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Brent Cabahug moved from the Philippines to Minnesota with his mom and sister. He’s a high school senior at Stillwater Area High School, and Walmart...
It turns out “the voice of a generation” isn’t just a metaphor. Different generations have different ways of speaking, and nowhere is it more...
Music is meant to be heard and not seen, right? Sure, we can watch musicians play instruments, and we can see music notation on paper. But that’s...
Dog trainer Jerri Scherff kept seeing a man in her neighborhood walking with a dog leash in his hand, but without a dog. After driving by multiple...
On April 6, 2026, the Orion spacecraft officially took four astronauts farther from Earth than any human has gone before. While the Artemis II mission...
As workers struggle to land good jobs and employers struggle to find ideal candidates in the ever-changing job market, a new trend is emerging. Many...
We’ve all been there: it’s 90 degrees outside, absolutely sweltering, and you’re walking home from a new smoothie shop less than a mile away...
In the 1980s, food was entering a new era of convenience. A big reason was more women continuing to enter the workforce throughout the ’80s, a trend...
Europeans have always had hot takes on Americans and American culture. From portion sizes to garbage disposals to widely available air conditioning,...
The average adult makes upwards of 35,000 decisions a day. These can include the bigger, more existential questions that require reflection to weigh...
Dogs can be weird. Any dog owner will tell you that, but typically their shenanigans are just personality quirks. Unfortunately for Colleen Ferguson...
Did you know you’re allowed to warm up your shower before you get in it? What about that a double scoop of ice cream doesn’t have to be the same...
After politics and religion, parenting might be one of the most hotly-debated topics online. Parents get super passionate about the differences...
It can be depressing to think about your own mortality, but inevitably, everyone will eventually die. Those diagnosed with a terminal illness have the...
Can kids predict the future? In 1966, the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World asked a group of 13-year-olds to share their predictions about what life in the...
It’s no secret that teachers today are quitting in droves. A staggering 70% of young teachers even consider leaving the profession in their first...
Life hack advice abounds in the era of optimization and influencers, but the desire to live life a little better is nothing new. Even ancient...
Distracted driving is a dangerous issue that police officers are taking more seriously. But when Katie, who runs the social media page Slightly Off...
Procrastination is a tough habit to break. If you find yourself procrastinating (delaying accomplishing tasks or duties), you probably understand how...
As many are in the habit of doing, a man recently took to TikTok to “vent.” His “story time” was about his choice to end a 10-year friendship...
Before Brian Johnson was singing “Back in Black” to packed stadiums, he was using that iconic rock voice to sell vacuum cleaners. A 1980 Hoover...
How we humans spend our time might be one of the most historically significant questions we can explore. After all, what we do with our days says a...
From a human perspective, it might seem that happiness should come naturally. However, according to Dr. Laurie Santos, an expert on happiness and a...
When someone queues up a track on a laptop, the expectation is a few minutes of music. The thought of a song crashing the computer never crosses...
Fred Rogers was a sick, heavy, lonely kid in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Plagued by asthma and, by his own account, every imaginable childhood disease...
You already know the story you expect when someone quits. The awkward meeting. The cold “we’ll miss you.” Maybe there’s a guilt trip about the...
Sometimes people choose a cat, but more often than not, cats choose people. That’s how the Cat Distribution System works. You’re going about your...
There is a paradox in America: on one hand, it’s a place where people can generate more income than anywhere else in the world; however, it’s also...
Music has shown us time and again that it can serve as a bridge across time. When a family of eight (including six children) unexpectedly lost their...
Being a new mom is rough on your sleep schedule, and Dominique Dillon is not exempt. The Memphis news anchor recently went viral after a viewer...
In the spring of 1967, The Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, unofficially kicking off what would later be...
Sometimes, a simple phrase or sentence of sagely advice can have a huge impact on our lives, whether it’s from a religious text, a mental health...
Today’s teachers have more than their fair share of complaints about Gen Z and Gen Alpha students. Educators say many of them are rude, behind on...
Individuals and groups have used scapegoating to blame their problems on others since the term was first coined in The Old Testament and probably long...
It’s no shocker that it’s incredibly tough to get into Harvard. Currently, the school has a 3.6% admission rate, allowing around 2,000 new...
Becoming a millionaire doesn’t exactly put you in the “super-rich” category like it used to. But building $1 million in wealth is still an...
“Wouldn’t it be great to age on a global stage?” said no woman ever. Meghan McCain is not pulling any punches after people seemingly discovered...
The struggle between renters and landlords is a tale as old as time. One wants an affordable, clean, safe, and stable place to live. The other wants...
Seiichi Miyake had a friend who was losing his sight. In 1965, the engineer from Japan’s Okayama Prefecture spent his own money developing a...
Florida drivers on I-10 likely thought they were seeing things when 21-year-old Emily Shelton had to make an emergency landing on the freeway. The...
There are some songs that get so deeply embedded in our memories, we sing the words with ease. Many times, we don’t even question the lyrics or...
Every generation brings new fashion choices to the table, some of which can be a headache for schools. Over the years, many schools have decided to...
At a towering 7’1”, Beau Brown has a huge problem. As a literal giant, Beau has to continually duck under door frames, hunt extensively for shoe...
The world can feel so wondrously big when we’re kids, to the point where even the smallest excursions can feel like a grand adventure. Even, say, a...
Logic puzzles and brain teasers have long been used to challenge our minds and encourage critical thinking. Sometimes the most intriguing puzzles are...
In many ways, fast-food restaurants feel like the opposite of a backyard vegetable garden. But one gardener has tied a McDonald’s hamburger directly...
For nearly four decades, a retired art teacher had been turning her rental house into something extraordinary. Every wall inside held hand-painted...
Some languages are harder to learn than others. Many who’ve tried will say that Eastern languages like Chinese Mandarin and Japanese are extremely...
English may boast one of the lengthiest vocabularies in the world, but there are still entire emotional universes Merriam-Webster can’t quite...
September 11, 2001, will always be one of the darkest days in American history. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives, according to the FBI. Despite...
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