In a country that appears to take so much pride in its war veterans, a shocking number of those men and women find themselves homeless when their service is done. This non-profit organization has built a village of tiny homes for homeless veterans to help them get back on their feet. Tiny Homes for the Homeless Veterans According to...
You might have a favorite influencer or YouTuber you follow on social media (it’s ok, you can admit it). Some can be inspirational, silly, mean, or just downright moronic just to get likes. This YouTuber may fall into the latter category as he managed to lodge his head inside a microwave. Not only getting it...
Imagine unjustly spending your entire adult life in jail to finally be released into a world that you barely recognize at 80 years old. This is the reality for Joseph Lignon, who, after spending 68 years in prison, saw a real-life skyscraper for the first time this year. He is the oldest juvenile lifer in...
One of the biggest barriers to escaping homelessness is lack of a safe place to rest your head at night. When you provide someone with a safe, warm bed at night, a place to shower, regular meals, and a sense of community, it’s amazing what they can overcome. That is the goal of this brand-new...
Although it’s something we’ve done for several hours each night since the beginning of human existence, we know very little about sleep. We understand dreams even less. In this breakthrough study, however, scientists learned we can communicate with people who are asleep. (1) Scientist Can Now Communicate With People Who Are Asleep In their recent...
The average smoke break is about ten minutes, and when one has multiple smoke breaks, it all adds up, giving the smokers more time away from their desk and not working while being at work. Some might say that it is unfair that smokers and nonsmokers get paid the same when they don’t spend the...
Personal space is important to us all, especially to teenagers. At that age, we feel like we know everything and mostly just want to be left alone. Some chose to isolate themselves in their room while others try to spend as much time as they can outside the house. But Thomas Lear has taken it...
No one ever chooses to be homeless. Mounting debt, illness, inability to find work, and many other problems can cause someone to end up on the street. A charity in Australia has found a way to address the shortage of shelters by turning parking garages into homeless shelters overnight. (1) Australian Shelter Turns Parking Garages...
What if I told you that South Africa currently has 12,000 lions that have been bred in captivity, so they killed for sport by tourists? Well, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but it’s true. Unfortunately, South Africa’s captive-bred lion industry isn’t new. Currently, they have over 400 facilities that...
For many, many years the substance called psilocybin, which comes from magic mushrooms, has been illegal. It’s banned in most countries across the globe. In more recent times, there has been a growing interest in the use of psilocybin because of its therapeutic qualities for the mind, and ultimately the body. There are a few...
Many of us follow the traditional life path that involves getting a job that we spend 40 or more hours per week just to afford a roof over our heads. Lulu, a single mom in California, decided that this was not the life for her and her daughter. She spent $4000 to build their very...
Typically, when we think of a woman giving birth, we picture some at the very least under the age of 40. In fact, not so long ago, giving birth over the age of 35, and even 30, was almost unheard of. This woman defied the norm and gave birth at 57 years old. This is...
