I Stopped Being a People Pleaser—and It’s Drastically Changed My Life
I knew this woman who was afraid to tell people what she wanted. She didn’t know how to say no. Instead, she got herself tangled in a web of obligations, anxiety, and white lies. She was me. The worst...
View Article10 Strange Urban Legends That Turned Out to Be True
The Puebla tunnels Citizens of Puebla City, located in the southeast of Mexico, told folktales about a mysterious network of tunnels hidden beneath the city. For hundreds of years, no such tunnels were...
View ArticleThe Powerful Reason Famous Landmarks Are Turning Off Their Lights
Earth Hour Every year, millions of people from different businesses, cities, and universities participate in Earth Hour. The lights are turned off for 60 minutes to help the planet combat climate...
View ArticleThe Day Robert Downey Jr. Saved My Grandma
Edward Kinsella for Reader’s Digest I’m willing to go out on a limb here and guess that most stories of kindness do not begin with formerly drug-addicted celebrity bad boys. Mine does. You may or may...
View ArticleHow One Community Came Together After 4 Tornadoes Ripped Through Their Town
Work trucks hauled debris as volunteers swept up the 2017 tornado damage Just an hour from Chicago and located in the heart of Starved Rock Country, Ottawa is one of Illinois’ best places to get away,...
View Article15 Real-Life Hidden Treasures That Haven’t Been Found Yet
The 2,000-year old menorah Almost 1,950 years ago, in the year 70 AD, the Romans sacked the Temple of Jerusalem and absconded with the temple’s prized Menorah. “We know they brought it to Rome,”...
View ArticleThis Entire Town Helped Save a Farm from a Historic Flood
On May 3, 2017, Pocahontas, Arkansas, was hit by historic flooding. The Black River reached levels never before seen, threatening to blow through a levee that was protecting thousands of acres of...
View Article13 April Fool’s Pranks That Went Horribly Wrong
The very first April Fool’s Day Some historians believe the day originated in 1582 when France switched over to the Gregorian calendar, which changed New Year’s Day from April 1 to January 1. Back in...
View ArticleMeet 3 Women Who Are Living—Happily—Without Sex
Happiness doesn’t always require a robust sex life. While sex may be important for some people, these two women have other priorities in mind: It’s not low libido or a diagnosed disorder that has kept...
View Article5 Things You Can Do This Sunday to Change the World
Do the dirty work for someone else Everyone has tasks that they absolutely dread doing, but, as life has it, those tasks need to get done either way. Think of a task that your loved one hates, and do...
View ArticleA Judge Sentenced a Fellow Vet to Jail—Then Joined Him in His Cell for the...
The minute Joe Serna walked into the Veterans Treatment Court in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he could feel his shoulders tense up, hear his stomach growling. He had come to turn himself in. Six...
View Article11 Stories That Prove the Life-Changing Impact of Take Your Daughter to Work Day
Welcome a world where women are the boss One afternoon when I was 12, I found my mom and Aunt Cassie whispering. My aunt then asked me, “Kaitlin, what would you think if you took off school one day and...
View Article8 Inspirational Poems That Will Warm Your Heart
Ella: Of Infinite Possibilities Wide-eyed in wonder, Ella beholds the world. “How old are you?” her grandfather asks. She holds up five fingers. Ella traces her grandfather’s mosaic of wrinkles,...
View Article11 Craziest Things Found in People’s Bodies
Maybe there’s a better place to hide the jewelry? A well-dressed, well-groomed, middle-aged woman came into the ER with stomach pains, recalls Quora contributor, Ali Sadek, MS, MA, MD, PhD. While the...
View ArticleWhat Really Happened in Chappaquiddick? 15 Eerie Facts About the Shocking Ted...
The scandal On July 18, 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile careened off a 10.5-foot-wide bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Edgartown, Massachusetts, resulting in the death of 28-year-old campaign...
View ArticleFlight Attendants Reveal Their Craziest Passenger Stories
Naked guy testing the limits On a flight to Hong Kong, a flight attendant informed the pilot, Dan Boland, that a passenger had taken off all his clothes and was sitting buck naked in his seat. Boland...
View Article13 Hidden Rooms You’ll Wish You Found in Your Own Home
The hidden connection to the Underground Railroad This house, located in Litchfield, Connecticut, has hidden rooms that were part of the Underground Railroad, Kris Lippi, a realtor with Get Listed...
View ArticleThis Plane’s Engine Failed, and the Only Place to Land Was the Busiest...
“Mayday! We got Mayday!” Frank Pisano screamed over the microphone to the air control tower at John Wayne Airport last June. One of the two engines on his 1975 Cessna had failed, and he was now on a...
View Article8 Outrageous Marriage Proposals You Have to Read to Believe
When in doubt, include her pet cat “My husband pretended that our kitten ate the promise ring he had gotten me,” shares now-wed Kristen Roberts. “As I frantically searched for it—and I was...
View Article10 Things You Never Knew About Amelia Earhart
She was only the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic… ever Amelia Earhart is best known for being the first woman to complete the feat, but it wasn’t like a whole slew of men had accomplished...
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