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A Lifetime of Negative Thoughts Could Increase Your Odds for Contracting Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the most devastating illness that families go through – you’re often forced to mourn the loss of your loved one while they’re still alive, and to steel yourself to go into a room with a parent, aunt, grandparent, who no longer knows you from Adam or Eve. The good news...

7 Internet Riddles That Just Might Trip You Up

If there’s one thing people love, it’s to put a riddle out into the universe and sit there with a smug smile while people throw out wrong answer after wrong answer. Shut up, you know I’m right. Why else would people come up with riddles? It’s always about somebody thinking they’re smarter than you. And...

6 Things You Might Not Have Realized Your Dog Can Sniff Out

It’s pretty common knowledge that dogs have a better sense of smell than humans – by a lot – but we mostly think of them being able to sniff out things like missing people, dead bodies, hunted animals, and whatever food we’re trying to keep out of their reach on the counter, but what if...

15 Photos and Stories About Karens Behaving Like Total Karens

Whether you agree with the nickname or not, some people get called Karen behind their backs for always trying to get their way. It would be infuriating if it wasn’t just downright funny sometimes. Here are 15 times Karen just went out of her way to be such a, well, Karen. 1. Classic Karen She’s...

Scientists Think Human Eggs Attract the Sperm They Want to Make a Baby With

I don’t know about you, but this seems like common sense to me – if you buy into the idea of evolution and selecting offspring based on what traits best help them survive to procreate themselves, then of course the eggs of biological females have the ability to choose “better” sperm, right? Well, now there’s...

Doctors During the Black Plague Didn’t Wear Those Creepy, Beaked Masks at All

It may sometimes seem like scientists and health officials can still be caught behind the 8-ball when it comes to new and emerging diseases, but let me tell you, that’s nothing compared to what doctors were dealing with before the invention of the microscope. There were people in the scientific community who believed that “bad...

15 Moments From ‘Harry Potter’ Movies That Aren’t In The Books

Most of the time, movies that are adapted from books get criticized for not living up to the book’s standards. But every now and then, the movie version of the book actually adds something extra to the story. A little oomph that’s unexpected. That’s certainly the case with the “Harry Potter” movies, adapted from the...

No Plunger? No Problem! Here’s How to Unclog Your Toilet Without One

One of the more mortifying moments of my life was being at a friend’s house, clogging the toilet, and not being able to find a plunger. Which meant I had to go and inform my friend (and her spouse) that I needed their plunger. And if I thought that couldn’t get any worse, well, then...

Spinoff of ‘American Horror Story’ is Officially on the Way

Nearly a decade ago, Ryan Murphy delivered the first season of American Horror Story. Since the first season aired in 2011, the show has gone on to become one of the most popular series on TV. Along the way, AHS has grown an almost cult-like following. Full of twists and turns, dark characters, violence, suspense, and everything...

How ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ Went From Box Office Failure to Triumphant Classic

If you’re not old enough to remember the year The Shawshank Redemption hit theaters, then it will probably surprise you to learn that absolutely no one cared enough to go and see it. Strange, considering that the early buzz from critics was promising, and that test audiences had also rated it well – as well as...

‘Cheaper By The Dozen’ Cast Has Recreated Scenes From the Hit Movie for Charity

Nearly two decades ago, Cheaper by the Dozen hit theaters and turned into a major success. The family-friendly comedy film featured plenty of star power. From Hilary Duff to Steve Martin, the cast made the 2003 movie into a belly-busting pop culture phenomenon. The Baker family may be a fictional family, but the cast members of Cheaper...

How Trapper Keepers Won the Hearts of Every Last Kid in the 80s and 90s

Look, you either know about Trapper Keepers or you don’t. You’re one of us, and we can discuss all day about how they smelled and the sound the velcro made when you first pried it open, and how you agonized for weeks before picking your new one before a new school year, or you don’t...

11 Memes Created by Teachers For Their Students

A good visual aid helps make a lesson stick. So these teachers knew what they were doing when they chose to use these memes to push their content. Good or cringey…it doesn’t matter. The fact is they’re trying and we’re okay with that. Here are 11 that are at least a B. 1. Social studies...

11 Teachers Who Are Totally Hip to the Memes

Good teachers know to really relate to kids, they need to speak their language, which means sending them memes. Some of them are funny and others are strange. But it’s sweet to see all of them trying. Because if teachers can do anything right, it’s trying to make sure kids like them… haha, I kid....