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Pop Culture

13 everyday idioms that make zero sense until you know where they come from

Sweating like a pig? Pigs don’t sweat!

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Pop Culture

Woman calls out Champion for ill-placed pleat on new sweatpants and people are cackling

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Pop Culture

In 1990, LGBTQ protesters interrupted Arsenio Hall. His response was years ahead of its time.

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Pop Culture

Amy Poehler’s humble response to Sandra Bullock’s compliment is a practical lesson on accepting compliments

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

Supermom tackles peeping Tom she caught spying on her daughter

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 9/16/2026
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Pop Culture

Wil Wheaton’s locker room story is a perfect example of why homophobic jokes are a problem

Heather Wake & Upworthy Staff – 9/16/2026
Flash Shelton, squatters rights, property law, Squatter Hunter, real estate loopholes
Pop Culture

Man finds genius loophole to beat squatters at their own game. Homeowners say he’s a hero.

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 9/16/2026
Christian Bale, Together California, foster care, nonprofit work
Pop Culture

Christian Bale worked for nearly 2 decades to open a ‘foster-care village.’ Last week, it finally happened.

Cecily Knobler – 9/15/2026
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Julie Andrews said she literally could “feel the evil” when visiting the Von Trapp house

Heidi Lux & Upworthy Staff – 9/14/2026

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