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Eliana, Aurora, Luca, Malachi: The baby names that ruled 2025 and what to expect in 2026

Eliana, Aurora, Luca, Malachi: The baby names that ruled 2025 and what to expect in 2026
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Study pinpoints the exact two ages at which humans age the most dramatically

Study pinpoints the exact two ages at which humans age the most dramatically
04.11.2025 4

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Woman's cat sings duets with her, which sounds totally fake until you hear him 'sing'

Woman's cat sings duets with her, which sounds totally fake until you hear him 'sing'
04.11.2025 2

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Canadian professor teaches biochemistry concepts through brilliant pop song parodies

Canadian professor teaches biochemistry concepts through brilliant pop song parodies
01.11.2025 7

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Maine school takes new approach to detention, sending misbehaving students on a 3-mile-hike

Maine school takes new approach to detention, sending misbehaving students on a 3-mile-hike
01.11.2025 4

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We asked people what social rule they'd enforce during flights. One sweet answer dominated.

We asked people what social rule they'd enforce during flights. One sweet answer dominated.
31.10.2025 4

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Many Gen X women were encouraged to be stay-at-home moms. Now, they say they were lied to.

Many Gen X women were encouraged to be stay-at-home moms. Now, they say they were lied to.
31.10.2025 2

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7 fun facts about Alan Rickman's role in 'Die Hard' that made him an instant icon

7 fun facts about Alan Rickman's role in 'Die Hard' that made him an instant icon
31.10.2025 3

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American shares his 9 realizations about the U.S. after 13 years abroad and it's eye-opening

American shares his 9 realizations about the U.S. after 13 years abroad and it's eye-opening
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Gen Xers and Boomers share ‘grimy’ parts of the 70s they were happy to leave behind

Gen Xers and Boomers share ‘grimy’ parts of the 70s they were happy to leave behind
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Heartbroken dad shares why he didn't tell his autistic daughter it was her 10th birthday

Heartbroken dad shares why he didn't tell his autistic daughter it was her 10th birthday
27.10.2025 2

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Woman shares 'weird' things her family did growing up. Now everyone wants her parents.

06.10.2025 3

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Veterinarian shares 7 signs a cat loves you, even if it seems like they couldn't care less

03.10.2025 3

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There are 3 central types of empathy and we all need to understand them much better

19.09.2025 10

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Popular pet rescue advocate explains why she supports 'kill shelters' and it's eye-opening

20.08.2025 6

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What enjoying solitude says about your personality (and it's not that you hate people)

05.08.2025 3

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Why do we eat chicken eggs, duck eggs, and quail eggs, but not turkey eggs?

21.07.2025 5

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Best friends, 88 and 92, experience Disneyland for the first time and their joy is contagious

18.07.2025 10

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She asked her 3rd graders to design custom Squishmallows. Then she brought each one to life.

14.07.2025 5

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Dad shares an 'Amazon product review' of his newborn baby and it's parody perfection

23.06.2025 5

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Family teaches their rats to drive tiny electric cars because, oddly, it's good for them

17.06.2025 10

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Appalachian banjoists and Chinese dulcimer player create the coolest musical mashup ever

10.06.2025 10

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Gen Xers and boomers discuss the pros and cons of life before cell phones

23.05.2025 10

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Severely traumatized dog has breakthrough 13 days into foster care and everyone's bawling

15.05.2025 30

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Writer shares delightful quotes from his 'mum' from before she died, and people are in love

01.05.2025 8

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Inside a Dutch 'dementia village,' where the whole neighborhood is designed for memory loss

26.04.2025 20

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Chef shares 100 life-changing cooking hacks he learned from working in restaurants

14.04.2025 10

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Psychologist shares the 3 things to say first when your child is upset about something

11.04.2025 3

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Historian uses the Lord's Prayer to demonstrate how different medieval English sounded

08.04.2025 3

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Guests at a Finland Airbnb surprised the host when they saw he was alone on his birthday

02.04.2025 6

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Good news: Our pessimism about other people doesn't line up with reality

31.03.2025 3

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People share subtle, tell-tale signs that someone's genuinely a good person

29.03.2025 2

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The actual border between the U.S. and Canada is much stranger than people realize

28.03.2025 6

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James Van Der Beek's realization about his identity after cancer has people pondering

12.03.2025 9

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Young dad tearfully seeks advice on going from one child to two and gets the best advice

04.03.2025 3

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A woman drew a hopscotch-with-a-twist on her sidewalk and captured people's childlike joy

28.02.2025 3

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From eagles to cheetahs to porcupines: 7 animals that sound nothing like people expect

The shriek of a bald eagle is a sound we're all used to hearing in TV and movies. In fact, it's so distinctive that you can probably hear it in...

24.02.2025 10

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'Girl, I get it': Opossum devours a whole tuxedo cake from Costco and people totally relate

21.02.2025 20

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98-year-old Auschwitz survivor is using TikTok to share her story with young people

05.02.2025 5

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London man finds a mysterious egg, incubates it, and launches a Pixar-worthy journey of love

23.01.2025 10

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Man finds a mysterious egg in London, incubates it, and launches a Pixar-worthy journey of love

23.01.2025 20

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Permaculture expert shares how he transformed his average yard into a 'food paradise'

10.01.2025 10

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High school teacher describes her day in viral video with a plea to give educators grace

Teachers are heroes under normal circumstances. During a pandemic that has upended life as we know it, they are honest-to-goodness, bona fide...

08.01.2025 2

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'Forgotten' water harvesting system transforms 'barren wasteland' into thriving farmland

When the Great Green Wall initiative began in 2007, it was just a vision of a big, beautiful wall of greenery spanning the width of Africa to keep...

06.01.2025 10

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'I'm not abusing my dog.' Husky owners make light of having to field concerns every winter.

If you see a dog being left out in the cold and snow all day and all night, it might naturally raise some red flags and make you wonder if the...

02.01.2025 8

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Pentatonix nailing the national anthem in perfect 5-part harmony is a must-watch

"The Star-Spangled Banner," better known as the American national anthem, is one of the most notoriously difficult songs to sing, and there's no...

27.12.2024 4

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Guy shares a simple, 2-minute solution to friendship distancing, calls it 'game-changing'

One of the realities of adulthood is that friendships morph and change, even if we don't want them to. As friends who were once close embark on...

20.12.2024 20

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Thousands of people explained why they're not afraid of dying. Here are their top reasons.

Most of us are at least a little bit afraid of dying, or at least not exactly excited about the idea. Self-preservation is a natural instinct,...

18.12.2024 8

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German holiday ad depicting two girls separated by invisible barriers hits home

Most advertisements are purposefully obnoxious or annoying in some way, designed to grab our attention in order to sell us a good or service. But...

10.12.2024 3

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Emma Thompson explains what made the bedroom scene in “Love Actually” so heart wrenching

It's been over 20 years since Alan Rickman broke Emma Thompson's heart by buying that little office tart a necklace in "Love Actually," and some of...

05.12.2024 3

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