Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. It allows us to form deeper bonds with others and support one another through difficult times. In 2016, researchers from the University of Michigan wanted to figure out if certain countries tended to have more empathetic citizens than others. They...
Most of us do our best to keep our electricity bill as low as possible every month by turning off lights when they’re not needed, using more efficient light bulbs, or using a programmable thermostat. One man accidentally found out a neat “hack” for reducing your electricity bill and got in a whole lot of...
If you get paid vacation at your work, do you actually take them? This employer learned early-on how important taking time off is for employees and implemented a strategy to make sure all of his staff use them. How? He pays them $2000 a year to take a vacation. CEO Pays Staff $2000 to Take...
When you live on a remote island in Australia, chances of your survival are quite slim anyway. Even then, if good luck comes your way and you survive crocodiles, dingoes, and the occasional cyclone, your existence is special. And this is what former millionaire David Glasheen thinks too. As he resides on Far North Queensland’s...
Does an evening spent tasting and discussing different wines sound like the ideal night for you? Well, you’re in luck: According to neuroscience, wine tasting can be a better exercise for your brain than even complex math problems. Before you start popping bottles with reckless abandon, however, read this. Wine Tasting Can Work Your Brain...
Most young people can’t imagine living in a place where you are surrounded by people 55 and older. For some, it may seem like an absolute nightmare. For this 30-year-old New Yorker, however, it was a learning experience. After two years of living at her parent’s retirement community in Florida, this is what she learned....
Finding a diamond in the rough may not be as rare as we think. However, that is only if the “rough” is a place reputed for the site of natural diamonds in the first place. Recently, a man in Arkansas stumbled upon a diamond carrying 4.87 carats. The man was exploring the state’s Crater of...
Skydiving is one of the most popular thrill-seeking activities. Nothing quite beats the scenes you see as you plummet to the ground from an airplane, thousands of feet in the air. Of course, the only thing keeping you safe in that situation is your parachute. In 1999, for Joan Murray, an experienced skydiver, that lifeline...
Color codes are a great way to identify a problem or need universally. For example, most people know that code red signifies an emergency. Meanwhile, Code blue is used by emergency personnel when they need to resuscitate someone. Even Walmart uses a color code, and knowing what the code brown means might help you better...
The police in Cincinnati have been asking the public to help them find an individual who has been accused of posing as a parking attendant at a prestigious event. This incident reportedly took place outside a parking lot of the Freestore Foodbank. The law enforcement mentioned that an unidentified individual had been posing as a...
Rolf Buchholz from Germany has broken the Guinness World Record for the most body modifications in the world. He has undergone over 516 body modifications over the years, including implants and 481 piercings (with 278 of them on his genitals). Overall, his alterations include piercings on his eyes, mouth, and eyebrows, a surgically split tongue,...
Doctors (and common sense) are warning against a pseudoscientific practice that involves eating and putting mushed-up oak galls into the vagina, claiming it’s an “organic” way to clean, heal, and tighten the vagina. The product was being peddled by a Malaysian “health shop” on the e-commerce site Etsy. The instructions advise customers to boil the oak galls,...
