Animals & Wildlife
animals

Three lions have the most beautiful reaction to a man singing a Guns N' Roses song to them

"What a beautiful interaction to witness.”

animals, music, music for animals, lions, science, nature
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Mental Health
social skills

12 subtle phrases that are dead giveaways of an insincere apology and how to respond to them

Sometimes an apology is actually a "non-apology."

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Art
photography

Astrophotographer captures incredible real photo of skydiver falling in front of the sun

"The Fall of Icarus" highlights pure human skill in the age of AI fakery.

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Culture
sexism

8-year-old has perfect response to sexist, outdated homework. The teacher marked it wrong.

The assignment, first written in 1997, is more than a few years behind the times.

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Love Stories
love stories

Maria and Georg Von Trapp's real-life love story is even better than 'The Sound of Music'

"I learned to love him more than I have ever loved before or after."

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Modern Families
humor

Family was mourning grandpa at his funeral. Then a 'Hello' from his coffin stunned them.

The family was heartbroken, bidding goodbye to their beloved grandpa when a sudden sound from the coffin changed the whole mood.

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Joy
aging

The intriguing reason why people in the past looked a lot older than people today

Why did a 15 year old in 1960 look like they were 30?

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Community
retirement community

What it's really like to move into a retirement community

"I miss seeing kids and families."

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Joy
life advice

People reveal the one sentence someone said that's stuck with them for life for the better

“I don’t just love you, I like you.”

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Internet
public discourse

14-year-old speaks up after Megyn Kelly downplays Jeffrey Epstein's affinity for 15-year-olds

"Kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you."

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Internet
hygiene

Woman is shocked after learning the bizarre technique people use to make their spray tans last

If you want your tan to last 10 days, you have to make some sacrifices.

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Joy
typing

Generation Jones and Gen X reminisce about taking dreaded typing classes that totally paid off

"That one class better prepared me for the future than any other class in high school."

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Humor
humor

A local barista's innocent name mistake turned into a hilarious mistaken-identity drama

"Last week she gave me a free muffin because 'Kevin has had a rough week.'"

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Joy
community

P.E. teacher becomes wholesome legend after wearing the same Picture Day outfit for 40 years

“There’s something beautifully human about quiet traditions like this."

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Pets
goats

Loose goat in Detroit causes delightful chaos you have to see for yourself

"Mom brought a knife to a goat fight!"

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Humor
gen z

Gen Z soldier navigating an old school gas pump has everyone laugh-screaming, 'flip it up'

"I'm trying to pump gas, but this is not a button."

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Music
history

How the 'world's worst singer' performed for a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall

“People may say that I can’t sing, but no one can ever say that I didn’t sing."

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Joy
good news

Fortnite owner praised for quietly saving 50,000 acres of wilderness from development

“How billionaires should act.”

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Men's Health
testicular cancer

30-year-old with stage 3 testicular cancer gives PSA that has men heading to the doctor

“Brother, I think you might have just saved me.”