True crime shows and podcasts like Serial, Making a Murderer, Unabomber, and a slew of others have found new and increasing popularity in recent years (not that they’ve ever really gone out of style). Fictionalized shows like CSI (and many, many others) are also perpetually popular for the networks, which means that more and more people are...

Sometimes it just takes looking at an everyday object a little differently to realize that it’s pretty awesome! Read between the lines, folks! It’s worth it. 1. Just now… 2. Raincoat reveals a floral pattern when it rains 3. The snowflakes on the LAX sign are made up of planes 4. Read carefully 5. This...

Those of us who surround ourselves with books have always known that it makes us happy, though we probably have never really stopped to think about why. In fact, new research reported in Pacific Standard says that buying loads of books is totally justified because growing up around lots of books makes us better humans. If...

Even though you need a job, sometimes it just becomes too much to handle, and you have to walk away (hopefully with dignity, but if not, that’s okay too). Men and women of AskReddit went on the record to share their tales about when a job just wasn’t worth the money, any amount of money,...

Life goals: be better and smarter than all your friends so you can feel better about yourself. That’s how it works, right? RIGHT?!?! That’s what I thought. And that’s what these facts are for… 1. I need one of these 2. Try it out! 3. A rare friendship 4. Long lost 5. You’re doing it...

“Clean your plate! There are starving kids in Africa, you know!” If this was a saying that colored your childhood dinners (the ones where you started down at a bowl of creamed corn and felt your stomach turn), well…let’s just say you’re not alone. While it may seem emotionally manipulative, its generally recognized that wasting...

You know you’re thinking about sex even when you deny it, so let’s cut the BS, okay? We’re all thinking about it most of the day (and when we sleep, too). Enjoy these sex facts…and try to focus on your job if you can. 1. Jealousy 2. Sex slang 3. Doing research 4. It’s healthy!...