Watching your favorite television shows with your family can be an awesome part of growing up. Lots of people have fond memories of watching shows in the 90s alongside their siblings or parents, eating snacks and laughing. It’s a priceless, amazing experience. Alas, we all grow up, get older and begin making new memories… And…
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Every year Reddit.com does a record breaking Secret Santa gift exchange. Last year in 2012, over 44,000 people across 130 countries came together to break the world record for the largest Secret Santa ever. What’s awesome is that this year they managed to TRIPLE those numbers. This year redditor crespokid got sickgnasty in the exchange, and decided to have some real…
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Famous quotes are an amazing way to summarize your own feelings and inspire you (and others). I use them as often as I can… as long as I’m not using them the wrong way. Have you ever had one of those moments when you accidentally attribute a famous quote to the wrong person? Don’t worry, it happens…
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“Can’t see the forest for the trees” is an idiom that means you miss the importance of a situation because you’re too busy focusing on the details. We’ve all been there. Sometimes, though, missing the big picture can have hilarious results… Take these movie marquees for example. Most likely, the employees who threw up the titles had…
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When the Capuchin monastery of Palermo, Italy outgrew its cemetery in the 16th century, they began to dig crypts below the earth’s surface to keep their dead. Originally, the crypts were meant to be for deceased monks only, but it wasn’t long before other Palermo residents wanted in. Like the monks buried before them, they…
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Breaking up is never easy. It’s very rare that it happens without anyone getting hurt (emotionally and sometimes physically). So what do you do when you can’t escape the wreckage of the failed relationship strewn all around you? Well that’s an easy one. You just sell it on Craigslist. The shared bed, the couch, even the…
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Veterans risk their lives to protect our freedoms and should be treated with respect, but this soldier was insulted for the silliest of reasons. An 88 year-old World War II veteran named Kenneth Knudson was thrown in jail for a crime so ridiculous, he is finally speaking out. Kenneth owns a jewelry store in Horton,…
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These underground tunnels left over from the Vietnam war are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Cu Chi suburban district of Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly named Saigon). The Cu Chi tunnels form a part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country.…
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Modern medicine may be the closest thing we have to actual magic. As doctors continue to find treatments that inflict the less pain, our lifespans will continue to increase (unless pharmaceutical companies keep jacking up the price). It’s easy to forget though that there was a reason why people were afraid to go to the doctor…
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“Suspension of disbelief” is a term that means you need to let go of your logic and reason to truly enjoy something. Usually it’s associated with theater or films, but there are times when letting go of your strict rationality will help you accept some strange things in life. There will be times when you…
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