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15 Suggestions on How to Make Your Drab Cubicle a Nicer Place to Spend the Day

We spend at least as much time at work as we do at home, but, sadly, those drab, gray cubicle walls aren’t nearly as homey as the spaces we create for ourselves. That said, there are things to be done to make you smile just a bit more when you sit down for another day’s...

The First Item Sold on Ebay Was a Broken Laser Pointer – Here’s the Man Who Bought It

In 1995, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar listed a broken laser pointer for sale. It sold for $14.83, and Mark Fraser became the website’s very first buyer – but far from its last. Until the recent eBay Seller Summit, though, Mark’s identity – and the reasons behind his apparent interest in broken laser pointers – had...

Kenyan Engineer Invents Gloves That Convert Sign Language to Speech

Sign language has been changing the lives of deaf people since its invention in the 17th century. Now, a Kenyan engineer is taking sign language to the next level. He invented a pair of gloves that translate sign language to speech. Roy Allela is a software engineer and the program manager of Intel in Kenya. He...

A Dutch Church Held a 96-Day Church Service to Save A Refugee Family from Deportation

There’s an obscure Dutch law that forbids law enforcement from interrupting church services, so since the 1970s citizens have been using it to protect refugee families threatened with deportation – first to protect a group of 182 Moroccans who were later granted the right to stay in the Netherlands and, today, to protect an Armenian...

15 People Share the Ways to Tell If Someone Has a Crush on You

It can be hard to tell whether that special someone feels the same way, so here are some examples of what to look for if you’re hoping to find out if someone has a crush on you! #15. Getting up to have breakfast. “Being in college and getting up at 7am to have breakfast with...

Your Birth Year Can Predict Your Likelihood of Surviving a Flu Pandemic

If you want my opinion, the next epidemic that threatens millions of lives isn’t going to be ebola or one of its truly terrible cousins. It’s going to be a twist on the annual flu. There’s precedent for this: in the early 20th century, the Spanish flu killed up to 100 million people across the...

10 Facts That’ll Make You Say “Hmmmmmm”

Here it is: I present to you another list of fascinating facts that will make you ponder all kinds of interesting subjects, some of which will leave you puzzled long after you read them. Well? What are you waiting for? Proceed! 1. Face to name 2. Escaping death 3. Two types 4. Don’t eat them...

10 Morticians Share the Weirdest Things They’ve Ever Found on (Or In) Bodies

Being a mortician has to be a pretty bizarre job. I’m sure some people are great at it and totally comfortable with all that it entails, but regularly working with dead bodies has to be unsettling at times. AskReddit users who work as morticians share the strangest things they’ve found on bodies. DEAD BODIES. 1....

This Is the Age When People Are the Least Happy with Their Lives

Your age may just be a number, but, when it comes to happiness, there are some numbers that are better than others. A survey of 160 countries found that life satisfaction dips in middle age – around 45 – and spikes again around 54. The findings didn’t surprise researchers who’ve listed plenty of reasons to support...

This Woman Escaped Ted Bundy’s Clutches – Here Is Her Story

Netflix’s 4 part docuseries Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes is reacquainting America with one of her best known serial killers. Ted Bundy killed at least 30 young women in the 1970s and was executed for his crimes decades ago. However, the reason he was caught is largely due to the few times he...

School Superintendent Charged For Using Her Health Insurance to Help a Sick Student

Everyone with children hopes that our kids’ educators are people who love and want the best for them, at home and on campus. And there can be no doubt that Indiana superintendent Casey Smitherman is passionate about the kids entrusted to her in the Elwood Community Schools – she committed insurance fraud to make sure one...

5 Epidemics That Changed History

Many in the history and medical fields feels as if we’re on the verge of our next major epidemic – akin to the Spanish flu, in terms of how many humans could lose their lives – but no one knows for sure what it will be or when it will show up. If the 5...

You Can Name a Cockroach After Your Ex This Valentine’s Day!

This is what I’m talking about! Are you still feeling a little jaded/angry/confused about your ex? Then this is exactly what you need in your life. Is it petty? Sure. Immature? Absolutely! But if it makes you feel better, more power to ya. For Valentine’s Day this year, you can name a cockroach after that...

Couple Discovers 1950s Suitcase Filled With Cash Hidden in a Wall While Renovating Basement

For most homeowners, a renovation can make a huge dent in the bank account. But one Cleveland couple came out of their home renovation much richer – $23,000 richer, to be exact. The couple has lived in a house built in the 1940s for several years. Recently, they finally got around to renovating their old...