Culture
life skills

Boomers share 20 life skills they're proud they learned but are rarely used today

"Back in the day most everyone knew how to sew even if just to hem pants or darn a sock."

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Humor
gen z

Real estate agent asks his Gen Z employee to edit a work video and the result is hilarious

"This 100% caught my attention far more than whatever you were going to say."

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Parenting
christmas gift

Parents: The best Christmas gift you can give your toddler is a literal pile of trash. No really.

It's a lot more wholesome than it sounds.

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Joy
post office

Mailman is annoyed he has to issue a another end-of-the-year warning to women on his route

Plus, six of the craziest things postal employees have seen on the job.

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Culture
slogans

22 forgotten slogans and phrases from commercials that Boomers and Gen Xers will instantly recognize

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing."

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Education & Information
punctuation

16 forgotten punctuation marks that we should definitely bring back

The "interrobang" is fun to say AND fun to use.

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Pop Culture
music

Guy masterfully splices 'cold beer' references from country music songs into a comedy anthem for the ages

"Cold beer"

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Fatherhood
parenting

Dad shares 'complaints' about his toddler's restaurant business and it's too adorable

"It's a very clean establishment, but whewww let me tell you about this owner."

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babies

Miracle twins have different dads and the fathers are over the moon about it

There's a one in 400 chance of it happening.

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Pop Culture
sports

Kerri Strug vaulting with a broken ankle at the 1996 Olympics lands a bit differently now

"I was excited to show my daughters Kerri Strug's famous one-leg vault...But for some reason I wasn't as inspired watching it this time. In fact, I felt a little sick."

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Modern Families
grandmothers

Brain scans show that grandmas connect with their grandkids better than their own children

Was your mom hard on you, but spoils her grandkids? There's an evolutionary reason behind it.

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Joy
kindness to animals

Mama cat rushed her kittens to a human hospital. Doctors treated them as patients.

She knew just where to go for help.

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Culture
loneliness

Creator of bizarre 1986 VHS 'Rent-a-Friend' video reveals his heartfelt inspiration behind it

Ben Hollis, who plays "Sam," still gets emotional about the project.

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Science
video

WATCH: incredible drone footage shows orcas and dolphins hunting together for the first time

Nature's newest collaboration.

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Internet
better conversations

5 conversation habits that unintentionally push people away, and what to do instead

These simple tips will help you keep the conversation going.

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Community
kindness

Woman is overjoyed to see her dad cameo in a viral video about kindness after he passed away

"He would have loved to see this go viral (even though he neither knew what a reel was or what going viral meant!)"

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Health
humor

Women stunned their boyfriends by showing them how tampons actually work

What a great way to educate men on a sensitive topic.

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Motherhood
moms

Exhausted mom quits doing any household chores and shares what happened after just 3 days

Someone loaded the dishwasher! But didn't get run for days.

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Education & Information
safety tips

Why the once viral advice to change your voicemail greeting if you're lost is absolutely a bad idea

Here's what to do instead.