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Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for five years in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report. This report started ten years ago and is funded by the United Nations. The rankings are based on opinion polls asking cit…

Animals just love to hide right where – technically – we can see them. Snakes are some of the best at this. Can you spot the snake in this photo? Spot the Snake in this Photo A student completing her P.H.d. studying various venomous snakes posted a photo to her twitter recently asking her followers…

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Children’s book illustrator Gregory Dudás (aka Dudolf) is back at it again with another brain teaser illustration. This one challenges you to find the tiny snowman hidden amongst the snowflakes and other snowman faces. Find the Tiny Snowman Hidden in This Picture This time Dudolf has drawn a fun blue, white, and green image filled…

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One woman wanted to help out a struggling delivery man with his financial difficulties. Not only did she help him, her act of kindness created a ripple effect throughout her community. A Struggling Delivery Man Jennifer Weiss of Plain City, Utah ordered her groceries online for someone to deliver. When the delivery truck arrived, she…

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One night while returning home from work, a young man refuses to give up his seat to a pregnant woman on the bus. He posted his story on the popular Reddit forum Am I the Asshole to get the internet’s opinion. (1) Young Man Refuses to Give Up His Seat …

In Western society, more than 90 percent of people marry by the time they’re fifty years old. Unfortunately, forty to fifty percent of marriages in the United States end in divorce. The divorce rate for second and third marriages is even higher [1]. This has led researchers who study marriages to look for signs that…

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Children’s book illustrator and brain-teasing artist Gergely Dudás, also known as The Dudolf, has created another seek-and-find puzzle to challenge your eyes and your brain. Can you find the mouse hidden among squirrels in his latest illustration? Find the Mouse Hidden Among Squirrels Dudás expertly included some bright color pops in this illustration to distract…

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Humans have used psychedelic drugs for thousands of years. Many ancient civilisations used them for spiritual or religious purposes, while today many people simply use them recreationally. There are, however, many cultures today that still use psychedelics for ceremonial reasons. One of these drugs is ayahuasca, which has been used by indigenous communities as a…

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Joe Mellen’s 1970 book, Bore Hole, is a memoir about how he came to drill a hole in his own skull. It is the story of how an Eton and Oxford-educated young man abandoned his future at his father’s firm of stockbrokers and joined the beatnik generation of the sixties. Bore Hole: A Memoir Joe…

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Do you believe that there could be one simple test to determine whether or not someone is a good person? One Twitter user does. He proposed “the shopping cart theory” that determines one’s character based on whether or not they put away their cart at t…

One of the hardest things any of us will ever have to go through is the loss of a loved one. Losing a parent can be particularly difficult because it’s hard to imagine going through life without them. Karen Schlaegel knows this first hand, She wrote the article “8 Things I Learned From Watching My…

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Making friends as adults is difficult. Finding genuine friends who have no ulterior motives is even harder. Knowing a fake friend from a genuine one is critical for your happiness and for preventing you from wasting time, energy, and emotion on someone…

Sarah Frei, 17, was driving with three friends when an intoxicated driver hit them on July 20. This accident completely changed the Utah teenager’s life. Frei had to get both legs amputated. Despite this, she became an inspiration to her community and …

Intricate riddles, puzzles, brainteasers, and other games that challenge your critical thinking skills are more helpful than you think. Games that are meant to make you think outside of the box help keep you stimulated and are actually good for brain health. Just by doing simple quizzes on yourself, your brain reinforces connections between brain cells. This…

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Some habits are really good to have- brushing your teeth, exercising regularly, and eating lots of fruits and vegetables all keep you healthy and feeling your best. Bad habits, however, are easy to form and hard to get rid of.  Some bad habits are…

Cats are elusive creatures. They can find places to curl up into where you wouldn’t find them for days if they didn’t want you to. Sometimes, however, they can even hide right out in plain sight. If you can find the cat in this picture, then you’ve got eyes sharper than most. Find the Cat…

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Sisters before misters and Girl Power are not just catchy phrases that women made up out of nowhere – they were created out of women’s legitimate need for other women. Today we have actual science to show that women need a tribe, or sisterhood, f…

Sometimes to get a job done you just have to do it yourself. That’s exactly what this Toronto man did when his community garden was in desperate need of a staircase. Now, the city has threatened to tear it down. Toronto Man Builds Staircase in Park Adi…

Sometimes people just need to be given a chance. When this store manager gave a job to a homeless woman living in her store’s parking lot, that’s exactly what she did. It proved to be one of the best hiring decisions she ever made. Manager Gives Job to…

The pandemic has affected the world in many ways, namely the high number of layoffs. It’s difficult to find a new job. There’s a lot of handing out resumes, cold calling, and hoping to land an interview. Sometimes, applicants won’t receive a response s…

Farmers are icons of hard work. They have to be. They have to endure everything nature could throw at them. Infestations to droughts to storms to injuries to broken equipment, and every way possible way things could go wrong seem fixed on try…

After the death of his wife, 75-year-old Tony Williams found himself very alone. Desperate for someone to talk to, he put up a poster asking for friends his window as a last-ditch effort. This is his story. Unbearable Silence Tony’s wife Joe, also 75 y…