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Feed Your Brain With These Fascinating Facts
In 1985 Michael Jackson bought the Lennon–McCartney song catalog for $47.5m then used it in many commercials which saddened McCartney. Jackson reportedly expressed exasperation at his attitude, stating “If he didn’t want to invest $47.5m in his own songs, then he shouldn’t come crying to me now”
It started as one of the great music friendships—two icons, two geniuses, two men who had both reshaped the industry in their own ways. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, together, had created some of the catchiest collaborations of the 1980s: Say Say Say, The Girl Is Mine. They admired each other, respected each other.
And then, Michael Jackson bought the Lennon-McCartney song catalog.
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25 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up ‘Nice Guy’ Energy
Look, we’ve all met him. The self-proclaimed “Nice Guy” who holds open doors, sends “good morning” texts, and reminds you (often) that he’s not like other guys. But somewhere between his 47th passive-aggressive DM and a long-winded rant about how women only like jerks, you start to realize—this “nice guy” routine? Yeah, it’s got a catch.
The internet has, thankfully, turned this phenomenon into a goldmine of memes, where the Nice Guy™ is exposed in all his fragile, entitlement-fueled glory. Whether he’s complaining about the friend zone, rage-posting about how “women don’t appreciate real gentlemen,” or flipping from sweet to sour the moment he gets rejected, these memes capture the comedy and cringe of it all.
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Word of the Day
June 16, 2026
catalyze
to charge, inspire
“The president's speech catalyzed the nation and resuscitated the economy.”
20 Things That Are Just Mildly Fascinating
In Chile, cereal can’t have cartoons on the boxes
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19 Photos That Will Remind You That Life Is Beautiful
Here’s the thing about being alive: most of the time, we don’t even notice it. Life is this constant stream of notifications, to-do lists, and half-finished cups of coffee, and in the middle of all that, we forget to look up. We forget that the world is full of small, incredible moments—tiny flashes of warmth, connection, and unexpected joy that remind us why any of this matters in the first place.
So here’s a reminder.
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6 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes
First sergeant of A Company, 101st Airborne Division, guiding a medevac helicopter through the jungle foliage to pick up casualties suffered during a five-day patrol near Hue, Vietnam, April 1968.
The jungle never gave you a break. Not for the heat, not for the smell, not for the fact that you hadn’t eaten in days, and sure as hell not for the men bleeding out in the dirt. The First Sergeant stood in the clearing, arms stretched to the sky, like he was calling down some kind of salvation, but there wasn’t any of that here—just the ugly mechanical beat of the medevac, cutting through the thick, wet air, the promise of maybe getting out of this alive.
Feed Your Brain With These 8 Fascinating Facts
Schopenhauer called the post-orgasm moment of clarity as “devil’s laughter” because it’s when we realize we’re slaves to a biological imperative uncaring of our happiness
Arthur Schopenhauer, the 19th-century philosopher best known for making even Nietzsche seem like an optimist, had a particularly bleak take on human existence. Life, he argued, was little more than a cruel joke played by an indifferent universe, and nowhere was this more apparent than in the moments immediately following orgasm. He called it the devil’s laughter—that sudden, crushing moment of clarity when you realize that, just seconds ago, you were a marionette dancing on the strings of biology, wholly possessed by forces that care nothing for your long-term happiness.
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15 Maps and Graphs That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Today’s daters are increasingly turning to online platforms to find partners
If you’re dating in 2025, chances are you’re swiping, scrolling, or matching your way through an algorithmically curated feed of potential partners. Gone are the days of organically meeting someone at a coffee shop or through a friend—today’s singles are turning to platforms like Hinge, Bumble, and even niche apps catering to hyper-specific interests (think: farmers, dog lovers, or NFT collectors). The shift isn’t just about convenience; it’s about efficiency. Why waste time navigating vague vibes IRL when you can pre-screen for political alignment, music taste, and love languages before even exchanging a message?
But as dating goes digital, the rules of attraction are evolving. The rise of video-first features and AI-generated profile prompts means that personality—or at least the illusion of it—is more important than ever. And with social media lurking in the background, every interaction comes with a layer of public scrutiny: your matches can Google you, stalk your LinkedIn, or find your TikTok before you’ve even set up a date. While some hail the hyper-connectivity of modern romance as a game-changer, others are left feeling burned out, stuck in an endless cycle of ghosting, breadcrumbing, and chasing the ever-elusive “spark” in a sea of curated personas.
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Are We Living in a Second Gilded Age?
If we could resurrect a robber baron from the late 19th century—someone like John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie—and sit them down in front of a modern financial news broadcast, they might not feel all that out of place. Sure, they wouldn’t understand the technology, but the underlying [Read more…] about Are We Living in a Second Gilded Age?
10 Striking Propaganda Posters and the History Behind Them
Anti-American poster, USSR, 1960
This Soviet-era propaganda poster isn’t just a critique—it’s an indictment. The composition is straightforward, almost clinical in its execution: the top half presents the idealized vision of America, a shining beacon of liberty, prosperity, and modernity, embodied by the Statue of Liberty standing tall over New York Harbor. But then, the bottom half rips away the facade. Lady Liberty’s crown isn’t adorned with its usual spikes of enlightenment but instead transformed into the hooded figures of the Ku Klux Klan, rifles in hand, staring out with the empty, chilling gaze of intolerance. The message? The Soviet Union wanted the world to see the United States not as the land of freedom it claimed to be, but as a nation built on racial terror and hypocrisy.
At the height of the Cold War, both superpowers waged ideological battles just as fiercely as they stockpiled nuclear warheads. The USSR routinely pointed to American racial injustice—most notably the Civil Rights struggles and the violent backlash against desegregation—as proof that the U.S. was failing its own democratic ideals. This image is propaganda, yes, but it’s also a reflection of an uncomfortable truth: that while America sold itself as the global leader of justice and equality, it was still grappling with the deep scars of white supremacy. The Soviets weren’t interested in fixing those problems, of course; they had their own brutal repression to contend with. But in the war of images and narratives, this was a powerful way to remind the world that America’s house was not nearly as clean as it claimed to be.
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