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Photo credit: Canva – Movies and TV shows always have gorgeous displays of food that never get eaten. Except for one type of food.

Movies, Pop Culture, Popular

Visual arts professor perfectly explains why actors in movies are always eating toast

Evan Porter

1/25/2026
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Culture, Generations

Your next favorite podcast is about humor, hope, and immigration.

Sarah Watts

4/13/2026
Community, Joy, Popular

Woman told her coworkers she was taking a mental health day. Her boss responded immediately.

Upworthy Staff

12/4/2025
Culture, Joy, Uncategorized

Female doctors share ‘inappropriate’ bikini pics after research paper calls them unprofessional

Tod Perry

8/21/2025
Photo credit: Canva Photos – Nosy neighbor complains about sidewalk chalk drawing and gets a big surprise.

Family, Motherhood

Clever mom had a perfect rebuttal for a neighbor’s complaint about her kid’s sidewalk chalk

Tod Perry

8/13/2025
Photo credit: via Mike McLoughlin/Twitter – Mike McLoughlan realized something very important about his dishwasher.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Man’s seemingly obvious ‘dishwasher hack’ is frying everyone’s brain

Tod Perry

8/4/2025
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Culture, Education & Information, Family, Popular

One person has crowdsourced the very best life advice from over 20 million people online

Heather Wake

1/10/2025
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Culture, Popular

A gynecologist asked people what they would change about their visit. Thousands responded.

Heather Wake

12/23/2024
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Family, Kids, Parenting, Popular

There’s a big conversation happening over whether parents should have sex when their kids are home

Evan Porter

8/30/2024
Photo credit: Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash – Kids share their wisdom and we can all relate.

Family, Kids, Popular

Mantras to help get you through life, created by 6-year-olds

Heather Wake

8/2/2024
Photo credit: @jacfalcon/X – The "rats with wings" nickname needs to stop. We should probably examine our perception of rats too, while we're at it.

Animals, Popular, Science

Viral post reminds us why we need to change our attitudes towards pigeons

Heather Wake

4/14/2024
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Nature, Planet, Popular, Videos

Once a year, capybaras at this Japanese zoo are treated to a fully immersive spa day

Heather Wake

12/22/2021
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Culture, Videos

Taye Diggs’ TikTok is chaotic comedy gold, just ask the internet

Heather Wake

12/16/2021
Photo credit: Photo by Petra Bouchalová on Unsplash – Everything you wanted to know about hippos but were too afraid to ask.

Nature

Ever wondered how a hippo gets its teeth cleaned? It’s even cuter than you might think.

Heather Wake

12/15/2021