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Jesse Olson

Memorable Interview Moments of Twitter Users That Left Us Speechless

For one reason or another, job interviews are at the forefront of many people’s minds at the moment, and as we all know too well, job hunting can be overwhelming, intimidating, and discouraging for many. Like many people in our modern age, Twitter user Amy Brown took to the internet to find solace and sympathy. She asked fellow Twitter users to share their weird, funny, and [...]

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Men Share Double Standards That Women Don’t Necessarily Notice

Our society is full of stereotypes, assumptions, and double standards that many take for granted without even realizing it. It’s always important to question our assumptions and the ways of the world, however, because that’s how change happens. One Reddit thread recently prompted people to examine their assumptions about the world we live in by asking a simple question, “What’s [...]

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Close Encounters People Witnessed Over the Years

Who doesn't love gazing up at the night sky and fantasizing about what else is out there? It's a time-honored tradition, and for nearly just as long, humans have seen things that don't seem to belong. So what exactly are these Unidentified Flying Objects? A jag of human imagination, an optical illusion, or possibly something more? Our universe is enormous, more extensive than [...]

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These Mind-Boggling Facts Made Us Feel Smarter

Mind-blowing facts are just that: facts that make you go "whoa" or crack an uncontrollable smile. Of course, there's not much you can do with these facts, but they may come in handy on your next pub quiz or trivia night with your friends or even just as a conversation catalyst around the dinner table. And hey, you might also learn something about yourself or the world that we [...]

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“Didn’t Even Make It in the Door”: People Share the Reasons They Quit Their Jobs on the First Day

Your first day at a new job always comes with a mixture of nervousness and excitement – filling out paperwork, beginning your training, meeting your coworkers, and getting a glimpse of what life will be like for the foreseeable future. The last thing you’re expecting is for your first day to also be your last, but it’s more common than you think. A recent thread on Reddit had [...]

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Cleaning Gadgets FTW

Do you scrub every last inch of your home with a sponge or are you normal? Okay, we know that the research out there that says that if your space is clean you’re more productive and all-around more on top of things in general, but sometimes cleaning just isn’t how we want to spend our day. But on the other hand, nothing beats a home that’s just been cleaned; windows cracked if [...]

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Love Plants and Science? Consider These Careers!

If you love plants, and you know, you’re actually good with them and don’t have a black thumb like we do and kill even plants described as “impossible to kill”, then you may be tossing around the idea of working with plants every day. While this may seem too good to be true, it’s not! In fact, we’ve come up with a list of careers you should consider if you love plants more than [...]

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If You’ve Ever Caught Yourself Scrolling TikTok for Hours on End, This is Why

Remember back in the day when Vine was the new thing and for the first time ever, videos were a mere six seconds long and in that short time, they got right to the point? We thought life couldn’t get any better. If you weren’t born yet or weren’t quite the internet savvy human you are today, Vine was a social network platform that allowed users to upload six-second videos that [...]

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Virtual Reality is Here to Stay

Virtual Reality (VR) is no longer the novel technology that captivated a young generation ready to try out a new gaming experience. It has evolved into a personal entertainment system, a draw for bars looking to expand their customer base, and if recent news is any reference, a form of business communication. Virtual Reality submerges you into a virtual world via a headset with [...]

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How Does an Air Purifier Work?

If you’ve listened to science within the last 30 years you know the world is considerably dirtier than what you can see on the surface. Solutions to this disturbing reality have been developed that do things like clean your entire phone in 30 seconds or filter the tap water to ensure healthy drinking, but there’s one device that has just recently made headlines… the air [...]

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Is VR Finally Going Mainstream?

The history of VR until very recently is a slow one. VR was first conceived in 1935 in the story Pygmalion’s Spectacles. In 1968, the first head-mounted VR headset was created. Still, it wasn't until 1987 that the term Virtual Reality was even coined. In the 90s, Nintendo released Virtual Boy. If you've never heard of it, you aren’t alone. It wasn’t what you would call a [...]

