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William McKinley wore a red carnation on his suit for good luck. In 1901, he traveled to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition. As he was greeting the public, he gifted his flower to a girl in the crowd, saying “I must give this flower to another little flower.” Minutes later he was shot.
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For his performance at a comedy club, Andy Kaufman once brought a sleeping bag onto the stage, curled into it, and spent his entire act napping before the audience.
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Cincinnati Reds player Adam Dunn once hit a home run from Ohio to Kentucky. The ball left the stadium and bounced off of the street onto a piece of driftwood in the Ohio River, stopping in Kentucky.
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In 2005, the London Underground started playing orchestral soundtracks in 65 tube stations as part of a scheme to deter anti-social behavior. As a result, a 33 percent decline in robberies, a 25 percent decline in staff verbal assaults, and a 37 percent decrease in vandalism was observed.
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The thing about food allergies is that some people don’t even realize they have them.
Recently a Tumblr thread went viral with users talking about their physiological responses to certain foods and mostly making light of the allergies.
It started when user @circusbutch posted about their love of orange juice, and the nostalgia it evokes.
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Good on @spacefroggity for not simply scrolling on by.
I have family members whose tongues itch when they eat certain fruits, otherwise I would not have known this was a thing.
Another user responded with either a mistyped question or statement about the OJ inducing itchy tongue.
Then another poster reposted an old conversation with @kramergate describing their their own potato allergy–and how, like many of us, it doesn’t stop them from enjoying potatoes!
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Potato sweats. That sounds pretty horrifying if I’m being honest.
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I mean, I like fries as much as the next person (or maybe not), but usually when I have an adverse reaction to food I’m less inclined to eat in the future.
Like ice cream. And wheat.
And mushrooms. (shudder)
Other users went on to describe additional bad reactions to different kinds of fruit.
@darkersolstice talked about kiwis which, fun fact, I learned were in the melon family when I gave one to my then-boyfriend and his tongue swelled up.
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I had to go verify that claim, because depending on how fresh it is, I absolutely have that burning sensation with pineapple.
And @solarpunkarchivist is right! According to Spoon University:
Pineapple is the only food known to contain bromelain, an enzyme that digests protein. The truth is, pineapple hurts to eat because bromelain is digesting the tender skin inside of your mouth.
The pineapple is eating you.
Wow.
Another user chimed in about peanut allergies and @demonsgold had enough.
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But the very best comment came at the end of the thread.
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I’m with you @calamity-ashley. That’s what I focused on too.
Do you have any foods that you didn’t always know you were allergic to? Tell us in the comments.
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Teens and young adults amaze me all the time. Their passion and drive and boundless energy, their potential for good, their advancement of change.
Obviously I’m not the only one because recently, a young valedictorian went viral for her TikTok video sharing her Harvard application essay.
Abigail Mack, a drama kid at the top of her high school class, has drive and ambition. She likes to stay busy.
On her TikTok account she has dedicated a lot of videos to offering advice to other students going through the college admissions process. She discusses topics like which standardized test to take (the SAT or the ACT).
Abigail also filmed reaction videos when she opened her college acceptance letters, like this one, where she found out she got into Harvard:
@a_vmackHarvard 2025 acceptance! ##harvard ##harvard2025 ##ivyleague ##college ##collegedecision ##accepted ##fyp♬
In addition to Harvard, she was also accepted to Northwestern, Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Dartmouth. The girl is going places.
Based on her reaction, I think you can guess which school she chose.
In four subsequent videos, Abigail also shared herself reading her essay that, along with her stellar grades, helped gain her admittance to all those prestigious schools.
In the essay, she speaks about the pain of losing her mother to cancer at the age of 12.
@a_vmack
The theme of hating the letter “S” in parents because of her loss is one that spoke to a lot of users, and with their encouragement, Abigail went on to post the rest of her essay.
After losing her mom, she controlled the one thing she could–her schedule–throwing herself into academics and activities.
@a_vmack
While some of us are stifled under the burden of over-scheduling, Abigail found a rhythm and thrived.
As long as she was active, she didn’t have to think about what was missing.
She filled up the void her mother left in her life with activities.
@a_vmack
Like any good story, Abigail’s essay takes a positive turn.
She learned to dial it back, to focus on the things that were most important to her, and excel in those.
As she explained to BuzzFeed:
“I grew up in a very artistic family–my mother opened a dance studio that my father still runs, and my father is a piano teacher–so theater has always been part of my life. There [is] something cathartic in escaping to a new world and being someone else for even just a few hours on stage.”
