For centuries there’s always some kind of beauty standard that everyone wants to reach and everyone else admires. People chase this their whole lives, living in fear of the natural process of aging beyond a so-called prime. People put on makeup to hide blemishes, fast to fit within their perfect ...
Whenever you go to a stadium, whether that be a soccer game, American football, basketball, baseball, or any sport that has a bunch of spectators sitting next to each other, you’ll always find people cheering loudly for their team whenever something interesting happens, like a cool pass or shot, and ...
Children’s entertainment in the past few decades has revolved around TV, with Saturday morning cartoons and TV shows, games, movies, and toys—stuff made specifically for children. Back when I was growing up, there were cartoons such as Ed Edd n Eddy, Chowder, Regular Show, and many other cartoons; there was ...
Over the past few years there’s been a rise in age verification methods all over the internet requiring people to scan pictures of their IDs, faces, or both into company databases in order to use their software. On paper this crackdown sounds appealing, making sure children don’t get into adult ...
New York City officials released thousands of never-before-seen documents questioning the air quality at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks. The city launched a public online portal with around 170,000 documents from various government agencies dealing with NYC’s air quality after 9/11 and the health risks posed by it. The ...
Beloved and influential Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade, who passed away in 2022, is receiving a full feature-length documentary titled “Technoblade Never Dies,” named after the late Technoblade’s catchphrase. This project is being produced by Candle Media’s Candle True Stories, with financing from Hypixel Studios, the creators behind Minecraft’s biggest multiplayer server, ...
Gloria Steinem passed away at the age of 92 on September 2nd, 2026. Her death was announced by her foundation on Instagram saying she “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” “Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to ...
There’s always been this sanctity behind live stage plays, where you go to see it in person like you would a soccer game. All the events play out right in front of your eyes, the flashy moments and touching stories on the stage. Those behind these on-stage productions value the ...
If you’ve seen the White House Twitter account at any point within the past few years, you may have seen an insensitive AI-generated meme or two from their account, promoting ICE and “keeping illegal aliens out” or something along those lines. The professional conduct of official government social media accounts ...
1. The Richmond County Fair The Richmond County Fair is a three-day festival from September 5th to September 7th, 2026, 12- 8 p.m. each day. Since 1980, the Historic Richmond Town organization has been hosting a “people’s gala” to educate the people and showcase the history of Richmond County. The ...
Everything comes and goes throughout history; everything has a date of creation and when that thing was alive and/or relevant. Forms of entertainment are not exceptions to this; gladiator rings in Rome were all the rage in 200 BCE, but we don’t watch people fight to the death for entertainment ...
Soccer easily takes the spot as the most popular sport on earth, but why exactly is soccer so popular compared to every other sport? There are more obvious cases like American football; the rest of the world calls what we call soccer “fútbol” or their language’s version of football since ...
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