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The Number of Kids You Have Has a Strange Effect on Your Lifespan

Parenting already comes with enough unsolicited commentary, so nobody needed a fresh reason to overthink their life choices. Yet here we are, staring...

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Americans’ 12 Most Hated Foods, Ranked

Americans will fight about food with an intense conviction usually reserved for politics and religion. Tell people you hate cilantro, and half the...

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Gen Z Says Hitting This Age Officially Makes You Old

When you’re in your 20s, the idea of being 40 sounds absolutely terrifying. It feels ancient. Then you get to 40 and realize it’s actually not...

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Daily Horoscope: March 16, 2026

People may feel reactive, turned on, or freshly over it as the sky pushes honesty past everybody’s usual coping strategies.

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Are Americans as Violent as They Seem?

For a country that loves talking about how tough they are, Americans seem surprisingly selective about when they’ll actually throw down. Public life...

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Listening to This Song While Drinking Fancy Rum Will Make It Taste Better

There are few things more seductive to luxury branding than the idea that you’ve been “doing it wrong” without them. You thought you were just...

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The Top 10 Most Emotionally Intelligent Countries, Ranked

There are a lot of first dates that never make it to the second simply because someone couldn’t hold a proper conversation, or their behavior gave...

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8 Ways to Build Sexual Tension Without Being Weird About It

Sexual tension is thought of as some magical force that either appears or doesn’t. Very convenient, especially for people who think “chemistry”...

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Weekly Horoscope: March 15-March 21

The week starts in that strange in-between space where feelings get bigger, conversations get trickier, and everybody seems one word away from...

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How American Kids Became the Pickiest Eaters in History

We’ve all seen it or experienced it firsthand. The kid who only eats chicken nuggets or mac and cheese. The kid who screams if they see a single...

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If Your Date Dumps You, Their Friends Are Probably to Blame

We’d all love to believe our relationships are private, existing between the person we’re seeing and us. That sounds nice, but it’s not real...

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Why You Always Feel Like You’re ‘Doing Sundays Wrong’ (and How to Fix It)

Sundays used to have a simple job. They were for sleeping late, doing as little as possible, and putting off the emotional reality of Monday for a few...

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How to Clean White Trainers Without Ruining Them

There’s something so satisfying about buying a new pair of crisp, white trainers. They look clean, expensive, and briefly suggest you have your life...

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Markiplier Didn’t Need Hollywood to Make Iron Lung

For years, Hollywood treated YouTubers like obnoxious internet people who should maybe cameo in something if a marketing team got desperate enough....

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America’s 5 Most Well-Endowed States, Ranked

Penis size carries a ridiculous amount of cultural weight. Somehow, it’s supposed to determine masculinity, sexual talent, or whether a guy should...

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This Is Why You’re So Anxious in Your 30s

Your 30s are supposed to be the decade where your life starts coming together. You’ve aged out of your wild years, you know yourself better, and...

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This Type of Person Is Literally Aging You Faster

Some people can leave you feeling fully drained after a little too much time together. It could be an exhausting phone call, a tense family dinner, or...

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The 4 Luckiest Chinese Zodiac Signs

People love to say they don’t believe in luck, then immediately blame bad timing, bad energy, or a cursed month when things start going badly. The...

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Daily Horoscope: March 13, 2026

The day feels restless, revealing, and a little excessive as big feelings, bold desire, and truth all fight for airtime.

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Know Your Meme’s Don Caldwell Explains Why Memes Aren’t Just Jokes Anymore

For anyone who has looked at the internet lately and felt completely out of touch, this week’s VICE Culture Club offers some clarity. The show’s...

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A ‘Fireball’ Meteorite Smashed Into Someone’s Bedroom in Germany

Getting hit by a meteorite seems like one of those technically possible problems that belongs to somebody else. But a space rock blew up over Europe...

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The 10 Happiest American Cities, Ranked

America loves a ranking, especially when it promises to tell you which city has cracked the code on being a functional human being. This time, the...

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Daily Horoscope: March 12, 2026

The day feels feral, revealing, and slightly impatient as desire spikes and buried irritation finally starts saying its piece.

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Couples Are Having Threesomes With AI

I apologize in advance, but there’s a new phrase that’s been floating around out there to describe sexuality. “AI-sexual” is the latest one....

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You Might Be Allergic to Your Boyfriend

Women on Reddit and TikTok have spent the past year wondering whether their boyfriend is somehow making them break out, swell up, itch, burn, or end...

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Daily Horoscope: March 11, 2026

The day feels frayed, horny, and brutally revealing as Mercury retrograde, Venus in Aries, and the half moon press for truth.