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Travel to Mars

The privatization of the space industry has opened up a world of possibilities for space travel. We are seeing billionaires lead the charge into the great unknown. The most obvious and popular example is the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, who's even said he would like to retire on Mars. For the first time in human history, a mission of such caliber might not be far off. That said, [...]

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Times When Celebrity Social Media Comments Left Us Speechless

Social media, and Twitter, in particular, can be a lot of fun, especially when celebrities get involved. It’s where they show their true colors and we get to see their personalities best (or worst), rather than the usual professional face they put on for the media. In order to survive in the entertainment industry, you must have some self-humor, and Twitter allows us to see [...]

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Our Bodies Are Wonderfully Weird and Here’s Why

The human body is pretty rad and it can do a lot of really cool things. But we’re here to get weird, so let’s talk about some of the more interesting things our bodies can do.  When your body experiences extreme starvation, there are chances that your brain will start to eat itself.  You can pinch a weenus as hard as you want. A weenus is that extra skin on [...]

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The Curious Emergency Room Visit and Death of Gloria Ramirez

Does anyone remember watching the hit 1990s Snick show, ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ And at the beginning of every episode, they would introduce their spooky story and say, “submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society…”? Well, we’re kind of having one of those moments right now because today we’re going to tell you about the curious emergency room visit and death of [...]

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Just A Few of the Most Bizarre Medical Treatments in History

It’s officially the holiday season which means cold and flu season is in full swing. Luckily when the sniffles hit we can head to the drugstore for some over-the-counter meds or make an appointment with our doctor that will prescribe us just what we need and not merely a diet of boiled carrots, a milk transfusion, or, you know, arsenic.  Boiled Carrots  It was the [...]

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Not a Morning Person? These Alarm Clocks Will Fix That

Not only are these alarm clocks super cool, and a little chaotic, but these are ideal for those of you, ourselves included, that absolutely cannot wake up in the mornings. These would also make a great gift for the person who is always late. For everything. All of the time. Let’s get started.  Under Pillow Vibrating Alarm Clock  All you have to do is slide this [...]

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Want to Guarantee You’re Going to Have the Best Day? Here is How to Make That Happen According to Science

Have you ever woken up and not even 15 minutes into your day you can already gauge that it’s just going to be one of those days? Well, science is here to save the day. Not just the one day, but all of the days. We have some daily routine tips from the experts that will improve your daily life. Let’s get started!  Hit the Showers  But not too often. While a hot [...]

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The Science Behind Comfort Foods

Is there anything truly better than a hot bowl of chicken and noodles on a cold winter evening? The kind that are thick and hearty and the broth is perfectly seasoned and they’re so good you’re left with no other option but to scoop up any and all remaining broth with a piece of hot bread. Or maybe you’re more of a sweets person and you can’t think of anything better at the end [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Recycling

Recycling is a great way to reduce pollution, energy consumption, and waste in landfills. And while a lot of us probably want to recycle, we just lack the know-how to get everything going. But those days are over because we’ve got an easy guide you can follow to start recycling at home. From here, the possibilities are endless, once you get the hang of recycling, then you can [...]

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Not Quite ‘Eureka!’ Moments: 7 Wacky Patents

If we all thought long and hard enough about a problem that needed to be solved, we could probably come up with some kind of invention. Now, we aren’t saying this invention would be a GOOD invention, nor would we probably pursue a patent, but we could come up with something silly at best. The difference between us and the following patents is that we know not to pursue one [...]

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This is Your Mind and Body on Scary Movies

What’s your favorite scary movie? Are you a jump-scare kind of person or do you need to know that the horrific events were based on actual happenings? To be honest, we aren’t picky. Nor do we ever turn down the opportunity to turn off all the lights and cozy up with a big bowl of popcorn and get the you-know-what scared out of us. What we didn’t know is that there are actually [...]

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Gadgets? Home Decor? Home Decor Gadgets? Yes.

For some, updating their home looks like buying new rugs or new lamps, but for others, updating their home means making it look like it’s from 2032 by way of, you guessed it, gadgets. If you simply can’t choose between the two because you’re a sucker for a gadget that makes life easier but you love an antique lamp as much as the next person, then stick with us, because today [...]

