There is an island in the pacific…

There is an island in the pacific called Yap that uses circular stones as currency. The stones are too large to move so the ownership of the stones is passed by word of mouth to transact business. The location of the stone is irrelevant even in the case of one lost on the bottom of […]

Francis Coppola was worried…

Francis Coppola was worried his film Apocalypse Now would be a box office flop and could bankrupt him, so he decided to quickly make a happy musical to recoup his losses. In the end Apocalypse Now was a success, but the happy musical (One From the Heart) was a disaster and bankrupted him anyway. 00

Teacher Grades with Memes and Her Students Love It

A great teacher can make even the most boring subjects seem like thrill rides, whereas the worst teacher could make a class about roller coasters feel like a painful slog through the mud. School is a place where we form some of our best and worst memories throughout our childhoods. In reality, a lot of this rests on the shoulders of our teachers.

Ainee Fatima is a 27-year-old English and Media Studies teacher from Illinois who decided to shake things up for her class of seniors by introducing memes into the classroom. Instead of writing notes throughout her students’ papers or tests, she speaks to them in a language they all understand.

Immediately, people needed to know more about this hip grading system. And Fatima was happy to share:

Photo Credit: Twitter: axfxq

Photo Credit: Twitter: axfxq

Photo Credit: Twitter: axfxq

Photo Credit: Twitter: axfxq

Photo Credit: Twitter: axfxq

While some people were understandably skeptical, Twitter users have responded with overwhelming support – even chipping in a few memes of their own.

In an interview with The Daily Dot, Fatima said that, “It’s sometimes important for teachers to meet their students at their level…Including pop-culture and media in their curriculum will get your content and instruction across way farther than sticking to age-old content.”

“It might seem silly,” she went on to say, “but just having those few kids try a little harder made my day! I have striven to be the teacher I needed when I was in school.”

So, what do you think of Fatima’s unorthodox grading system?

The post Teacher Grades with Memes and Her Students Love It appeared first on UberFacts.

20 Reasons Retail Workers Should Make More Money

Annoying customers, rude people, ridiculous demands…oh, and dumb bosses! If you work in retail, you know the drill.

But hey, it’s still the best job ever and easy. So stop complaining! These photos will reassure you…

1. Customers are courteous

Photo Credit: Imgur

2. Black Friday is pretty chill

Photo Credit: Reddit

3. Messes are easy to clean up

Photo Credit: Reddit

4. You don’t even need to pay attention, really

Photo Credit: Imgur

5. Just put stuff away: no big deal!

Photo Credit: Reddit

6. Clean ups are pretty simple

Photo Credit: Imgur

7. People are very respectful

Photo Credit: Reddit

8. No one throws stuff around

Photo Credit: Imgur

9. People use trash cans the right way

Photo Credit: Imgur

10. It never gets that busy

Photo Credit: Imgur

11. Customers look after their kids

Photo Credit: Imgur

12. Dressing rooms are nice and clean

Photo Credit: Imgur

13. No effort goes into retail

Photo Credit: Imgur

14. You can just throw stuff in there and walk away

Photo Credit: Imgur

15. Customers always put things where they belong

Photo Credit: Reddit

16. You don’t have to go the extra mile

Photo Credit: Imgur

17. There’s zero attention to detail

Photo Credit: Imgur

18. It’s basically like a vacation

Photo Credit: Twitter

19. There’s fun around every corner

Photo Credit: Twitter

20. So just sit back and relax!

Photo Credit: Twitter

Now get back to work!

The post 20 Reasons Retail Workers Should Make More Money appeared first on UberFacts.

13+ People Share the Sketchiest Thing a Family Member Has Done

Sometimes family can be the F word. Yeah, family is family, but that doesn’t mean you have to respect all of them. Especially the ones who do unthinkable things.

AskReddit users reveal the worst, most messed up things a family member has done.

1. Not dead

“My dad’s wife told me that he was dead when he wasn’t. I only found out months later when a relative said he’d recently had an operation and was doing well. I emailed her and said, “I believe dad has perked up a bit?” She didn’t respond.”

2. No longer speaking

“One of my uncles borrowed $20,000 from my other more successful Uncle to start a business and refuses to pay his more successful brother back because he’s “got so much money already”. The more successful uncle refuses to sue him because that’s not what family does, but they are no longer on speaking terms.”

3. Shady

“One of my younger brothers is currently dating our oldest brother’s wife. They were having an affair in secret for three years before anyone figured it out.”

