You don’t see shoes on electricity lines very often. However, it appears that wherever you see one, you’re likely to see several, much like colorful beads on trees. There’s a lot of debate on the true meaning of shoes on a power line, but there’s general agreement about what those beads signify (it’s a Mardi...
Right now, check your rainy-day fund! You have won the lotto if any of these priceless dimes are in your coin jar. It isn’t a false alarm, sorry. Aoinweek and Blanchard & Co. reported that some incredibly precious and uncommon dimes might fetch as much as $2 million. CNN reported in 2016 that a rare...
A 43-year-old mother to two children, Lucy Peck, is standing firm against critics who belittled her renovated home. The criticism was against her transforming her 1930s period house in Chatham, Kent. She turned it into a modern residence of £1.4M, dubbing it a ‘chav‘ house. Dismissing trolls as individuals with ‘sad lives,‘ Lucy defended the...
The she-shed is undoubtedly one of the coolest trends of the 21st century. Man caves (he-sheds) have been around for as long as anyone can remember, and women have been feeling left out for too long. Also, a man cave will lose its “essence” when feminine colonization starts to creep in. Well, who needs that when...
Many of us had parents who owned an iconic Volkswagen Beetle. Even if your parents did not own one, there is no way you did not notice these adorable bug-like cars on the road every day. In fact, this little car is so well-loved that many of us ended up buying one for ourselves when...
With minimum wage being what it is servers often depend on tips to survive. So, it comes as no surprise that some servers get more than a little annoyed when people don’t tip appropriately. This has recently led to a rant by TikToker Ben Raanan, who uploaded a video where he slammed people for poor...
Going to the gym can be intimidating for many people. This woman recently worked up the courage and joined one. On her third trip there, however, she was devastated and completely mortified when an employee asked her to leave for breaking the dress code. She was wearing a long sports bra top and matching tights....
Charlotte Sapwell was 27 and homeless when her marriage ended, leaving her as the single mother of two boys. She dismissed the option of a house with a mortgage draining her limited funds. Instead, she built her own miniature home for just $10,000. This single mom’s tiny home in Ballarat, Victoria, put a roof over her family’s...
If you often find yourself dozing off at your desk in the middle of the afternoon, or driving with your windows down in hopes that the fresh air will keep you awake during your commute home, you’re not alone. The American Sleep Association has done the research and the results are in- America is a...
Some farmers harvest energy in addition to their crops. Take Fabian Karthaus, for example. His father built a photovoltaic system (solar panels) on the roof of their barn when Karthaus was a child. At the age of 33, the farmer keeps two large solar power systems in his field. Berry crops grow underneath one of...
As every mother can attest, a solitary trip to Target is a precious experience. However, during her recent visit to the popular store, a California mother found herself in a startling sequence of events that culminated in a hospital visit. Lana Clay-Monaghan had gone to the store on Sunday, March 26, to purchase summer clothing...
America’s oldest indoor shopping mall has been completely re-imagined since it was first built in 1828. Its three storeys were once a haven for retail therapy, but its doors were shut to the public when it went out of business in 2008. Of course, as you might have guessed, that wasn’t the end of the...