Abigail found her passion, and her motivation to succeed keeps her moving forward instead of dwelling on the past.
@a_vmack
It’s an inspiring essay, moving and well written, and Abigail delivered it with a powerful speaking voice obviously trained in the dramatics.
But theater isn’t her only passion.
Over the past year, the Massachusetts teen has been awakened to the political movements happening across America, and there, too, she has found voice and meaning.
“Politics is a newer passion. When the Black Lives Matter demonstrations were occurring this past summer, I realized how passionately I felt about politics. I knew that I could no longer stand idly by and watch as the world made leaps forward without me. I became a fellow on Senator Ed Markey’s re-election campaign and also taught volunteers how to phone bank for Joe Biden’s campaign. It was extremely gratifying to feel like my voice was being heard.”
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Now that she’s headed to Harvard in the fall, Abigail plans to combine her interests, focusing on humanities and social sciences. She may also add classes in French and foreign policy.
According to BuzzFeed, she doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life, which is frankly the best way to enter college.
Who knows? This bright young thing might one day become an ambassador or political leader herself. Or maybe she’ll write impassioned speeches that would make Aaron Sorkin proud.
We’ll be watching.
What did you think of Abigail’s essay? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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There’s danger lurking around every corner every time you step outside your house.
Speeding cars, wild animals, sketchy people, etc.
And there are also a lot of dangerous things out there that you don’t even realize…
People on AskReddit spoke up about what is much more dangerous than most folks realize. Let’s see what they had to say.
“Tylenol.
It’s actually a lot easier to overdose on than most people realize, and it slowly destroys your liver over a period of days.
Not a fun way to d** to put it lightly.”
“Exploring abandoned places.
When I was a kid I would do it all the time and take photos without any form of facial protection. Fast forward years later and I learn about how toxic certain molds can be, how many older buildings used materials like asbestos which can be in the air when places are left to rot, etc. At this point I just thank God I never had to deal with the aftermath of any of that!
Also to anyone who enjoys doing this, I get it. I just want to bring awareness to the fact that if you participate a respirator and goggles should be a must!
Also as a side note, be wary of scrappers and individuals looking for a place to do drugs had a run in like that during one of the last excursions I made and it’s not fun.”
“Touch screen consoles in cars. Mazda now disables touch functionality in their vehicles because they found that when drivers interact with the touch screen they drift the vehicle to the right.
Taking your eyes off the road to press 3 buttons in three different positions on the touch screen, with a latency each time you press a button, because your seat heaters are literally burning your a**, while trying to maintain control of the vehicle during freeway traffic is God d**ned dangerous.”
“Deer.
Over 120 people a year d** from deer directly, and another 175 to 200 from car accidents caused by deer (with some 10,000 injuries), and more d**ths and injuries related to deer hunting. By the way, deer are pretty mean and terrible parents.
I have seen a deer push her fawn ahead of her near the food, to see if there is a predator, then, if the fawn is ok, go out and hit the fawn to get at the food herself.”
“Adam Savage has a good explanation about respecting workshop equipment. Last year, he had an accident with his lathe where it almost destroyed his hand.
Seeing him get emotional about not only the accident but also that he allowed it happen was quite sobering. I think he claimed that the brief lapse of judgement was almost akin to him putting too much trust into it and he felt like he didn’t respect it at that moment.”
“Horses. They weigh 1200 pounds, they’re extremely jittery, and they can crush you or kick you to d**th on accident.
And that’s just horses in general. Stallions will try to hurt you just to assert dominance. And these are animals that have been known to bite each other’s throats out when they fight.
Don’t mess with horses unless you know what you’re doing. Always be careful, even if you do.”
“Anything to do with the thyroid.
It’s a bit more well known nowadays, but when I first was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (they told me it was Hypothyroidism at first), I didn’t even know what the thyroid was.
For people who might not know, the thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland in your throat. Without getting into it too much, it releases hormones that regulate many things. You wouldn’t expect this tiny little organ to be so important, but holy c**p it is.
I found out I had thyroid issues when I was 15 after I was constantly tired, had irregular periods (I’ve gone two months without a period before), my weight was out of wack, my mental health was constantly declining, and I had issues with breathing among other symptoms.
Apparently if I hadn’t started taking thyroid medication when I did, I would’ve gone into a coma within 2 weeks.
It didn’t help that I had a dad who constantly made fun of my weight and appearance even after finding out I had thyroid issues and learning how hard it was for me to loose weight. Turns out, his two sisters had Hypothyroidism and his brother had Hyperthyroidism.
