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A Company in Mexico Turns Avocado Pits into Biodegradable Plastic

Petrochemicals, which are chemicals made from petroleum and natural gas, are used to make almost all of our plastic products. Such a high volume of petrochemicals are produced to meet our voracious demand for plastics that, as anyone with eyes can see, our environment is severely affected. Oil spills impact the land and waters, and...

Black Women Are Sharing Photos of Themselves in Front of the Mona Lisa and This Is Why

Chances are you’ve probably seen at least a photo or two recently of an African-American woman taking a selfie with the world-famous Mona Lisa painting. Well, there’s a reason behind all those photos. It all started when journalist and podcast host Darian Harvin posted a photo of herself in front of the Mona Lisa at the...

The World’s Most Popular Personality Test Is Total BS

Are you an INTJ, or an ESFP? ISTP, or ENFJ? Those are just some of the 16 possible results of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), one of the world’s most popular personality tests. You might have even taken it in the past, either just for fun online or at school/work as part of an evaluation....

12 Hotel Tips That Are Good To Know Before Your Next Trip

Traveling is awesome, there’s no doubt about it, but some parts are less enjoyable than others – the getting there, sure, but also booking a hotel that doesn’t live up to expectations, or not knowing how to get the best experience out of the hotel you have picked…really anything that messes about with your living...

This Spoof on Millennial Boyfriends Is So Accurate, You’ll Laugh-Cry into Your Rose

Whether you are a Millennial or Gen Xer male, get your number two pencils—I mean, notepad app—for lessons on how to date a Millennial female. Trust me, this is not only valuable information to win the twenty first-century girl, but it’s also freaking hysterical. Trey Kennedy, a comedian best known for his Instagram and Vine videos, has...

9 Cool Facts About All Kinds of Different Subjects

Ready to brush up on some diverse subjects including sharks, the history of toilet paper rolls, and aliens? You know you are, so go ahead and get on with it! 1. Cuddle puddle 2. Picture that 3. This should cause some arguments 4. Interesting… 5. Formative years 6. A wild one 7. For some people,...

People Can’t Get over How This Historian Called out a Room Full of Rich People

With the state of the planet in 2019, many people have just run all out of f**ks to give. That might be why Dutch historian Rutger Bregman decided to call out a room full of rich people at the 2019 World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum is a yearly event in which the world’s...

Creating a ‘Failure Resume’ Is a Beneficial Self-Help Experiment

A lot of us work for hours and hours trying to craft a resume that makes us irresistible to potential employers. A tweak here and there to highlight your education and work accomplishments so you can hopefully land your dream job. But here’s an alternative exercise that the New York Times recommends you try out...

Man Finds Working 30-Year-Old Apple Computer in His Parents’ Attic

Talk about a nostalgic trip back in time. This might make some of you feel old and others feel totally clueless. John Pfaff was recently poking around in his parents’ attic when he discovered a 30-year-old Apple IIe computer…and it still works. The Apple IIe was first released in 1983 and Pfaff took Twitter users...

The Correct Way To Put on Antiperspirant — Most People Don’t Read The Directions

Let’s face it: the daily rigors of modern life can definitely leave any of us smelling more funky than fresh. People have been stanky forever, but just 100 short years ago virtually nobody was even concerned with body odor. It wasn’t until the 1920s that BO became enough of a taboo for people to actually...

15 Photos That Prove Dogs Are Total Weirdos

Dogs are not only our best friends and our constant companions…they’re also total weirdos. But even in all of their incredible weirdness, we still don’t deserve them. I bet you already knew that, though. 1. That’s a very good boy 2. Lazy dayz 3. On her own 4. Hello! 5. That is great 6. Why...

This Savage 15-Year-Old Battled a Large Hawk to Save Her Yorkie from Its Talons

We all love our dogs and would do anything for them, but personally I’m hoping that never includes confronting a ferocious bird half my body size. But that’s exactly the situation that Las Vegas teen Cecilia Celis found herself in while making dinner one night. Cecilia told KSNV that she and her family own two...

15 Children’s Books for Kids Who Struggle with Anxiety

We usually think of anxiety in terms of how it affects adults, but children suffer from this ailment as well and have a hard time coping with it. That’s why it’s important for kids and their parents to explore how anxiety affects them so they can try to work through the issues. These 15 books...

15 Actors Who Will Forever Be Known As Their One Unforgettable Character

Harry Potter. Ron Weasley. Frodo Baggins. Ross and Rachel. George Costanza. Kramer. Some characters are so iconic that the actors and actresses who play them inadvertently strangle their careers – people just can’t see them in any other role. The following 15 Reddit users gave their opinions on which celebrities they just can’t see as...