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Pop Culture

When a 911 operator got a call for a ‘large pizza’ he quickly realized a woman was in trouble

What looked like a prank, was really an emergency.

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff –
Carissa Codel, internet trolls, body shaming, newscaster, Missouri news reporter
Pop Culture

A Missouri newscaster trolls her trolls by reading their comments aloud in her ‘news voice’

Macy Gillliam, handmade sweater, knitting
Culture

Woman spends 4 months making a fleece sweater from scratch to teach others about ‘slow’ clothing

OK, linguistics, Boston, history, language
Culture

A Boston newspaper editor made a dumb joke in 1839. It became the world’s most popular word.

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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
pixel street art of Indiana Jones, Superman, and Jaws
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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Culture

12 times people completely misunderstood what an acronym or emoji actually means

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 8/20/2026
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Pop Culture

Paul McCartney reveals the 10 songs that are the ‘soundtrack to his life’

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 8/19/2026
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Pop Culture

Drug-free sprinter wins ‘Enhanced Games’ and delivers a message to anyone looking for a shortcut

Evan Porter & Upworthy Staff – 8/19/2026
Niu Lai, pop culture, China
Culture

Mother and son in China create a ‘terrible’ animated cow movie that’s an unexpected box office hit

Heather Wake – 8/19/2026
Harry Potter, Dobby, Wales, fandom, energy
Pop Culture

‘Harry Potter’ fans got a $580 million power cable moved to spare Dobby’s grave. It ended up next to a real one.

Adam Albright-Hanna – 8/18/2026

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