necks out for each other – perhaps especially when the people involved are perfect strangers. The phrase “if you see something, say something” has become a little passé, but the truth is that sometimes it’s...

5 Handy Stocking Stuffers that Make Parents Lives Easier

(Quick note: This is a sponsored post, but we never write about stuff that we don’t love. So yes, somebody paid us to write this post, but they didn’t tell us what to write or how to write it. Click here to learn more about how we make money and select our advertising partners.) This...

15 Hilarious Posts From an Instagram Account for People in Search of the World’s Worst Design Ideas

There’s a niche for literally everything on the internet – even for people who want to come together to deride and hate on stuff together: it’s called Twitter. JK! Enter the IG account “Please Hate These Things,” a place for people looking for the what-not-to-do of the design world. Kind of like an opposite-Joanna Gaines,...

10 Tips for Coping with Grief Around the Holidays

For a lot of people, the holidays are a really hard time. People who have lost loved ones or had other difficult experiences in their lives tend to get depressed around the holiday season, as they reflect on their past and relive old memories. If you are one of the many people who deals with...