When Chiquita Hill of Georgia was told that Sean, her 10-year-old son, had been acting up in his fifth-grade class, mouthing off, talking back to his teacher, and “just being rude and disrespectful”, she took drastic action. “I knew I had…
In Hong Kong, one has to tiptoe, pirouette, and pole vault on the streets in order to avoid stepping on garbage. Littering is a pandemic. And it needs to be eradicated. If only there was a way to find out who threw…
This is Gary, a.k.a the “Concerned Kitten”. He’s an 8-week-old furball with the most adorable eyebrow game ever. Gary’s owner, Andy Entwistle, said: “When he was born there were just these two little black blotches on his forehead.” “As he grew they…
Aniko Kolesnikova has a pretty unusual interest. She spends her time crafting shockingly cool book covers. Working under the name Mandarin Duck, Latvia-based Kolesnikova creates book and journal covers that are nothing short of magical. Here are some more of her amazing…
Can you guess what’s wrong in the these pictures? We’re pretty sure you didn’t see anything wrong because your focus was… elsewhere. So we’ll just tell you instead. It’s their beards. Okay, before you start pointing…
Pink lakes, star-filled caves, and blood red beaches… no, these are not otherworldly locations, but rather places right here on our humble planet. We can’t help but swoon over these gorgeous photos of our beautiful world. But before you take a look,…
T-shirts for just €2? That’s pretty sweet. After all, it’s hard to get a cup of coffee — let alone a t-shirt — for that price. We love cheap clothing. But have you ever stopped to think at what cost? This is…
Meet Mrs T from Pembroke, Wales. She’s just a run-of-the-mill, 90-year-old tortoise, except for one thing: she has wheels for front legs. When her owner, Jude Ryder, found out that rats had chewed off her hibernating tortoise’s legs right up to the elbow joint,…
As a journalist making $95,000 a year in glamorous New York City, it seemed like Noelle Hancock had it all. Yet, she felt very disconnected — everyone worked hard to be able to live in the expensive city, which meant…
There are many ways to cure hiccups. You can hold your breath, plug your ears, or stick your tongue out. Or you can try to scare it away with a few yips and some well-meaning growls. Which is exactly what…
“There’s no place like home,” Dorothy said of Kansas. There’s no place quite as bad, more like. #1. The entire state is basically dead. Sunflower field. #2. Nothing grows here. Wheat field. #3. They say ‘it’s quaint’, we say ‘it…
America is a country of beautiful people and equally beautiful places. That is, all but one: Pennsylvania. A painfully provincial state wedged between its more attractive sister-states, New York and Ohio, Pennsylvania’s lackluster countenance just pales in comparison. #1. Let’s get straight to the point:…
Meet Yves Van De Ven, a food blogger from the Netherlands. He recently went on a trip to Paris, lucky guy. Naturally, he had an obligatory Eiffel Tower photo. “Nailed it,” he said ironically, poking fun out of typical cliche tourist photos. Like…
Before shipping off to the army, a very sweet hubby cooked a year’s worth of dinners for his hardworking wife. Zhao Mai’s (and her family and friends) fridges are now overflowing with goodies. Yin Yunfeng is a soldier in the Chinese army.…
Her house was the inspiration for the movie “Up.” And just like the little old man in the animated Pixar film, 84-year-old Edith Macefield put her foot down and refused to sell her family home to a shopping mall. Now the…
Meet Giselle. She is four years old. She has Down syndrome. To her parents, she is the world’s most beautiful princess. With her adorable energy, it’s hard not to agree with them — Giselle was indeed born a princess. Although…