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These “Game Of Thrones” Stars Had Surprisingly Normal Jobs Before The Show

Yes, they’re just like us. Normal lives until they get just the right break and BOOM. Fame and stardom. The question remains… where will they go from here? Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson was a bank security guard before he landed his role, “I knew it was a huge thing for me, but I didn’t know how...

Video Shows How Quickly a Swallowed Battery Can Cause Tissue Damage

Emergency rooms all over the country are reporting an uptick in the number of toddlers they see who have swallowed small objects, particularly the tiny batteries found in electronics. Seems as if we are filling our households with more and more of these items, so, inevitably, our children are getting their hands on them. Kids...

This $100,000 Hotel Room Is the Most Expensive in America

What would you do if you won $100,000? Here’s one option: spend it all in one night at the most expensive hotel room in the United States. Let me repeat: one night at the Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas will set you back $100,000. The suite sits two stories high...

People Share What They Were Unprepared for When They Moved out of Their Parents’ House

When you’re young, you think you have it all figured out and you CAN’T WAIT to get out from under your parents’ rules. Because it’ll be easy, right? WRONG. That’s when reality slaps you right in the face. AskReddit users shared what they were totally unprepared for when they moved out on their own. Ahhhhh,...

Vacation Like a Pro and With These Simple Packing Tips

Spring has officially sprung, and you know what that means? Vacation planning! And with all the fun in the sun and swanky hotel stays, one thing can be bothersome about traveling: the packing if you plan on jet setting to your destination. Who can keep up with TSA regulations and the specific bag qualifications of...

Your Taxes Make You Cry Every Year Because Lobbying Has Ruined the Government

You know the feeling. April 1st passes you by, and just when you think you’ve escaped your friends’ pranks, you walk right into the cruelest joke of all – the American tax system. Our system of taxation is famously complicated. So complicated, in fact, that an entire industry has sprung up around helping us make...

Video Games and Violence: Here’s What The Research Really Says

Ever since the Columbine mass shooting in 1999, myths about the negative social impacts of video games have really exploded into the public consciousness. But video games are a new media, relatively speaking, and up until pretty recently there really wasn’t that much research looking at how they actually affect people. They are easy to...

Introverts and Extroverts Have Different Wiring in Their Brains

There are a million quizzes online nowadays that purport to tell you whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert, but, honestly, it’s not that hard to tell. I see a lot of generalizations about either category – extroverts are all “social butterflies” and introverts are all “over-analyzers” – but the main difference between an introvert...

Maps Are Terrible at Showing the World, but There’s Nothing to Be Done About It

Think way back to grade school social studies, or history, or geography – whichever class you took where there was a world map hanging on the wall. Do you remember looking at it and thinking, “Dang, Greenland is huge”? Or, “It doesn’t look so far to get from Texas down to South America”? Well, you’re...

These Obscure Gadgets Used to Be Everyday Objects

Nowadays, most Americans fill our wardrobes with fast fashion from major retailers. Sewing our own clothes has been downgraded from a necessary survival skill to an artsy niche hobby. And that is why nobody has any idea what this thing is anymore. Is this a weird old type of currency? A very tiny weapon? A...

This Is What Costco Looked Like in 1983, When an Annual Membership Was Just $25

Can you even imagine a world without the magic of Costco? The bulk retailer has been around for almost 40 years, and in that time it has won many devoted shoppers. Surprisingly, though, the store hasn’t changed all that much since its early beginnings. Before Costco, there was Price Club, a big box store that...

15 Women Share Their Awful Experiences After They Rejected a Man’s Advances

It seems like it should be common sense to men, but here’s a reminder: when a woman tells you (or her actions tell you) that she’s not interested in you, GAME OVER. You move on and don’t bother that person anymore. Unfortunately, many guys don’t take rejection very well. Instead, they escalate situations and go...

New ‘Zero Waste’ Stores Let You Buy Shampoo and More in Reusable Glass Containers

Plastic is basically the bane of the planet’s existence. Single-use plastics, like grocery bags and straws, are definitely the least redeemable of them all, but really, even recyclable plastics aren’t the best for the environment. Instead, the best solution is to reduce our plastic consumption altogether. “We cannot recycle our way out of the plastic...

11 Facts You Need to Know About Nellie Bly, the Revolutionary Journalist

Do you enjoy shows like 20/20 and Dateline? Especially when they send folks undercover to expose some corrupt organization? Then you should take a second to think about Nellie Bly, because those shows owe a serious debt to her. Nellie Bly essentially invented modern investigative journalism with an embedded 10-day investigation inside an insane asylum....