14 fact-checked things to make your pessimistic friends realize 2014 might not be a factory of awful

The always awesome John Green took a look at a bunch of fancy statistics that affect our world and decided to share with you 14 reasons why things don’t suck as much as we thought they did. At 1:48, there’s good news for my cancer-predisposed family. At 3:34, he makes the obvious point about good…

Nostalgia

The world’s oldest candy shop is located in the United Kingdom. Its bestselling sweets are old-school classics.

Education

A teacher was told he only works 9 months a year. So he did the math on his real hourly pay.

Culture

A rescuer found a girl’s hand buried in the avalanche. He held it for hours and told one lie.

Life Hacks

‘Hot mess’ mom shares the 3 lessons she internalized that helped her declutter her home by 90%