It took quite a few years to finally find hormonal balance and I’m 20 now, but I’m doing a lot better than I was before, physically and mentally.”
“Lack of exercise.
People think if they’re sedentary but just eat so little that they don’t get overweight, then they’re just as healthy.
Sadly, no. Simply being thin does not equate to being healthy.
100 calorie snacks are not saving your life, they’re nothing but another sales tactic. A way to sell you less for more.”
“Toxic relationships.
Far too many s**cides happen because of bad relationships and no other way out.”
“I live on the north coast of California.
People do not take seriously the signs that are posted on the beach regarding sneaker waves. If you are standing along the shoreline and not paying attention water can rush past on overtake you.
So when walking on the beach keep your head on a swivel and be mindful of the water.”
“I’ve heard enough horror stories from my parents who are both nurses to last me a lifetime.
Legs on the dash of a car are not allowed while I’m driving for this reason alone”
“Working to d**m much.
I know, it’s expected, you’re a lazy f**k if you don’t. It leads to not getting rest so your body can heal, a really f**ked social life (i.e. none), and just general stress, which suppresses your immune system, appetite, and even your heart.
Also, people that nag about you not working enough. Huge health risk, both to themselves and others. We aren’t ever gonna make them happy no matter what, so f**k em, let them freak out and have a heart attack.”
“Fights.
People are way too eager to prove who’s the bigger bada**. Hit someone the wrong way or start something with the wrong person and someone’s not going home. Then if the police show up, someone’s getting charged.
Depending on the severity of the other parties injuries and the word of witnesses, you could be going away for a very long time. Not to mention the civil suites that may bury you in debt.”
Now we want to hear from you.
In the comments, tell us what you think is much more dangerous than people realize.
Please and thank you!
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Go on wit yo bad self!
Yeah, I’m talking to you!
You deserve to brag a little bit about yourself because we think you’re being way too humble about your awesomeness.
Can you dig it?
AskReddit users talked about what they’re good at but they don’t like to brag about.
Check it out.
“Being over 6 ft, broad as a s**t house, think Scottish accent, beard down to my middle of my chest…
I can skip surprisingly fast, like I can skip faster than I can run.”
“Making people feel good about themselves by helping them understand their worth and finding strengths and positives in most human beings.”
“I am a very handy individual with little formal training.
From replacing a timing belt to wiring a house, building a roof or a patio, computer repair, stripping and waxing floors. I can do or fix it all.
Luckily I have a career doing maintenance and custodial work, so I never need to spend money on equipment repair.
And just bought a fixer upper home that requires a lot of fixing.”
“I have done a fair amount of disaster relief work.
I’ve held people and cried with them as they told me of their lost family members, their destroyed homes, and been able to compartmentalize that and lead groups of volunteers to build shelters.
I’ve dealt with corrupt politicians, dangerous gangs, almost died in an earthquake, and been about to keep going when it was so hard, my body hurt so much, and I was so emotionally drained.
I’ve had my moments. I’m currently depressed and in a very dark spot, but dammit, I’ve helped this world. I’ve helped people who were sleeping in the dirt to get under better shelter.
I’ve helped a baby whose mother was crushed in an earthquake get formula when no women were lactating in her village. I’ve played with children in a refugee camp and given my heart fully.”
“I am a great time manager.
I can get so much work done without having to cancel anything important and I never leave anything last minute.
I don’t like to brag about it because I know how many people struggle with that and I don’t want them to feel insecure about it.
I don’t know how I got that skill but I feel really privileged with it especially after I seen how many closed ones suffer from the lack of it.”
“I never take credit for being an excellent homemaker.
Now, to be fair, I only work p/t so I do have more time on my hands than the average person.
BUT still… I keep a spotless, lovingly decorated home and I love to cook a good meal for visitors.
Not too many people enjoy or are good at homemaking these days.
It’s a lost art, if I do say so myself.”
“I saved a kid from drowning.
She and her sis had swam too deep for them to reach the bottom and the waves were going over their heads. Even I was slightly overwhelmed with the strength of the waves. She could barely pop over them to breathe occasionally. If she didn’t have her big sister with her to yell for help she’d have drowned.
It was years ago, but I still think about it sometimes. I always squish the impulse to talk about it, although it’s on my mind every once in a while. Sounds like bragging of the worst sort.”
“I ghostwrote for Columbia Records but ghostwriting is taboo in hip-hop so I can’t really talk about how awesome of a writer I am.”
“I read OBSCENELY fast.
