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...
For even the most experienced scuba divers, exploring a vast network of underwater caves is daunting and dangerous. Fifty-year-old Martin Broen from Argentina spent three years diving in and photographing the underwater caves beneath the Maya Riviera in Mexico. He has finally released the photos from his dives, and they are more stunning than you...
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...
Numerous stereotypes exist regarding the status of different generations. Older generations believe that younger generations are less respectful, are more entitled, or are lazier, if not all three. While younger generations feel as though they’re all doing their best, despite the potential economic crisis we’re seemingly facing. However, a recent TikTok addresses why younger generations...
We all know that social media apps and other websites track and collect our data when we sign up for them. TikTok is no different. However, did you know that TikTok is tracking your data even if you never sign up for an account? A VICE reporter investigated and discovered the shocking truth. (1) Account...
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...
Telling the family that their loved one had died is highly stressful, even devastating, for the doctor bearing the bad news. Their choice of words could severely impact the grieving family, but they must be said in a timely fashion. That means that the doctor goes from trying to save the dying patient to soon...
If you’re anything like me, you love shopping online. From online stores to purchase items from regular people on the Facebook marketplace. Basically, buying things online is simple and easy, and you don’t even have to leave your home! One thing we often forget is how rife online fraud is. This woman, however, saw right...
People walking around with a microchip in their hands sounds like a storyline out of a futuristic sci-fi movie, doesn’t it? In reality, there isn’t anything fictional or futuristic about it: There are thousands of people with implanted microchips already. Proponents of the implanted microchips say that they make people’s lives easier, but naturally, there...
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...
Since the pandemic took over the world, more and more people have gotten into the outdoors. Spending as much time in nature as possible since that’s essentially the only thing you can do anyways. However, if you live in Canada then you’re in luck. The Great Trail is a long-time project of connecting all the...
