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It's been over 20 years since Alan Rickman broke Emma Thompson's heart by buying that little office tart a necklace in "Love Actually," and some of us...
People leave notes on strangers' cars for a host of reasons. Sometimes it's an anonymous compliment or word of encouragement. Sometimes it's a...
Asking random strangers questions has become a fun way to utilize social media in the 21st century, with viral gems like "the corn kid" and couples...
Ah, the nostalgia of an 80s childhood. If you've ever watched "The Goonies" or "Stranger Things," you've seen how kids of all ages were largely left...
Have you ever seen someone who seems to have a knack for talking with teens and wondered what their secret was? Sometimes it seems like getting young...
If you've ever perused photographs from the 19th and early 20th century, you've likely noticed how serious everyone looked. If there's a hint of a...
Actor Alan Rickman gave us so many memorable characters, from the terrorist Hans Gruber in "Die Hard" to the evil hero Severus Snape in "Harry Potter"...
The way we think see ourselves is influenced greatly by those around us, especially during out formative years. The words of our parents and other...
We all have that song that gets us every time. No matter our mood, no matter where we are or who we're with, when the rhythm starts popping, we just...
Service workers help our communities run more smoothly, but their contributions can often go unrecognized. In some instances, however, people in...
Before having kids, we tend to form opinions about what we would and wouldn't do with our children. Phrases like "I will never" and "My kids will...
For decades, women's liberation, Me Too and other movements have shed light on the reality of being a woman in a patriarchal society. As a result,...
Imagine being enslaved for over 30 years and then gaining your freedom, only to have the man who enslaved you ask you to come back and work for him a...
Body image is a strange thing. Babies aren't born with any opinions about their bodies one way or another, but as we age, we start forming judgments....
A cemetery is usually a place we associate with the end of life, not the beginning of it, but a Pennsylvania cemetery has flipped that script entirely...
High schoolers have been studying Shakespeare plays for generations, grappling with the bard's language as they learn to appreciate his brilliance....
It's not often you see an almost-80-year-old woman hiking alone, much less on a trail considered a difficult hike. But for 79-year-old Ursula...
Ever wondered what it's like to be a cat, wandering wherever your kitty senses dictate, taking in the sights and sounds of the world from less than a...
Most people think of mice as pests, but for one family in the United Kingdom, they are tiny little neighbors with their own tiny village. ...
Anyone who's had a baby knows how the sound of crying can feel like torture. Literally. If you're lucky, you get a baby who rarely cries, but some...
Most of us know what it's like to get a song stuck in your head, but how many of us spend most of our day with song after song playing in our brains,...
If anyone deserves to be paid well beyond what they the basic necessities, it's teachers. And if any social program is deserving of oodles of funding,...
Grab a tissue, folks, because this is one of those stories that has almost too much love and goodness to bear in it. Sara Verkuilen was working at...
Public speaking is one of the biggest fears the average person has and a skill that few come by naturally. But a 4-minute speech by bestselling author...
No one goes into their wedding day thinking that their marriage won't last, but as we all know, "happily" doesn't always mean "ever after." Some...