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Culture expert reveals historic reason why so many women in old movies got tied to railroad tracks

It dates back further than you think.

Heather Wake – 8/10/2026

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Newly resurfaced clip of AC/DC singer Brian Johnson singing a Hoover vacuum TV jingle is somehow perfect

Technology, Cybersecurity, Music, Hardware, Weird News

Janet Jackson’s unique song made so many laptops crash that it became a cybersecurity case

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2 days after The Beatles dropped Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix played a raucous cover of the title song

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Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025

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Legendary 2000s pop punk band fights the ticket monopoly with throwback ‘house party’ tour

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025

pixel street art of Indiana Jones, Superman, and Jaws

Artist makes everyday spaces magical by cleverly adding pixelated, old-school pop-culture icons

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025

gen z slang, millennial slang, generational humor, high school, teachers

High school teacher gives his students a pop quiz on 90s slang words and it was ‘on fleek’

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025

Steve Miller Band, Chappell Roan, nonce words, songs, lyrics

5 ‘nonce’ words that were completely ‘made up’ for songs and used like they’re real

Cecily Knobler – 8/6/2026

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Cleveland renters make epic music video documenting a wild dispute with their landlord

Evan Porter – 8/6/2026

Meghan McCain, body shaming, aging, beauty standards

Meghan McCain has powerfully down-to-earth response to being called ‘old and ugly’

Jacalyn Wetzel – 8/6/2026

tenants rights, petty revenge, art, rental housing, community

They evicted her after 40 years to claim her hand-painted murals. Her parting gift was perfect.

Adam Albright-Hanna & Upworthy Staff – 8/6/2026

Dwayne Johnson, fatherhood, parenting, newborn, kangaroo care

The Rock hadn’t thought about her in decades. A mentalist said her name in under a minute.

Adam Albright-Hanna – 8/5/2026

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