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U.K. man got a hand-delivered, mystery postcard from the Galapagos. It has a 233-yr-old history behind it.

Annie Reneau – 6/3/2026

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Why yellow mittens have been superior for the coldest climates for over 300 years

Heather Wake – 6/3/2026

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Oklahoma second-grade teacher’s annual ‘awards show’ on last day of school leaves students treasured

“It’s so sweet to send students off knowing they are seen and loved.”

Emily Shiffer – 6/3/2026

Cafes in Japan are exclusively hiring people over 70 and it could help cure the loneliness epidemic

The real reason American homes have basements when homes in other countries don’t

Unbelievable California 8th grader wins spelling bee after getting 32 difficult words right in 90 seconds

Doctor who adopted and raised a teen boy teared up when he discovered the kid’s true identity

Husband asks the world for help after fallout from secretive wife’s choice of ‘horrible’ baby name

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Artists got fed up with ‘anti-homeless spikes’ and revamped them in the coolest way

Upworthy Staff – 6/3/2026

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Teacher reveals 11 things that boomer parents totally got right

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 6/3/2026

An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts – 5/11/2026

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A pilot gave this 5-year-old a training manual. Minutes later he spotted something adults miss.

Adam Albright-Hanna & Upworthy Staff – 6/3/2026

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Kitten named Duck learns to run on two legs and she looks like an adorable velociraptor

Kitten named Duck learns to run on two legs and she looks like an adorable velociraptor

It hasn’t slowed her down one bit.

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 05/08/26

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The NaNaz, punk, music, Gen X

Punk band with women over 50 rioting against menopause is going big time and people are taking notice

“Their music is like therapy, an outlet to release anger and frustration.”

Cecily Knobler – 6/3/2026

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Happiness expert says if Americans used social media like non-English speakers it would fix everything

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A whistling sound came from his nose. It took 6 years and 17 doctors to explain why.

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In 1987, a camera followed high school students in Kansas. Gen Xers are eating it up.

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Forget the names of people you just met? Psychologists say it says something good about you.

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People at Sioux Falls tattoo parlor help save baby opossums after they ‘fell out of their mom’s pouch’

Cecily Knobler – 6/2/2026

An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts – 5/11/2026

Finland, immune system, child health, biodiversity, nature

Finnish daycares ditched pavement for mud and dirt. A month later, the blood tests stunned scientists.

Adam Albright-Hanna & Upworthy Staff – 6/2/2026

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No one could have guessed that this New York cemetery has been home to 5.5 million bees for centuries

Heather Wake – 6/2/2026

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Three decades after being recorded and shelved, Michael Jackson returns to the top 100 with ‘Chicago’

Tod Perry – 6/2/2026

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