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Throwing rice at weddings has a complicated history that goes back 2,000 years

Why we throw things at the people we love.

Kat Hong – 6/30/2026

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In 1969, the Monkees appeared on The Johnny Cash Show and played a stunning, original country song

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Granddaughter of ‘The Sound of Music’ star Debbie Turner plays the same Marta von Trapp role 61 years later

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After Matthew Perry died, the condolence calls revealed a side of him even his sister didn’t fully know

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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

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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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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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Conan O’Brien says he always flies commercial, for a surprisingly human reason

Evan Porter – 6/27/2026

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Distinguished 1930s count explains how to wear a monocle in a charming restored video

Tod Perry – 6/26/2026

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People share how this iconic, 5-year-old SNL Christmas sketch ‘changed’ their holidays forever

Evan Porter & Upworthy Staff – 6/25/2026

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How one woman made Vincent van Gogh, and the myth of the tortured artist, famous

Heather Wake – 6/25/2026

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Guitarist shares the medieval ‘death code’ hidden in Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’

Annie Reneau – 6/25/2026

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