Like, on a day where all I do is read, I can do three or four novels.
My friends timed me once and it was between 8 and 11 seconds per page.”
“I’m very, very good at mental math. Not savant level but it really used to wow people when I was a kid.
Now that I’m an adult with a job with no connection to math it doesn’t come up much.”
“I can mix drinks really well and have a great sense of what would go great in a cocktail since I was 14 because my mother used to own a restaurant and bar.
I’m 18 now and make good stuff for my parents.
I’m also well versed in French and Northern Italian cooking and can make amazing dishes.
It comes from the fact that my father is a good cook and my aunt is a professional chef and will own her own gourmet past restaurant in a year.”
“I’m ridiculously good at mediating fights/arguments.
Used to do it constantly for my mom and her ex-boyfriend as a teen.
Could’ve been a career path if I wasn’t mentally unstable myself.:
“I make amazing chicken soup. I am making some tomorrow.
I make the stock from scratch. It’s actually a 3 day thing. Day 1 I roast a whole chicken covered in rosemary lemon butter. I shred the leftover meat off the carcass.
Day 2 I make chicken sandwiches out of some of the leftover meat. Basically a chicken melt on sourdough bread with the leftover chicken, Jarlsberg and smoked gruyere cheese.
Then I make the stock out of the chicken carcass, herbs, carrots, celery and onions. I add the last of the chicken meat and egg noodles to make the soup. I’m no pro chef but it’s really good soup.”
Now you’re up!
In the comments, tell us about what you’re good at but you don’t like to brag about.
We’d love to hear from you!
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Everybody has a celebrity “list”, right?
People that it wouldn’t technically be cheating to cheat with?
It’s a fun, easy little joke because we all know it’s never going to happen.
Well recently a couple of boomers got in on the joke with a little video that their son posted to TikTok.
The Meles are a family of pranksters.
For this particular prank, wife Karen made a Power Point presentation called “Men I would replace my husband with,” and called her husband Frank over to see.
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Unimpressed, Frank assumes that the title slide is the joke and that his picture will be on the next slide.
He advances the presentation while his son Joe, filming the exchange, giggles in the background.
The next slide was not Frank.
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As he advances through the slides, and their son continues to cackle, Karen names off the celebs: “Jason, Gerard, Dwayne.”
Frank was far from amused.
“What, are you on a first name basis with these guys?”
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Eventually they get to a slide that is actually what Frank had expected all along–a picture of himself.
That soothes him a bit. He relaxes and nods his head.
You can tell he wants to say, “Aw, that’s sweet.”
Perhaps he assumed the prank was over, that the prank was pretending there were all these other men but that Karen was actually saving the best for last (him).
Except Frank’s picture wasn’t the last one!
Watch the full video here:
@mmmjoemele HAHAHA MOM
Joe found it hilarious enough to upload to TikTok and so far over 6.7 million viewers agree.
Personally, my husband hates practical jokes (watch out April Fool’s Day!), and he would not have been amused by this little stunt.
What do you think? Should Frank seek his sweet revenge in a follow-up? Tell us in the comments.
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Is there anything worse at work or school than a huge brown-noser?
It’s enough to drive me (and you too, hopefully) up the wall!
But, as you already know, these types of folks are lurking around everywhere…and I think we should all do our best to avoid them as much as possible.
So, what’s the worst example of brown-nosing you’ve ever seen.
AskReddit users shared their stories.
“The worst was a guy I worked with at my last job doing HVAC…because the boss was going to get a full report on whatever crew he worked with that day.
If you said something negative about the boss, he was going to tell. If you were a minute or two late coming back from lunch, he had a pic on his phone with the time stamp. If you didn’t hang something perfectly level or straight, he’d toss a level on it, snap a pic, send it to the boss. He also came in every Sunday and washed all the trucks (with no pay) to make sure we kept a good image,
Found out eventually it had nothing to do with the job…he was just dating the boss’s daughter and he was trying to “prove” himself.”
“Had a coworker in my marketing team who was a lead designer.
He was often pretty dismissive of junior level employees, or would try and one-up everyone’s stories (you tell him you stayed at a hotel at the beach over the weekend, he tells you he stayed in a penthouse at the same beach for a whole week).
He also always tried to be in proximity of senior staff members and would brag loudly if they were within an earshot, hoping they would hear how awesome his life is, I would assume.
One day, a VP from our company had come up to talk to somebody in a pod close to ours. The pretentious designer loudly asked me about my weekend, I gave him an answer.
