We all know that “the good old days” were more than good, they were awesome. People had a sense of style, taste, and class that seems to be missing these days. #1. A young, dashing Harrison Ford. #2. Audrey Hepburn at…
This is the kind of initiative we should be seeing everywhere: a program run out of the Siloam Mission in Winnipeg, Canada, hires homeless people to clean up the downtown streets and pays them $11/hour for their efforts. It’s become so successful that it fills…
Forget standing desks, because the latest revolution is working lying down. A back injury suffered by Altwork co-founder John Speicher prevented him from working at a computer, but it also gave him the idea for this awesome invention. Designed in Sonoma Valley, California, the…
Everyday for five years, 93-year-old Louise Edlen waved to the bus of students from Arlington High who passed her house on their way to and from school. She became known as “the grandma in the window.” But one September morning, grandma…
This is the tender moment newlywed Greta Hokanson shared a dance with the man who saved her life when she was just 16. Greta was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2006, and the only cure was a bone marrow transplant. None of her…
Adult life is HARD. But perhaps we sometimes overcomplicate things, too. Writer Chaz Hutton’s brilliant series of simple illustrations on sticky-notes perfectly sum up the difficulties of being an adult — with no more than a few strokes of his pen. Using…
Simon Schaffrath and his wife are expecting, and so to celebrate, he decided to make a series of very creative photos, using his wife’s body as a canvas. Each photo has a special message for his unborn son, who is called Theo.…
Kids have pretty crazy imaginations, and furniture store IKEA has harnessed the power to create 10 bizarre yet awesome cuddly toys, based on the drawings of 10 children. Ikea’s annual Soft Toys for Education campaign asks kids to submit their weird and wonderful animal…
The days are getting shorter, the nights longer, and the weather colder. It makes you just want to stay in bed all day. Well, you’ll be pleased to know that you can — with this Japanese kotatsu. It consists of a…
Sometimes, we aren’t as thankful as we should be for all the blessings we’ve been given. We have food, water, shelter, and much more besides. Christmas is often a time when we’re most reminded of this, with the in-your-face advertisements…
For anyone who’s ever been confused about what sexual consent means, the UK’s Thames Valley Police has just launched a brilliant YouTube campaign explaining it using a quintessentially English tea analogy. The video, titled “Consent: It’s as Simple as Tea,”…
#1. July 1863 — Battlefield at Gettysburg. Dead soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where more than 50,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed, injured, or captured during the Civil War. #2. April 1906 — Destruction after the…
She’s one of the world’s most watched women, and he’s not lacking in the fame stakes, either. There’s no doubt that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the golden couple of Hollywood, and their family is photographed at every opportunity. But…
Josh Sundquist‘s life hasn’t been easy: he was diagnosed with cancer when he was just nine years old, and was told he had a 50% chance of surviving. After chemotherapy, he survived, but lost his left leg. He was thirteen when…
Don’t be fooled: this pink meadow is actually the world’s driest desert — which has been stirred to life by climate change. The Atacama desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, but occasionally this barren wasteland likes to make a grand spectacle.…
Is it better to have a baby or a cat? Well, if you’re deciding between the two, Matthew Inman from the awesome Oatmeal webcomic might be able to help. We should warn you though, his hilarious comic may be a little dark for…