There’s been a lot of hubbub about aliens recently. Just last week we told you about strange monoliths that keep appearing around the world – before disappearing just as mysteriously. So what’s going on? Are these monoliths weird art installation, elaborate practical pranks… Or are we dealing with extraterrestrials? There are many conspiracy theories and …
Whenever something genuinely bizarre goes up for sale on eBay, there’s always some hot-takes around the water cooler about, “who would buy that?” There’s a lot of derision for the people who find the Virgin Mary toasted into a quesadilla and decide to list their lunch on the online auction site. Their unshakable faith that …
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Who doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory? Even if you don’t believe in them, they’re entertaining stories to read – the more outlandish the theory, the better! Conspiracy theories are usually spawned by significant historical events, especially ones where someone important dies under murky circumstances. One of the most significant of such in – at …
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It’s a common scene in Saturday morning cartoons and comedies. An elderly person, be it a grandma or grandpa, grabs a walking stick and chases someone around while beating them around the head. Usually such an instance of violence is used to elicit laughs from the audience. But there was nothing funny about it when …
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You know that annoying feeling when you send someone a message and never hear back? Of course you do. It’s even worse if you’re using a messaging service that doesn’t tell you whether the message went through. You’re stuck in a limbo, left wondering if the addressee just didn’t bother replying, or ever even received …
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Have you read Bad Bosses and the Shit They Say: Part One? Because this is part two, and you’re going to want to read all of these, too. Um, Thanks? “One day our area manager came into my workplace, stared at my chest, and said, ‘I see why you got the job.’” Proving Death “I …
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In a sweet story of someone getting their just desserts, a Russian mayor asked the building’s cleaner to sign up for the local election to assure his victory. But then she won. In Povalikhino, a small town in rural Russia, official elections must have at least two candidates to validate the process. So, Nikolai Loktev, …
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Bosses Day was just on October 16th, but you may not have known that because you didn’t celebrate bosses day. Then again, if your boss has ever said anything to you like the statements you’re about to read, it makes sense why you didn’t know about it (and certainly wouldn’t want to celebrate it.) Banana …
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If you count Reddit among your daily must-read publications, then you’re familiar with the AITA thread. There, people who think they’re behaving properly but aren’t getting positive feedback ask for perspective from the most objective people in the world—the internet. And boy, does the internet deliver timely judgments, decreeing through a popular vote if the …
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The internet is a strange place. If you’ve spent any time online in recent years, you’ll likely have some vague grasp of ‘memes’ and the culture that comes with them. These jokes are often highly adaptable – and what’s more, they have a strange habit of wheedling their way into everyday life. One such meme …
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