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English professor explains why happy, successful people have one thing in common: true literacy

Evan Porter – 6/11/2026

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Need your cash to stretch further in this economy? Try feng shui.

Patrick Hamilton – 6/11/2026

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Texas math teacher goes viral for his lesson about when and when not to call something ‘gay’

This kind of lesson could change a child’s life.

Cecily Knobler – 6/11/2026

13-word ‘Scottish-American travel dictionary’ helps prevent embarrassing miscommunication

Most people are bad with names. Here’s the trick to make sure they remember yours.

Europeans visiting America for the World Cup have the best reactions to trying Taco Bell and Waffle House

San Diego woman rescues dog and is shocked when she hears Spanish for the first time

How Benjamin Franklin stopped colonial money counterfeiters with ahead-of-his-time science

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Every year, people cram into a library in Maine to see a single page being turned

Heather Wake – 6/16/2026

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World Cup visitors are reminding Americans who we truly are, in the best way

Annie Reneau – 6/16/2026

An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts – 5/11/2026

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Golden retriever drags owner into a lottery shop, picks a winning ticket with its teeth

Adam Albright-Hanna – 6/16/2026

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Kitten named Duck learns to run on two legs and she looks like an adorable velociraptor

Kitten named Duck learns to run on two legs and she looks like an adorable velociraptor

It hasn’t slowed her down one bit.

Jacalyn Wetzel & Upworthy Staff – 05/08/26

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Air baths and North-facing sleep: Strange rituals of some of history’s greatest geniuses

Poet Friedrich Schiller kept rotting apples in his desk to stimulate creativity.

Evan Porter – 6/16/2026

Help for a desperate mom who couldn’t find size 23 shoes for her teenage son

Mom writes tough letter to rebellious, ‘independent’ 13-year-old son and gets unexpected response

A panicked mom lost her son on a cruise ship. She found him tearing it up on the karaoke stage.

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Korean mom has a perfect response to the teacher who called her son’s lunches ‘disgusting’

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What it’s really like to move into a retirement community

Emily Shiffer & Upworthy Staff – 6/16/2026

An Operation Smile volunteer reverses an oxygen mask so a child with a cleft condition can blow a bubble for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Operation Smile Photos)

How Bubbles Help Kids with Cleft Conditions

Sarah Watts – 5/11/2026

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A lost 1787 letter shows George Washington short on cash months before the Convention

Adam Albright-Hanna – 6/16/2026

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7 legit, expert-backed reasons to count travel as a healthy habit

Annie Reneau – 6/16/2026

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Rockstar Alice Cooper left his credit card in an Arizona gas station. A camper returned it to him.

Emily Shiffer – 6/16/2026

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