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Actor Christian Bale helps build foster ‘village’ to keep siblings in foster care together

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Canadian comedian offers Americans a gentle invitation to ‘be friends again’

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National Teacher of the Year has a brilliant plan to recruit more young teachers: Invite them

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Millennials hilariously dissect why they made ‘duckface’ a thing in early 2000s photos

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A juice company dumped orange peels in a national park. This is what it looks like today.

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Want to communicate better? Try these casual-but-deep questions that ‘super communicators’ use

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A family won $54M in the lottery, then quietly paid their town’s school lunch bill for 16 years

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Woman explains why the 1800s terms ‘quarterback’ and ‘halfback’ in football make no sense today

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The nostalgic reason some quarters were painted red in the 1960s

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Seattle teachers wanted to strike despite 6-figure salaries. Parents had their backs.

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From food deserts to oral cancer, these high school students are designing solutions for the planet’s toughest challenges.

Sarah Watts – 9/11/2026
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Generation Jones explains how their childhood memories differ from Gen X

Emily Shiffer & Upworthy Staff – 9/15/2026

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How to stop waking up each night at 3 or 4 in the morning

The good news is that there are ways to get back to sleep and stop the downward anxiety spiral.

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 09/15/26

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There’s a fascinating reason European chocolate tastes better than the American version

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People shared what they loved about their childhood home. An overwhelming number said trees.

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A single mom owed her divorce attorney $3,404. The attorney’s reply left her in tears.

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2 years after his death, 10 Richard Simmons fans recall their unforgettable encounters with him

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Woman brings her Italian husband back-to-school shopping and his jaw drops at her list

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Why elbows on the dinner table is rude and other seemingly nonsensical etiquette rules

Placing your fork and knife one way means you’re done but another way means you hate the food?

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Communication expert reveals the two-word phrase to turn any negative interaction into a positive

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People agree these 10 behaviors seem like signs of intelligence, but really aren’t

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Sweet Golden Retriever runs into his vet at a bar and absolutely loses it

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A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh

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