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Imagine you’re walking deep in the woods when some kind of potentially aggressive wildlife appears. Ask yourself: Would you run? Would you freeze?...
Simon Howard, a man from Norfolk, England, loves researching family trees. It began with his own ancestry and morphed into a curiosity about people he...
The late, great Robin Williams once beautifully said, “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know...
Think back to your high school senior yearbook where people scribbled “keep in touch” or “stay sweet!” in its back pages. Usually, these were...
Oliver Henry, a man from England, is traveling across the United States to follow the FIFA World Cup games. What he has discovered along the way is...
In every group of friends, you need a pragmatist, an anything-goes-er, a salt-of-the-earther, and a historian. I’m the latter, which can be tough...
There are moments of kindness that miraculously can stretch into a lifetime. Such was the case for nearly 30-year-old Ronnie after he knocked on Rob...
Often when you hear kids on a playground describing their dads, you catch declarations like ,”Well my dad is the strongest man on earth. Well my dad...
It’s not every day that a person of any age gets into a car for a trip that has no driver. So when 80-somethings Kenny and Jerry did it, it was...
Close your eyes and imagine your ideal tattoo. Maybe it’s a unicorn on your ankle? Perhaps it’s a bluebird on your back or a sleeve of dragons on...
As more research comes in about how our minds are wired, patterns emerge, and diagnoses like ADHD help people make sense of how they process...
Young love can be the most magical and soul-destroying emotion a person can feel. Just ask Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare’s most famous...
Lillian Droniak is 96 years old, and she’s not gonna take any guff from the authorities. She resides in Connecticut in a nursing home and has become...
When it comes to kids, parents have to strike a delicate balance between being hands-on and letting go. Mistakes and experiences, both good and bad,...
Sometimes, personal style amplifies the best athletes. For example, Miami Marlins pitcher Johnny Cueto does a little shimmy spin move that has often...
Not only can Tom Cruise do his own stunts, but he’s pretty good at giving pep talks, too. At least, according to his Mission Impossible: Dead...
If you didn’t already know the name OG Anunoby, you’re about to learn. He’s a Power Forward/Small Forward for the New York Knicks, and his...
Mental health help, as many know, isn’t always as readily available as it could be. There are often roadblocks, whether it’s lack of funds, issues...
So many of us have the desire to compartmentalize our personality traits into neat little boxes. “Oh, she’s such an INFJ. Oh, he’s such a...
The loneliness epidemic and economic anxieties have been growing concerns for the elderly across the world. And in Japan, the issue is impossible to...
The raddest thing about punk culture is that it knows no gender, no race, and most certainly no age. While it has often been attributed to rebellious...
When it comes to baby animals, it takes a village. And sometimes that village includes a tattoo and piercing parlor. Help often comes from the most...
The way in which we speak can give clues to our personalities faster than one might think. According to some communication experts, it only takes 0.2...
Everything old really is new again, and nothing exemplifies that more than fashion. So when younger generations adopt styles from those that came...
Capybaras are impressive for many reasons. First of all, they’re the largest rodents to exist on the planet, and yet they maintain their delightful...
There are some solutions for problems we weren’t even aware of. For example: many of us who buy bananas in bunches don’t eat them in time and,...
Imagine it’s your last day of school as a high school senior. Perhaps in the years prior, you had your first love, your first heartbreak, your first...
Imagine a world where we could all communicate our exact needs to one another and have the other person gently comply without ego. It doesn’t...
A long time ago in an editing bay far, far away, Marcia Lucas (then the wife of writer/director George Lucas) helped take a somewhat jumbled...
Every generation in decades past has had their share of exciting fashion. The 1950s had oversized poodle skirts. The ’60s had trippy tie-dye...
So often, people place time limits on their ability to change their lives as they age. The truth is, reboots can happen all the way until the end....
“Mooseless. Ferina. Tai kon.” If you’re confused by these words, it’s probably because they’re not quite words. Instead, they’re sounds...
Generation X is often known, or at least broadly categorized, as the middle child of generations. So many of us kept our heads down as we latch-keyed...
Like for many of us, having connected moments with her mother are timeless and special for musician Ester Wiesnerova. She’s incredibly vulnerable...
When we’re young, we’re so often overwhelmed by new love. The beginnings of things can feel like we’re being whisked into another dimension, and...
Nearly everyone has suffered from the dreaded flu and can agree that the hacking coughs, achy bones, and sneezing are more than just a tad miserable....
A woman who uses the Instagram handle Hope with Holly often makes videos in which she imparts wisdom from her own experiences. She’s candid in her...
“Give me every ounce of turbo boost you’ve got,” Michael Knight often demanded of his black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, KITT. If you didn’t...
Imagine passing a test with flying colors when you didn’t even know you were taking one. A mother-daughter duo, known as Martina and Alexa, visits...
When it comes to happiness, we’ve got to try every angle possible. Some people are born with serotonin-soaked synapses, while others aren’t so...
Gen Z, born approximately between 1997 and 2010, is referred to by some as “Generation Text.” They were the first group of teens, alongside some...
British singer-songwriter Dylan Holloway, who performs as Dylan and the Moon, has been wowing audiences with his voice for quite some time. But what...
The beloved sculptor Michelangelo once said, “Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”...
Wise people often advise us to put our dreams into action. It’s a nice thought, and possible, if, say, your dream is to buy a new blender. But how...
Levi Kelly wanted to go small. Very small. As someone who loves building and touring tiny homes, along with unique Airbnbs and cabins, he wanted to...
It’s often fascinating how history is written. Perhaps it’s not for nefarious reasons, but it can lead to misconceptions about the reality of the...
There are specific flashbacks to objects that can become so embedded in our memories that all five of our senses get triggered. At times, these...
Imagine you’re strolling along, taking in a beautiful day, when suddenly, your eyes catch a large window. Propped up in front of it is a cardboard,...
Anxiety can be a funny thing. It loops through our frontal lobes, and if left unchecked, it doesn’t always willingly see itself out. Psychologists...
It’s early morning and you’re snuggled tightly under the warm covers. Your alarm buzz isn’t quite enough to entice you to get up and en route to...
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