He responded loudly, one upping my answer, noticed the VP wasn’t paying attention to him at all, quickly got up, hovered behind the VP while he was talking to the other employee, eventually the VP cracked a joke and the designer let out the loudest, fakest laugh I’ve ever heard, startling the VP, who up until then was not aware that this guy was standing behind him. VP just got an awkward close lipped smile, quickly nodded his head, and walked away.
Designer came back to our pod, sat down, and started working as if he was never mid conversation with me.”
“Coworker would talk up the boss during meetings.
“Mrs. Boss, you’re the smartest person I’ve ever known! I wish I had some of your brains.”
“Other receptionist at my work is a huge a** kisser.
Calls herself the head receptionist when she’s really just a part timer that doesn’t do her job right. Will constantly have “meetings” with the bosses and take credit for things other people do.
Most recent example is when a client brought us donuts and left them at the front desk. I was in a room but heard the convo between the client and her about the donuts being a gift.
Then heard her walk to the back and announce to our boss that she (receptionist) ordered them donuts because they work so hard.”
“Fake laughter at the boss’s jokes.
Laughter that goes on for WAY TOO LONG so that even the boss notices and gets PO’d.”
“This f**ker at my work was just promoted because he’s an a** kisser.
Constantly jumps over people to perform a task, but only when the manager is around, that kind of c**p. Recently, he wrote on our manager’s door (he has a dry erase board for messages) “(Managers name) is the GREATEST”.
F**king cringe. I h**e this dumba**, and I respect my manager less for falling for it.”
“This was actually pre-work.
Canada’s largest airline had an unqualified secretary screening the applications for pilot positions. She would determine who got interviewed and who got put to he bottom of the pile.
Some guys would send her chocolates…literally….and get an interview two days later, where others had waited years. Others would send flowers.
It was close to criminal the way she got bribed, and there were a lot of examples. She was finally heavily demoted for her actions, but she should have been canned.”
“I called my boss by his first name and my coworker scolded me after he walked away saying, “No! You call him MR. so-and-so”.
She’d also always go out and buy him his lunch.
He cut your maternity leave short and he underpays you. What’s in it for you?”
“At my job there was this guy who kept buying his direct supervisor lunch every day.
One time the supervisor asked him why he kept doing it, he responded with “The king’s gotta eat”.
Everyone in the immediate area cringed super hard at that, including the supervisor.”
“One particular co-worker is almost insufferable with his behavior.
Constant trumpet blowing with his lackluster work, endless comments about how much money he has, degrading other team members to get some kind of moral high ground and get in good graces with management.
What’s more cringe is his posts and interactions on the team member WhatsApp group, really fake or cheesy c**p that definitely is not his character at all.
Basically everything that he does involves trying to s**t on someone to look better at his job.
Anyway, he thought he was top s**t after one of the managers recently left and applied to take the advertised Duty Manager role. He was shut down almost immediately and apparently one of the night managers straight up told him that they did not want him to work nights due to nobody wanting to work with him.”
“As a blackjack dealer in a casino I had a floor manager that h**ed me. The feeling was very mutual.
One day I was secret shopped and received a 100% with some outstanding personalized comments on it. The higher ups were so impressed that the head of Table Games came down from on high to give me 50.00 worth of cash gift cards (unheard of, we normally get 5.00 buffet vouchers).
This all took place in front of the floor who h**ed me. Then he reaches in his pocket and hands me a card for “an entry into a drawing for a 10.00 cafe credit” and tells me I did good. F**ker used my 15 seconds of fame to make himself look good to the dept head.
It kinda backfired when I handed it back and said “no thanks, I know you don’t mean it.” Dept head hauled my a** upstairs and asked what I meant. I didn’t need the job so I unloaded every single instance of harassment, s**ual harassment, hr investigations, and backed them all up.
Covid hit while he was suspended and he was not invited back when they reopened.”
“I had a coworker that went to the boss’s apartment to massage his feet.
The boss was a power-mad tyrant with zero oversight.
The coworker was a complete sh**bag. I think he made it to work on time only 1 time in 2 years. And he was a compulsive liar. He lied about s**t that he didn’t even need to lie about.
Coworker was having car troubles so the boss let him borrow one of his cars. The coworker let slip that he had been at the boss’s place massaging his feet.
He said it absentmindedly, as if he wasn’t really paying attention to what he was saying. I was like, “Hold up!” He tried to claim he was just joking about it but I could tell the truth.”
Now it’s your turn!
In the comments, tell us about the biggest b**t kissers you’ve ever met.
We can’t wait to hear from you.
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