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6 Dating App Mistakes That Are Killing Your Match Count

Dating apps can be awful, we all know that. There’s the usual cycle of swiping dozens of times, getting a little glimmer of hope, only to find a red...

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6 Traits of Someone With Intense Sexual Chemistry

Sexual chemistry gets talked about like it’s some mystical force that either crashes into a room or never shows up at all. That gives people a nice,...

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Daily Horoscope: March 10, 2026

Fix one small annoyance today, stargazer. Tiny stuff piles up, and suddenly we’re snapping at the wrong person.

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10 Songs You Need to Add to Your Bedroom Playlist, According to Couples

Some people treat a bedroom playlist like a sacred text. Others throw on whatever algorithmic slow jam wanders into the room and hope for the best. A...

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The 9 Wildest Things Found in Unclaimed Luggage in 2025, Ranked

Flying with checked luggage always involves a tiny act of faith. You hand a stranger your belongings, watch them disappear on a belt, and trust that...

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Daily Horoscope: March 9, 2026

Expect honest conversations and overdue apologies. Keep boundaries strong and don’t let impulse run the show today.

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Mini Sports Cars for Adults Are a Thing Now, and They Can Hit 50 MPH

Watching a miniature Porsche-style car drift with an adult driver inside causes a strange cognitive dissonance. The proportions look absolutely silly,...

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5 Reasons You Can’t Stop Dating People Who Give You Mixed Signals

It’s an all-too-common situation. Someone texts back a 3-word reply, cancels plans, then pops up with a “hey stranger” that makes you smile way...

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Are Orcas Cannibalizing Each Other? Chewed Up Fins Are Washing Ashore.

Orcas have a reputation for being the ocean’s smartest, meanest overachievers. They hunt in teams, teach their young, and sometimes wear salmon as...

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Weekly Horoscope: March 8-March 14

This week puts a few pretty delusions on life support. Mercury retrograde scrambles timing and wording, Venus meeting Saturn adds a hard edge to love...

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NASA’s New Odds ‘City Killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Crash Into the Moon

We can all thank NASA for giving us one less thing to absolutely panic about. The near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4, the one that got tagged a...

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AI Flirting or Digital Catfishing? Singles Say It’s the Same Thing.

Flirting used to be a human skill, for better and worse. Now you can finesse a prompt in ChatGPT and call it “confidence.” A new survey from...

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Exorcists Are Concerned People Are Using AI for Devil Worship

Father Luis Ramirez Almanza is running an exorcism training course in Rome in May, and he’s giving it a very 2026 theme. He wants clergy and faith...

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‘Mind Control’ Made Someone Brand New to Guns a Sharpshooter in 3 Days

Zoë Lescaze decided she wanted to become a sharpshooter. She also decided to begin from the most humble starting point possible—having never even...

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Gen Z Men Are Twice as Likely as Baby Boomers to Say Women Should ‘Obey’ Them

Imagine dating someone who says he loves ambitious women, then follows it up with “a wife should obey.” That contradiction lives in new survey...

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6 Tips for Improving Your Flirting Game Without Trying Too Hard

Flirting can make you forget how to be normal. You either clam up and stare at your drink, or you turn into someone who’s trying way too hard. The...

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6 Strange Sexual Fantasies That Are Actually Pretty Common

Most people’s fantasy life is a lot more normal than their shame spiral wants them to believe. You can pay taxes on time, make a respectable salad,...

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Hot People Have It Easy at Work, and Everyone Knows It

There’s always someone who walks into a new job and gets instant credibility. No introduction, no actual proof, no awkward warm-up. Just the face...

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Daily Horoscope: March 6, 2026

Plans may wobble, feelings may spike. Keep it simple, stargazer: direct questions, strong boundaries, zero overexplaining.

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4 Simple Dating Rules for People Who Catch Feelings Too Quickly

You know that feeling when a date goes well, and your brain immediately starts acting like it’s in a relationship. You’re not even delusional,...

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20 Camels Disqualified From Beauty Contest in ‘Hump Inflation’ Scandal

At the 2026 Camel Beauty Show Festival in Al Musanaa, Oman, officials disqualified 20 camels after veterinary inspections flagged cosmetic...

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6 Bad Habits That Are Making You Fight With Your Partner

Big relationship disasters are easy to spot. Cheating. Yelling. Finding a late-night text that makes your stomach drop. Couples therapy spends a lot...

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Is Your Partner Soft Cheating on You?

Soft cheating is what happens when someone swears they’re faithful but still keeps a little side channel of flirtation going. Nothing “official”...

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Daily Horoscope: March 5, 2026

Let actions do the talking today. Words can be slippery, especially when expectations are high and patience low.

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