Imagine arriving in a new country where you don’t speak the language and have next to no money in your bank account. That’s exactly what Diana Trujillo’s situation was when she first arrived in America from Columbia. Today, she is the Mars Rover Flight Director. This is how she got there. (1) How Diana Trujillo...

The average life expectancy in the United States is currently just over 78 years old [1]. Thanks to many modern inventions, humans today are living much longer than they did one and two hundred years ago. Some experts believe, however, that in the future some people could live to be 1000 years old. Sound crazy?...

In Denver, Indiana, neighbors witnessed an interesting sight. A group of 30 bikers in jeans and leather vests stood in line for an eight-year-old girl’s lemonade stand. It was the Milwaukee Iron motorcycle group, and they came to thank the little girl’s mother and nurse, Daryn Sturch, who had helped them after a highway accident....

Ayanna Williams of Houston, Texans, broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest nails. At that point, her nails measured almost 19 feet long. To get a manicure, she needed 20 hours and over two entire bottles of polish. However, after years of growing and maintaining her cuticles, she finally cut them. Her final...

When the right person hugs you, it’s like medicine. I’m so grateful for those few people in my life who are good for my soul. Steve Maraboli A friendship that is true and good for your heart and soul often takes a long time to be built. This kind of friendship, be it romantic or...

Have you ever seen a wild cat IRL? Seeing that most of you are probably unlucky like me (who has never even seen a bear), I’m happy to say that I have a great story to share with you today.  For those of you who have never had the pleasure of visiting British Columbia in...

Nothing beats having a world-class smile. Pretty much everyone wants to have big, beautiful, pearly whites that they feel confident in showing off every time they smile and laugh. Getting white teeth without expensive dental procedures or chemical-filled products, however, can be tricky. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to clean yellow teeth naturally at...

Have you ever been listening to a song when a verse, trill, or swell in the music causes a shiver to run over your skin and make your hair stand on end? Getting goosebumps while listening to music, sometimes called a “skin-orgasm,” could mean that you have a unique brain. A study published in 2015...

Elementary school may have been quite a long time ago for me, but I still do remember there being many rules. I was terrible at following was being quiet and not talking during class time (I am still super chatty to this day!). Clearly, this little boy who wrote an angry letter to his teacher...

Animal cruelty comes in many shapes and forms. And more recently, a trend in tattooing your pet has somehow started. As you can imagine, having an animal you claim to love and allowing it to suffer just to have some pictures on its skin is definitely animal cruelty. And, this woman who tattooed her cat...

A school in Spain decided to combat gender inequality by educating their male students about the basics of household chores, and they went viral.   Housework is equally unloved by both men and women, and yet women do the bulk of it. According to the 8,500 heterosexual couples who were interviewed for the UK Household Longitudinal Study,...

Are you somebody who likes olives? If you are, then you are in for a whole lot of olive bashing.  For some reason, they have become some sort of a delicacy in America. For example, when we see them, it’s usually in a fancy spread surrounded by gourmet cheeses, crackers, spreads, and of course, wine! Tapenade...