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5 Tips for Dads Wanting to Have a Positive Impact on Their Daughter’s Body Image

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart, and getting through puberty and the teen years with kids takes a special kind of mettle. Dads of daughters will find themselves entrenched in a battle against body image that they aren’t prepared for and really have no way of understanding before it hits them...

This Instagram Is Full of Creative Design Solutions and People Are Loving It

We all have that Insta or Tumblr or Twitter account that we follow because, in a world of people speaking truth to power, fighting for rights that are slipping away by the day and advocating for people whose voices are lost, sometimes we need to check in on an account that makes us feel unequivocally...

10 Facts About the 19th Amendment for the 100th Anniversary of It’s Passage

Women won the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was finally ratified on August 18th, 1920 (it was passed by congress on June 4th, 1919). We weren’t the last country in the civilized world to encode the right in law, but we were far from the first, and there’s no denying it was an...

These 10 Facts Are Good for Your Soul

I don’t know about you, but I need a little extra knowledge in my soul. Some facts to make me feel replenished and to get my brain working. These 10 facts will do the trick! 1. Punny Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 2. Sounds very familiar… Source 1 Source 2 3. We all do...

10 Magical Little Free Libraries Where You Can Take a Book or Leave a Book

Paradise is a library – shelf after shelf of books, study rooms and tables in the corners, and the reference section where no question goes unanswered.  But, just when you think free books couldn’t get any better – it does. Little Free Library is an alternative to the city library. There is no librarian. You...

This Swiss Movie Theater Has Beds Instead of Seats, so Just Take My Money

If you’ve ever wanted to combine being in public but being as comfortable as you are in front of Netflix at home, well, this new Swiss cinema has your back. If, like me, you can barely stay awake for a thirty-minute comedy, this might not work out well in the end (but I would undoubtedly...

Google Knows Too Much About You – Here’s How to Stop It

Everyone should already know that in this day and age, technology tracks everything you do. For example, let’s say you were shopping online for new Nike sneakers. But at the last minute, you decide not to. Then later in the day, you’re scrolling through your Facebook feed, minding your own business and boom! A few ads show up...

Family Freaks out over Hood Surfing Raccoon

Getting a driver’s license can be nerve-racking – especially if the DMV examiner won’t stop scribbling on a clipboard while you take the road-skills test with. But once you receive that plastic card, you’ve pretty much made it. Freedom comes calling. Two days after receiving her license, Haylee Lowery was feeling a bit of that...

Here’s Why You Should Absolutely Flip Your Pot Pies over Before You Eat Them

Apparently, you should be flipping your pot pies upside down before you eat them. Wild, I KNOW. A food writer has Very Strong Opinions about this, and once you read the reasoning behind it, it does seem pretty convincing. James Park, a writer at Eater, says that frozen, personal pot pies should be flipped upside down...

Recent Ladybug Swarm Grew so Big That It Was Visible on the National Weather Service Radar

A swarm of ladybugs in San Diego County, California, was so giant that it was visible on the National Weather Service’s radar. Just…WHAT!? The blob on the NWS image looks big enough that it could easily be a massive rain cloud, and that’s what meteorologists thought it was at first. But in fact, it’s a...

6 Stories That Will Have You Rethinking the Glamour of “Old Hollywood”

When I think of “Old Hollywood,” I tend to think of glitz and glamour: Women in evening gowns, men in hats and tailored suits. I think of suave actors like Clark Gable and Cary Grant and icons like Katherine Hepburn. Of course, we know there’s a dark side to “Old Hollywood.” I just didn’t know...

A Female Anaconda Gave Birth to 18 Babies Without Any Contact With a Male Snake

An anaconda at the New England Aquarium in Boston had a “virgin birth,” as if anacondas weren’t already badass enough. Anna, a 10-foot-long female anaconda, gave birth to baby anacondas in May. The sight of the babies shocked her caretakers, mainly because there are no males in the exhibit. Biologist Tori Babson tells WGBH that...

The Best Time of Year to Buy a Car Probably Isn’t When You Think

Buying a car can be a painful process. You have to do a ton of research, you’re constantly asking your family and friends (and sometimes strangers) about their cars so you can get more input. And of course, the stereotypical car salesman doesn’t really help things because they are usually just trying to make a...

15 Honest Illustrations Share What Really Happens In Relationships

Some things about love and being in a relationship are just universal. Especially if you live with your significant other. Artist Amanda Oleander is based in Los Angeles, and her illustrations bring viewers behind closed doors to show what relationships are really like when no one else is around. Scroll through these photos and let...