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Word of the Day
June 12, 2026
ambivalent
having opposing feelings
“My feelings about Calvin are ambivalent because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious thief.”
26 Photos That’ll Unlock Memories You Forgot You Had
A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos
A high school in China hooks up its students to IV peptide drips while they prepare for the Gaokao, China’s brutal national college entrance exam that occurs every June
The Gaokao, China’s national college entrance examination, is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and important academic tests in the world. Held annually each June, the exam is taken by millions of high school students and largely determines which universities they can attend, making it a pivotal moment in their lives. The intense competition and high stakes have earned the Gaokao a reputation for placing enormous pressure on students, many of whom spend years preparing through long study hours and rigorous coursework. For many families, the exam is seen as a crucial pathway to higher education, career opportunities, and social mobility.
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So You Think You Know Television?
Anyone can binge a show. This quiz is for the people who know who created it, who scored it, and the deep-cut details most viewers blew right past.
Ten questions spanning the golden age of television and a few classics that came before it — creators, callbacks, and a couple of moments only real fans remember.
5 Things I Learned That I Can’t Stop Thinking About
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein published a best-selling romance novel that spawned a twenty-episode TV series and a stage musical.
One of the strangest footnotes of Saddam Hussein’s rule over Iraq had nothing to do with tanks, palaces, or politics. In 2000, the Iraqi dictator secretly published a romance novel titled Zabiba and the King. At first glance, it appeared to be a simple love story between a powerful king and a common woman named Zabiba. But readers quickly recognized that the novel was packed with political symbolism. The king represented Saddam himself, while Zabiba symbolized the Iraqi people. Their enemies stood in for foreign powers and political rivals.
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19 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, ordered that a safety net be installed under the bridge during construction. For the time, it was a revolutionary thing. The net “captured” 19 men who had fallen, saving them all from certain death.
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How Many of These 15 “Facts” Can You Actually Get Right?
Some “facts” get repeated so often that nobody stops to check them. You’ve heard these your whole life, nodded along, maybe even passed a few on to other people.
Here are 15 of them. For each one, pick the answer you think is actually correct — and see how well what you “know” holds up.
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17 People Reveal The Things About Their Friends That Keeps Them Perpetually Single
Everyone knows someone who seems like a great catch on paper but somehow remains perpetually single. Maybe they’re attractive, successful, funny, or genuinely kind. Yet year after year, relationship after relationship, nothing seems to stick.
When a Reddit user asked people to reveal the thing about their friends that keeps them perpetually single, thousands of users chimed in with surprisingly candid answers. Some responses were funny, others were brutal, and quite a few were genuinely insightful.
Here are some of the most memorable responses.