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20 Bird Posts That Might Make You Smile

It is a well-known fact that bird people are not like dog people or cat people. You can decide for yourself whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, but they’re…different. That said, if all birds were as hilariously adorable as these 20, I might consider becoming one myself. #20. I would love...

Whatever You Do, Don’t Call Back a ‘One-Ring’ Call in the Middle of the Night

Remember a time where the national Do Not Call list actually meant something? You could simply add your name and number and never be bothered by pesky marketing calls. It was amazing! Welcome to the age of technology, when more people own cell phones than land lines. Robocalls have taken advantage of that fact, becoming...

It Turns out Teddy Roosevelt Totally Turned You Against Piranhas for No Good Reason

Sure, piranhas look scary with all of those sharp teeth. Sure, Hollywood wants to paint them as man-eating horrors that’ll turn a river red with blood within seconds. It turns out, though, that they’re not the villains we’ve tried to cast them as all of these years – and to blame we have none other...

Beluga “Spy” Whale Returns – This Time, to Politely Bring a Woman Back Her Phone

You might remember the beluga whale secret agent – he showed up in the news a bit ago after Norwegian fishermen encountered him and removed his harness, only to find it had a Russian stamp on the inside. Spy theories abounded…but it seemed just as likely that the animal had been raised and trained for...

A NYC Groomer Is Giving Shelter Dogs Makeovers to Help Them Find Their Forever Homes

You know that feeling when you get a new haircut and style and you walk out of the salon feeling 10 years younger and 20 pounds lighter and ready to take on the world? Well, I don’t know whether or not dogs have a similar experience, but looking their best certainly can’t hurt when it...

15 People Who Were Almost Murdered Share the Story of How They Survived

I can’t really say that I hope to have to put any of this information to use at some point in my life, but the details of these 15 murder attempts are crazy and true – and, since they have happy endings, they make for interesting reading! #15. Nosey neighbors. I always used to hate...

10 Strangers Remember How They Told Their Significant Others That They Loved Them for the First Time

Have you ever been the first in a relationship to say the words “I love you”? It can be frightening to admit you’ve fallen for another person. What if they don’t say it back – or worse, they respond with “I don’t feel that way”? These three precious, heartfelt words can either blossom the romance to...

8 Fun Facts That You Might Not Know

I want to be dazzled. No, scratch that: I NEED TO BE DAZZLED. And it has to be facts that are doin’ the dazzlin’. And these do the trick, no doubt about it. 1. Doing it wrong, guys Source 1 Source 2 2. Life within death Source 1 Source 2 3. Deists Source 1 Source...

Internet Sensation “Grumpy Cat” Passes Away at Age 7

We are sorry to announce that the internet’s favorite frustrated feline, Grumpy Cat, has gone to the great litterbox in the sky. She was 7 years old. Grumpy Cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, had amassed over 2.4 million followers on Instagram with her perpetually perturbed expression. If you’ve spent any time on the...

A High School Senior Decorated Her Graduation Cap to Direct People to a List of Students Killed in School Shootings

If there’s one issue that has galvanized young people in the U.S., it’s the fight for gun control, largely due to the epidemic of deadly school shootings throughout the country. It seems as if almost once a week there is a mass shooting at a school in America, and young people are fed up and...

The Most Dangerous Drug in the World

If you came here thinking there would be a simple answer to a simple question, you were not correct – there’s a lot that goes into coming up with a response, starting with the definition of dangerous. In a now-infamous paper published in 2010, 16 parameters of harm were considered when classifying the harmfulness of...

Here Are 17 Abortion Stories from the Viral #Youknowme Hashtag

With restrictive abortion bans or “heartbeat laws” sweeping the country, people are talking about abortion in ways they haven’t since the passage of Roe v. Wade, or at least since 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey supreme court decision. It’s so easy to believe that we live in a bubble – that the decisions people make...

Sophie Turner and Nick Jonas Take to Instagram After Someone Mentions He Looks Like Littlefinger

There are few celebrity couples as adored these days as Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas – they’re young, they’re hip, and they’re both at the top of their games. And after someone mentioned that Joe’s brother Nick, dressed up for a MET gala, kinda sorta resembled Game of Thrones villain Littlefinger – well, their responses...

Nightmare Alert: New Study Finds Wasps Have the Ability to Use Logic

I don’t know about you, but I am not a fan of wasps. I’m not a fan of anything that possesses a stinger and the ability to hurt me at its discretion (understatement), but I have come to terms with the fact that bees are both essential and make delicious honey, so they get a...