4. A whole lotta funny business

“My sister talked my ex-husband into suing me for full custody at the exact moment I was unable to contest it properly because I had just suffered a huge loss in month nine of my pregnancy. She also foddered his case with lies to make me look like a terrible mother, while simultaneously patting me on the back and consoling me that he was a terrible man

He didn’t win, but the case made things contentious for us for years and made it impossible to grieve with my now husband because I was in survival mode to make sure I didn’t lose my daughter.”

5. Cut out

“My grandfather had my grandma change her will to cut out my mom two years after my grandma had developed full-blown dementia.”

6. Substance abuse

“I had a cousin who was addicted to substances and his parents were always doing stuff to bail him out and keep him from being homeless. One time they put down a deposit and paid rent for a furnished apartment for him. He ended up selling the furniture for money.

Another time they rented a mobile home for him and couldn’t figure out why the water bill was so high. Turns out he was charging his homeless friends $1 to take a bath/shower and that was going on pretty much around the clock.”

7. Karma

“My cousin tried to really hurt me when I was 6. He loosened the bolts in my coffee table, told me to lay under it, and hit it so it fell on me. It killed the nerves in my two front teeth and had to get them pulled out. But now my cousin is fat, can’t walk, and has to wear diapers while spiraling into depression, so it all turned out well in the end.”

8. Cousin

“A cousin of mine put a weapon to my throat when I was about 8 to scare the life out of me. It worked. Almost literally.”

9. Ripped off

“A family member requested to borrow $10,000 from my mother in order to attend school. He deceived her by saying that check or cash is the only payment method accepted. My mother, not knowing much about the situation at hand, writes it up for him thinking that it’s for college tuition.

Next thing you know, he bounces out of the city with my mother’s money and never contacted her ever again.”

10. All in the family

“My grandfather married his stepdaughter.”

11. Stay a while

“My grandmother said she needed a place to stay one night due to issues with her housemate. She slept on the couch…for the next ten years. Made no effort to get her own place despite having a very good retirement income and still working part-time as a nurse. Loved to hit the casino though.”

12. Thief

“My sibling stole my brother’s and my inheritance from our grandfather to us (land, property, and cash) because we’re half breeds.”

13. Greedy

“During my father-in-law’s unexpected sickness and death, my brother-in-law got greedy. While my wife was staying with my father in law at the hospital my brother in law proceeded to loot my father in law of as many of his earthly possessions as he could load up, and took it all to his house; my wife has never been allowed to go through these personal possessions.

After moving my father in law to hospice, to cover his tracks my brother in law proceeded to tell the entire family that I had stolen large amounts of money from my father in law. There was no truth to this whatsoever in any shape, form, or fashion. And in fact, after my father in law’s death, my brother in law embezzled the estate funds $50k from the account— my wife ended up suing him and he had to return half. This act tore the family apart; all because of greed. It’s been 6 years and I think about it every day, still.”

14. Meth is bad

“My brother threatened to kick in my front door and kill me (6 months pregnant), my husband and 2-year-old son. He had stolen the phone I had purchased for my dad and I turned it off. He wanted me to turn it back on.

Meth is bad, kids.”

15. Awful

“My family member got our early Alzheimer’s father to sign a loan putting the house up, then purposefully defaulted, resulting in mother to be evicted. Mother and father ended up in separate homes and died a year apart. Took all the insurance money and left the grave without a stone.”

The post 13+ People Share the Sketchiest Thing a Family Member Has Done appeared first on UberFacts.

If You’re Over 25 These 15 Facts Will Make You Feel Super Old

If you’re in your mid to late 20’s, chances are you’re still feeling pretty young, footloose, and fancy free — especially if you haven’t decided to have children yet! However, regardless of how young you think you are, I promise you, these 15 facts will have you checking the mirror for wrinkles.

#15. This year, kids born in the 2000s became adults.

Image Credit: Pixabay

Did your brain just implode?

#14. Spongebob Squarepants is so old he’s now part of the Nick at Nite lineup.

Image Credit: Nickelodeon

Yup, that’s when old people watch Nickelodeon.

#13. There are kids in high school who have never known a world without social media.

Image Credit: Pixabay

It’s kind of sad when you think about how your childhood probably didn’t revolve around the internet, or at least not to the same degree.

#12. Rookie of the Year is old enough to be in the process of a remake.

Image Credit: 20th Century Fox

I guess that makes it a classic. Who would’ve thunk it?

#11. Lindsay Lohan is now older than the actress who played her potential stepmother in The Parent Trap.

Image Credit: Disney

Chew on that for a minute.

#10. Likewise, the kids from Jurassic Park are now older than Laura Dern was when she filmed the movie.

Image Credit: Universal Pictures

That cannot be right.

