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Nestle Has ‘Hocus Pocus’ Cookie Dough Now and We’re Here for It

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 film starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters (who just happen to be real witches). In the movie, teenage Max Dennison is a new transplant to Salem, Massachusetts. He sets off a series of events that culminate in a graveyard battle with the witches....

Save the USPS? Ingenious Twitter Thread Presents Effective Suggestions.

The United States Postal Service has been struggling lately. Several memos were leaked that revealed a plan to privatize the public service, and the current Postmaster General has issued new rules that have resulted in many people not receiving their mail on time. It’s a confusing situation: a lot of people don’t understand why it...

Beekeeper Explains That Vegans Can Eat Honey After All

People who are vegan have made a choice to live in a way that brings as little harm to animals as possible. Ideally, this applies to every aspect of a vegan’s lifestyle. Vegans generally do not eat any food or products that are made with animals. They also don’t eat food or products if the...

Tumblr Thread Explains the Financial Challenges Many Disabled Americans Face

Even though 1 in 4 Americans live with a disability, the reality of what it’s like to be disabled in the United States isn’t fully understood by a lot of people. That’s partly because disability is such a huge spectrum, and it impacts different people in different ways. But it’s also because a lot of...

A Guy Explains Women’s Rage With Astute Analogy That All Guys Should Get

Author A.R. Moxon has noticed that a lot of men don’t seem to “get” why women are “so angry” these days. So he’s decided to do something about it. He invited men to engage in a little empathy-building exercise with him. He wanted men to be able to understand why women are so frustrated with...

Everyone Always Get These 6 WWII Facts Completely Wrong

World War II still casts a long shadow over humanity, and for good reason. The war saw some of the worst atrocities that humans have committed. Since so many people are always talking about the war, and since so much of it was documented, you’d think that we would all be a little better at...

Here Are the 5 Big Ways Being Wealthy Really Messes up Your Mind

A lot of people who aren’t wealthy really want to be, and it’s pretty easy to understand why. Who wouldn’t want to have the security of knowing you have pools of money just lying around? Well, it turns out that being super-wealthy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Not because it’s a difficult life,...

Several Iconic Black Television Shows Will Be on Netflix for the First Time

If you grew up during the 1990s, odds are you recognize these TV show names: Girlfriends. Sister, Sister. Moesha. If your heart just leapt out of your body, be prepared to get even more excited. Netflix is bringing back these shows, along with The Parkers, Half & Half, and One on One. The shows won’t...

“Rumor Clinics” Were Set up During World War 2 to Fight Fake News

The idea of “fake news” might feel like a modern invention, but that’s not exactly true. As long as there have been people, there’s been misinformation. There are a lot of ways to try to combat fake news as it spreads around the world, but these days it can feel impossible to stay ahead of...

Here’s the Real Reason People Keep Taking Well-Worn Paths

Humans are really funny sometimes, and it’s not unusual for groups of humans to make something unnecessarily complicated. Take well-worn paths for example. You may have noticed that even when a city designer has created beautiful sidewalks that border a park, if there’s a dirt path cutting through it, a lot of people will still...

17 Teachers Share the Story of the Kid Who Made Them Laugh Until They Cried

There’s no doubt that teachers have a hard job. The money, the time investment, the kids, the parents, the administrators…all of it can be a lot. They do it because they love kids, and love educating, and honestly, they don’t often expect a lot in return. So it’s an extra delight when the kids can...

15 People Share the Trait Among Youtubers That’s Really Annoying

We live in a strange new world, my friends – one where all manner of folks have figured out how to make a living (in some cases, a very good one) just doing stuff on the internet. They don’t have much in common, except for the fact that they all do these 15 things that...

13 Really Annoying Things (Most) YouTubers Do

Most of us watch YouTube and YouTubers pretty regularly, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t times we’re gritting our teeth to get through it. Most of them, and their videos, have at least a few annoying habits that can be tough to stomach. If you’re not sure exactly what I mean, these 13 Redditors are...

16 Things That Have Placebo Effects, but People Treat Them Like They’re Real

The mind is a weird and wonderful thing. We, as human beings, hardly understand a 10th of what it can do, and maybe that’s why it’s so easy for us to believe something is helping us when it’s actually not. But is it helping us if we believe it is? People would argue that’s the case for...