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Employers Share the Most Bizarre Questions They Ever Got from Job Applicants

At the end of most every interview, the employer will ask, “Do you have any questions for me?” This is where candidates gets to probe about the job, company, and management style. A Reddit user posed this question:  “Employers of Reddit, what’s the most memorable ‘Do you have any questions’ question you’ve received in an...

Can You Answer These 5 Basic High School Math Problems?

Chances are there was a time you could – or at least, you knew how for long enough to pass your test and keep your parents off your back. Now that some years have passed and you’ve got some real life experience under your belt, maybe you’re curious how you would fare if you found...

12 People Share Safety Tips They Think Everyone Should Know

You gotta be careful out there…because we live in a wild world! And we live in a dangerous world, too… And today we’re gonna get some quality safety tips from folks on AskReddit. Let’s see what they had to say! 1. Don’t do it. “Don’t put your feet on the dashboard if you’re riding shotgun....

10 Fun Facts for Savvy Folk

Okay, here’s the deal: you’re about to delve into a new set of wonderful, informative facts that are going to impress you. After you’re doing reading them, you’re going to sit back, exhale deeply, and say to yourself (or whoever you’re with)…”WOAH! I HAD NO IDEA.” You can start the process right now! 1. The...

These Baroque-Inspired Photographs Highlight the Badassness of Black Girl Hair

The husband and wife team behind CreativeSoul Photography are bringing attention to the amazing things that happen when black girls are allowed to wear and style their natural hair. In their series Afro Art, the photographer duo has taken inspiration from the Baroque period, and the resulting images have cast a spell on just about...

Almonds Are From Asia? — Learn Where The Food You’re Eating Actually Originated From

There’s no mistaking it and the evidence backs it up: our entire food system is completely global. But what might surprise you about the global food system is where crops that are eaten in different regions of the world actually originate. Most people don’t know that more than 69% of the crops that make up...

14 Parents Who Failed Despite A Good Honest Try

Parenting is about getting up and going at it another day, regardless of how good or bad of a day you had the day before. Most of us are trying as hard as we can, even when it doesn’t work out, and realize there’s nothing to do but roll with the punches. These 14 parents...

Wife Thinks She’s Right To Put A Romantic Trip Over A Family One

It can be hard for some people to accept changes in plans. There’s no doubt that expecting a certain vacation, even planning for it, only to have those plans get upended, is frustrating. That said, there are times when things like that cannot be avoided, and it’s nobody’s fault. OP and her husband have been...

9 Haunted Objects to Stay Away From

Humans aren’t the only things spirits attach themselves to. These possessed objects bring with them an uninvited guest. So if you’re feeling risky, and like you’re up to the challenge, take a chance and welcome these haunted treasures into your home. But don’t say we didn’t warn you. 1. Annabelle the Doll Allegedly, the doll...

Head Deep Underground to Check out Sterling Hill Mine’s Famous Fluorescent Rocks

Deep in a zinc mine in New Jersey, you can find rocks that glow… Or at least, that fluoresce. You’ll also find a museum holding a fascinating collection of these special stones. When an overhead black light is turned on, the flat, dull-seeming rocks turn into glowing, fluorescent objects of orange, pink and green, streaked...

How Do You Survive on Less Than 8 Hours of Sleep? Here’s What People Said.

How many hours of sleep do you require a night to be able to get your act together the next morning and seize the day? Eight? Ten? Fifteen? Okay, hopefully it’s not fifteen… But some people do just fine when they sleep less than the standard eight hours a night. Let’s hear from folks on...

Benham’s Disk Illusion Makes a Simple Black and White Pattern Turn Multi-Colored

Black and white are pretty straightforward until you see the colors on a Benham Disk. Then, it could be any color–green, yellow, blue, red or even violet. See what I mean in the video below: This disk has confounded people for over one hundred years. It’s a black and white disk of paper. How are...

This is the 25 Scariest Minutes of Network Television Ever

The Exorcist pretty much scarred America in 1973, so when ABC affiliates across the country began pushing the made-for-television movie Trilogy of Terror from the primetime slot to an 11:30 airing due to it being “too unsettling,” people were two things – curious and apprehensive. Trilogy of Terror featured three 30-minute shorts, each starring Oscar...

Ireland Will Plant 440 Million Trees to Help Fight Climate Change

There’s no denying that climate change is altering the world. Some of these changes we can anticipate, but others we are learning about in real time. And even though everyone who’s examined the evidence knows that climate change is occurring and that it is bad, some nations are sitting idly by and acting like their...