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We recently brought you the genius of James Fridman, a graphic designer who takes people’s vain Photoshop requests WAY too literally. He’s back and better than ever. He’s still taking the requests very, very literally. pic.twitter.com/xvd2yyu96c — James Fridman (@fjamie013)…
There’s a new theme park in Romania that takes thrill-seekers on a whole new adventure — 400 feet underground in a disused salt mine. Salina Turda in Turda, Romania has been used as a salt mine since the 17th century,…
Nobody looks forward to a trip to the dentist, but one loving golden retriever at a Chicago dental clinic is helping kids overcome their fears in the dentist’s chair. JoJo is a 6-year-old comfort dog who helps out human and dental assistant…
We all know that yawning is contagious — but there’s more to it than that. It turns out that whether and how likely you are to ‘catch’ yawning reveals something huge about your personality… It turns out that the more psychopathic…
No, it’s not an April Fools — Polish brewery Order of Yoni is currently raising money to make the world’s first craft beer containing vaginal lactic acid (freshly swabbed from a model, no less). The beer, Bottled Instinct, contains “femininity” and…
Are you an iPhone owner? Do you struggle with your iPhone storage (or lack thereof)? Well, stress no more because here’s a clever trick that will free up tons of space — without deleting any of your beloved data. Thanks to one clever…
Preschoolers collect all manner of weird and wonderful objects during the course of the day — and these items, stuffed into their little pockets, are the subject of San Francisco photographer Melissa Kaseman’s sweet photo series entitled “Preschool Pocket Treasures”. In it,…
There’s (yet) another brain teaser sweeping the Internet, but this one — thought to be from an old children’s magazine — is proving almost impossible to work out. Here’s the image you’re given: Now you just need to answer these…
A recent study from University of Michigan suggests that the militant grammarians angered by rogue apostrophes and missing commas are basically, er, jerks. Linguists from the university published a study arguing that so-called “grammar Nazis” are usually disagreeable and introverted by nature.…
A tree surgeon airlifted to hospital after a nasty fall was in for a royal surprise when he discovered that none other than Prince William was flying him to safety. Jim Schrembi, 37, was knocked unconscious after falling from a tree…
A 9-year-old super-athlete has just crushed a Navy SEAL-designed extreme obstacle course created to test the limits of the fittest adults. Milla Star Bizzoto, 9, completed the BattleFrog 24hour Xtreme race, tackling a 5-mile course with 25 obstacles and a…
We love a good life hack — particularly when it involves using something that seemingly has no use at all, like silica bags. These little bags of beads that are found when you buy shoes, handbags, and electronic items are…
When Dalton Ross left his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to study abroad at Belmont University in London, UK, he knew his mom would miss him, so he decided to do something about it. He sent his mom Susan Talley a life-sized…
Getting water stains on your beautiful wood table is annoying to say the least. But there is a bizarre and cheap solution to this problem that doesn’t involve the use of chemicals. Just use mayonnaise. That’s right. In the program “Home Made…
If you were a dog, you wouldn’t want to leave the park either. Who would exchange those huge spaces for the tiny confines of indoor life? Not this clever pooch. He came up with an ingenious way to stay in the…
You just know when it’s time to settle down and have a family. And so it was with Austin-based comedians and best friends MK Paulsen and Ella Gale, who decided that it was time to take the next step and have a baby…