#9. It’s been 18 years — an entire childhood — since the cast of the first Harry Potter movie was announced.

Image Credit: Warner Bros.

Another little boy living under the stairs could’ve had a whole other set of adventures in a magical universe in that time!

#8. Kids today have never lived in a world where iProducts haven’t existed.

Image Credit: Pixabay

But most of them have never heard of or seen an original iPod [screaming emoji].

#7. And while they might love Fortnite, they’ll never know the joy of handheld games like a GameBoy.

Image Credit: Pixabay

I mean, yeah, tablets are fancier, but nothing beats the simplicity of that square, grey box.

#6. Blink 182 is being played on classic rock stations.

Image Credit: Consequence of Sound.

You know, the stations we used to refer to as the “oldie” station and that played rock n’ roll from the 50s?

#5. The Phantom Menace was released in 1999, which means we’re just about as far from it as it was from the original Star Wars, released in 1977.

Image Credit: Disney

On the bright side, we can still remember a Star Wars universe in which The Phantom Menace didn’t exist.

#4. They could make a High School Musical 4 and have it take place at their 10 year reunion.

Image Credit: Disney

Idk why, but this one killed me.

#3. The 90s to them were the 70s for us.

Image Credit: Twitter

Our childhoods have been reduced to homecoming week themes.

#2. If someone wants to make a “vintage” movie, like The Wedding Singer was for us, it would be set in 2005.

Image Credit: New Line Cinema

That’s 13 years ago, friends.

#1. There are kids in high school who were born after both Elf and Shrek were released.

Image Credit: New Line Cinema

What would it be like to have never lived in a world without Will Ferrell equating Christmas?

No shame, people. Getting older is actually the best.

The post If You’re Over 25 These 15 Facts Will Make You Feel Super Old appeared first on UberFacts.

10 Conversations on Tinder That Were Surprisingly Wholesome

True, Tinder is a hookup app for the most part. But these Tinder exchanges will put a smile on your face and might even make you reconsider downloading the app…again.

1. Don’t let this one fall through the cracks

Photo Credit: Reddit

2. Nerd humor

Photo Credit: Reddit

3. A good first question

Photo Credit: Reddit

4. Love connection!

Photo Credit: Reddit

5. That’ll work

Photo Credit: Reddit

6. Match made

Photo Credit: Reddit

7. Qualified

Photo Credit: Twitter

8. Grin and bear it

Photo Credit: Reddit

9. Winning!

Photo Credit: Imgur

10. Tropical AF

Photo Credit: Imgur

Now I feel all fuzzy inside.

The post 10 Conversations on Tinder That Were Surprisingly Wholesome appeared first on UberFacts.

30+ Art History Memes That Are Very Relatable

True art is timeless. And relatable. Case in point:

1.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

2.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

3.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

4.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

5.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

6.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

7.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

8.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

9.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

10.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

11.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

12.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

13.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

14.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

15.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

16.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

17.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

18.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

19.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

20.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

21.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

22.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

23.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

24.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

25.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

26.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

27.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

28.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

29.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

30.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

31.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

32.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

33.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

34.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

35.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

36.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

37.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

38.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

39.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

40.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

41.

Photo Credit: Pizza Bottle

h/t: Pizza Bottle

The post 30+ Art History Memes That Are Very Relatable appeared first on UberFacts.

12+ Tweets About ‘Cuffing Season’ for All of You Looking for a Partner

Cuffing season is officially here!

It’s when people get into relationships during the fall and winter because it’s cold and miserable outside, and they want to be tied down with another person doing indoor activities for a while.

It makes sense when you think about it. And so do these tweets.

1. It’s very scientific

Photo Credit: Twitter

2. A truer sentence has never been spoken

Photo Credit: Twitter

3. Perfect for cuffing

Photo Credit: Twitter

4. Only two options

Photo Credit: Twitter

5. True dat

Photo Credit: Twitter

6. It’s not…

Photo Credit: Twitter

7. Hate the game

Photo Credit: Twitter

8. No

Photo Credit: Twitter

9. Time for a joke

Photo Credit: Twitter

10. Good idea

Photo Credit: Twitter

11. A keeper

Photo Credit: Twitter

12. I know that feeling

Photo Credit: Twitter

13. Mixed signals

Photo Credit: Twitter

14. Tis the season

Photo Credit: Twitter

15. What’s wrong with that?

Photo Credit: Twitter

You gonna cuff this fall and winter? C’mon! Why not?!?

The post 12+ Tweets About ‘Cuffing Season’ for All of You Looking for a Partner appeared first on UberFacts.