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Pop Culture

Why didn’t people smile in old-timey photographs? Smiling meant something different back then.

Our perceptions of smiling have changed dramatically since the 1800s.

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff –
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Culture

Ethan Hawke beautifully explains why AI art can’t replace imperfect human creativity

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Pop Culture

Pop music’s most famous phone number now connects callers to a cancer support helpline

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Pop Culture

Comedian Jack Shep steals new ‘SNL UK’ scene with impeccable Princess Diana impression

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California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

Native wisdom and ancient rock paintings save the day.

Kat Hong – 09/25/25
California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing
Checking in on California's beaver project.

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Family

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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Music

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

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025
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Internet

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

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025
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Humor

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

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025
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Pop Culture

Brit shares the one-word ‘dead giveaway’ that American actors can’t do in an English accent

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 3/23/2026
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Pop Culture

One seemingly simple question stumped all three Final Jeopardy contestants in 1984

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 3/23/2026
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Culture

When an autistic 12-year-old showed up to back his mom in court, his reactions to her violations stopped the room

Adam Albright-Hanna – 3/21/2026
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Pop Culture

A dubbed-over spoof of the Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ video is comedic gold

Emily Shiffer – 3/20/2026
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Pop Culture

Fans boo after ‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant gets ‘unfair’ puzzle worth $1 million

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 3/20/2026

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