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Gadgets For the Not So Gadget Savvy

We’ll just get right to it: do you or does someone you know still rock a flip phone? If you answered yes to either or both of these questions, then you or someone you know is probably not so tech-savvy and that’s okay. Today is all about you as we look at gifts for those of you that refuse to embrace new technology. Let’s get started!  Wooden Docking Station Are you [...]

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Good Morning, Sunshine! Here are Some Gadgets That Will Make the A.M More Tolerable

If you’re a morning person, good for you. But for a lot of us, the mornings are… difficult… to say the least. But luckily people much smarter than us also struggle with mornings and they’ve created gadgets that will give the rest of us a fighting chance at a good day. Because a good day starts with a good morning.  An Alarm Clock That Brews a Cup of Joe For [...]

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Dreams Be Dreams: Things Scientists Do and Do Not Know About Our Dreams

We aren’t going to waste a lot of time here because we aren’t sure about you, but we find dreams fascinating. In fact, most of our search history consists of us looking up our dreams trying to figure out what it all means. With that being said, today we’re getting schooled on some strange and unusual facts about our dreams. Let’s get into it!  (image via: new [...]

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An Inside Look at People’s Strange and Unique Collections

Did you ever collect something when you were younger? Many kids love to collect rocks, marbles, or trading cards. However, just because you grow up doesn’t mean you need to give up your collecting hobby! It may remain the same collection throughout your life, or you may mature into a different, more adult collection of items. People have all sorts of interests, which can be [...]

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Gadgets for All of You Roadtrippers Out There

We like to think of spring and summer as road trip season. Not that you can't go on road trips during the fall and winter, there is just something extra special about hitting the open road with the warm sun shining down on you and the windows down. So fasten your seatbelts as we take a look at a few gadgets that will make your next road trip all the more enjoyable. Let’s get [...]

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How Disney Parks Play With Our Minds

Have you ever been strolling around Disneyland and all of a sudden thought, “it’s a little warm today, I’m going to hop in this nice cool shop for a few minutes,” or out of nowhere decided you need a churro or else you may lose your mind? Well, Disneyland is magical in a lot of ways, and one of those ways is how well they control pretty much every facet of their park, including [...]

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Gadgets for Teachers

If you have teacher friends or happen to be a teacher yourself, then we know they (or you!) are overworked, stressed out, and just plain tired. So we’ve put together a small list of gadgets that may make some things a little easier. So whether you’re on the lookout for a teacher grad gift or looking for a way to treat yourself, we’ve got you covered! And hey, in case no one’s [...]

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4 Out Of 5 Dentists Agree That Teeth Are Weird

We can’t really explain why, but even before we knew all of these strange and unusual facts, we were weirdly fascinated by teeth. But when you stop to think about how they’re just these exposed bones that we have to keep clean and make sure we don’t break because they won’t grow back. After, you know, falling out initially, then growing back. As we said, we can’t really explain [...]

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Octopuses are Bizarre, and We Can Prove It

We aren’t entirely sure what it is about sea life that gets us, especially the bizarre, mysterious, and somewhat creepy creature known as the octopus. Sure, the octopus was portrayed adorably in Finding Nemo, but real-life octopuses aren’t so precious. Now, most of us know that octopuses have eight arms (not tentacles!), but there are so many more strange facts about this [...]

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Y2K Tech Trends We Were Obsessed With

The early 2000’s feel like they were quite literally just yesterday. And while we’ve never claimed to be mathematicians, the fact that 2002 was a solid TWENTY years ago still stops us in our tracks. Nevertheless, we thought it would be fun to look back on all of the technology we were fussing over at the time. So dig out whatever it was you were wearing in the early 2000s and [...]

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People Share Weird and Wonderful Things They Discovered on the Beach

Whether you're a summer person or a winter person, I think we can all agree that one of the best things about summer is going to the beach. Even if you don't like getting in the water or swimming, just lying on the beach can be a great way to pass the time. You never know what you might stumble upon when going to the beach. The oceans are full of treasures that are sometimes [...]

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