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Photo credit: Spin Master Corp & Wikimedia Commons Ms. Rachel and a poster for 'Oh! Susanna.'

Culture, Pop Culture

Ms. Rachel calls out 3 nursery rhymes she believes should be ‘retired’

Tod Perry

9/29/2026
Cindy and Michael featured in the “Don’t Wait. Reach Out.” campaign.

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Health, Mental Health

Veterans are trained to put everyone else first. What happens when they prioritize themselves?

Kylee Van Dillen

9/23/2026
Photo credit: Harald Krichel / WikiPortraits & CanvaTom Cruise surprised a woman he thought was having a bad day.

Culture, Pop Culture

‘Downcast’ kitchen staffer blown away to realize the man who checked in on her was Tom Cruise

Emily Shiffer

9/29/2026
Photo credit: en.m.wikipedia.org – Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.

Culture, Pop Culture

The one sign that someone is highly intelligent, according to literary genius Leo Tolstoy

Tod Perry

9/29/2026
Photo credit: Fandom.com – Macaulay Culkin and John Candy in 'Uncle Buck'

Culture, Pop Culture

Macaulay Culkin recalls John Candy flagging his dad’s ‘monster’ behavior before anyone else

Heather Wake

9/29/2026
Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coeur_de_Jésus_Sts-Gervais-Protais.jpg”>Châtillon/Wikimedia Commons & Oliver Ayala/Wikimedia CommonsThe Sacred Heart from Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris, France, and two cosplayers making heart hands at San Diego Comic Con in 2015.

Culture, Pop Culture

The heart shape doesn’t look like a heart. Here’s the odd story of how it took over.

Patrick Hamilton

9/28/2026
Photo credit: Pixar Animatioin Studios & Paolo V / Flickr Taylor Swift's song from 'Toy Story 5' is titled "I Knew It, I Knew You."

Culture, Pop Culture

Voice actor perfectly mimics 28 Disney characters singing Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’

Emily Shiffer

9/28/2026
Photo credit: U.K. Government/Wikimedia Commons – The U.K. government holding an AI Safety Summit.

Culture, Pop Culture

‘The AI Doc’ documentary on Netflix is horrifying, hopeful, and beautifully human

Annie Reneau

9/28/2026
Culture, Pop Culture

Awkward, grainy video of high school in 1989 is flooding Gen Xers with the happiest memories

Annie Reneau

9/27/2026
Photo credit: By Scott Kinmartin – CC BY 2.0 – Someone challenged Eminem to rhyme "silver," and he crushed the challenge without breaking a sweat.

Culture, Pop Culture

They said there’s no English rhyme for “silver.” Eminem just obliterated the challenge.

Evan Porter

9/27/2026
Photo credit: Deka Max/Youtube – A still from Ted Lasso, 'Follow the Anger.'

Culture, Pop Culture

Psychologist says Ted Lasso’s ‘Anger’ episode has a near-perfect depiction of emotional co-regulation

Heather Wake

9/27/2026
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr & Harald Krichel / WikiPortraits Alec Baldwin does a spot-on impression of Robert De Niro.

Culture, Pop Culture

Alec Baldwin performs a De Niro impression so good it truly shocks interviewer

Emily Shiffer

9/26/2026
Photo credit: Marcanadian, Come Up to my Room, Wikimedia Commons – A replica of Ferris Bueller's room from the film.

Culture, Pop Culture

The original cut of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ had two siblings edited out. Gen X now sees the clues.

Cecily Knobler

9/25/2026
Photo credit: shotbydave via Canva – Representative image of two farmers shaking hands.

Culture, Pop Culture

The IRS mistakenly sent a farmer $20,000 and penalized him for it. Then a country music star stepped in.

Adam Albright-Hanna

9/25/2026
Culture, Pop Culture

American orders Olive Garden-style chicken parm in Italy and the waiter’s response is perfect

Upworthy Staff

9/23/2026
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons & Lori Lieberman/YouTubeThe original 45 pressing of Killing Me Softly (With His Song) and Lori Lieberman performing the tack on the Mike Douglas Show.

Culture, Pop Culture

She wrote ‘Killing Me Softly’ on a napkin in 1971. It took decades for her to get the credit.

Patrick Hamilton

9/22/2026

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