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7 Tiny and Cute Facts About the Mouse Deer

Recently, a species of Chevrotain that had not been seen for over 30 years was spotted in Vietnam, and no one can get over how little and adorable these creatures are. Rightfully so. If the mouse deer is your new obsession and you’re curious to know more, well, we’ve got you covered. 7. They have...

Magnetars Are a Magnet So Strong, They Could Tear Your Body Apart

Some magnets are so weak they can barely keep a photo on the refrigerator. Meanwhile, there are magnetars: the strongest known magnets in the universe. Sadly, you can’t buy these at your local grocery store. A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an unbelievably powerful magnetic field. Though they have the strongest magnetic...

What Goes into Food Around the World

Every country and culture is connected to their food in intimate, evolving, and important ways – which is to say, we all put that special something into our food that makes us who we are. It connects us as a people, defines us in some ways to the people coming in from the outside, and...

This Video of Baby Owls Could Help Explain Alien Sightings

I have maintained for some time – on the record, mind you – that birds are straight from hell and should be avoided at all costs. This post, I do believe, only buoys my argument. Before we get to the most recent video, however, I would like to enter into the record these images of...

15 People Sound off on What They Think Should Be Free, but Isn’t

This is an interesting question that should cause everyone to think. Logically, morally, humanely, what should be free but isn’t? Health care? Childcare? Shelter? Water? AskReddit users weighed in on this interesting question. Check out their responses below. 1. That’s pretty insane that you have to pay. “Parking at hospitals.” 2. This drives me nuts....

Centuries of French Wine Harvests Reveal the Truth of Climate Change

Climate scientists often warn that citing events from a single location as evidence of changes (or not) across the entire globe isn’t helpful (or accurate). That said, when data from single locations begin to add small tales to a much larger story, it might be (past) time to take note. In this case, it’s six...

Incredible Experiment Gets Rats to Drive Tiny Cars for Science

If you’re like me, this headline probably makes you a bit skeptical. I mean…driving? Well, if you’re a rat, it seems that driving a tiny car can actually be relaxing. Which I guess makes sense, in that rats tend to lead pretty stressful, dangerous lives. And no, the researchers didn’t just discover this on accident...

Hero Cat Saves Human Baby from Falling Down the Stairs

When you think of pets saving children from harm, your mind undoubtedly goes toward a dog. Maybe it’s because of Lassie and her ilk (though you would think those types of pop culture references would be disappearing), but listen up – this video proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that a cat can also...

This Mom Has Had It with School Photographers Offering to Photoshop Kids

School picture day is a tradition dating back, well, probably since there were cameras and schools. Part of the charm for parents is getting a yearly photograph that reminds you of exactly what your child looks like from year-to-year. The good, the bad, and the ugly, because we all go through those phases, my friends....

10 Interesting Facts That Might Make You Say ‘Wait, What?’

WOW. I mean, seriously…WOW. These facts are good. Damn good, if I do say so myself. I think you’ll agree. Go ahead and see for yourself… 1. There’s something out there… Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 2. That sounds nice right about now. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 3. I’m in big trouble....

Just Two Groups Pay for Fully Half the Anti-Vaccine Ads on Facebook

Anti-vax ads are a source of controversy, since the entire movement is based on “research” has been debunked and maligned by educated medical professionals across the globe. Some think that platforms like Facebook should ban any “ads” by labeling them as misinformation, while others think they fall under the umbrella of “free speech,” and are...

This Shelter Cat Had to Be Removed to Solitary Confinement After Repeatedly Escaping and Setting the Other Cats Free

Quilty is, at first glance, a cute but unremarkable tabby cat who has found himself in a shelter. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of similar felines waiting for homes all over the country. Well, not quite. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4c615cgYpQ/?utm_source=ig_embed The Houston, Texas, animal shelter that’s housing Quilty cannot wait for him to find his forever home...

A Company in California Is Making “Meat” out of Air

The idea to make food from air comes courtesy of NASA, who wondered during the early days of space slight whether they could take exhaled carbon dioxide and turn it into food that could sustain astronauts during a long voyage. It never quite became a reality in space, but now a California-based company is revamping...

8 Times Janet from “The Good Place” Was All of Us

Sure, she’s a robot (“not a girl”), but that doesn’t mean Janet from The Good Place doesn’t get humanity on a deep, meaningful level – a fact that is all but proven by these 8 moments, in which she said what we were thinking and felt what we felt. I’m not sure what it says...