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A TikTok creator racked up nearly 5 million views in a video revealing how he has spent most of his life speaking in a voice that wasn’t his own. Timothy Daigle, now in his 40s, said he adopted a higher, tense register as a teenager to accommodate others for decades… Read more »

A former Disney performer called out social media clout-seeking park guests who heckle performers into breaking character on camera. In an Oct. 26, 2025, TikTok that has now reached over 5 million viewers, KG (@kayla.g21), who performed at Disney for eight years, called the behavior “despicable” and warned that antagonizing… Read more »

UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell (@thugnasty_ufc) posted an Instagram Reel renouncing his longtime support for President Donald Trump. The fighter, who once said he’d "take a bullet" for Trump, said his views had changed completely after years of believing the president shared his values. In the clip, Mitchell said, "Hey, I… Read more »

It may seem that the phrase "6-7" is taking over every conversation with the kids in adults' lives, from home to the classroom. Now, it’s coming for Halloween too—in the form of costumes. The trending meme phrase is spoken as "six seven" and has zero actual meaning to it. It’s… Read more »

A resurfaced note from David Harbour to his now-ex-wife Lily Allen is going viral in the wake of her new album chronicling their troubled marriage. Allen's first album in seven years, West End Girl, was released earlier this month. The singer has publicly noted that she wrote it over the… Read more »

Gamers dragged the White House after it posted an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as Halo’s Master Chief. The picture, which showed Trump in green armor standing before the White House, included a U.S. flag that was missing ten stars. Both political camps laughed at the bizarre post,… Read more »

A woman bought what seemed like a great deal on an old Ford truck—until she discovered why it was so cheap. But instead of calling it a loss, she rolled up her sleeves and dove into one of the most brutal engine repair jobs she's ever tackled. Woman fixes $2,000… Read more »

Two TikTokers on opposite sides of the world compared results after letting their countries’ McDonald’s Big Macs sit out for 30 days. This is another in a long line of experiments testing whether and how much fast food products decay, with McDonald’s being one of the primary targets ever since… Read more »

YouTuber Jeffery Phillips spent nearly two months proving how easy it can be to fool artificial intelligence. In a 20-minute video, Phillips explained that his mission wasn’t about fame or clicks; it was about "making artificial intelligence artificial stupid." He wanted to show just how fragile Google’s new AI overview… Read more »

The internet loves a strange experiment, and one TikTok video recently tried to answer an oddly satisfying question: do all Wikipedia pages eventually lead to "Philosophy?" The original poster, Lukas (@lukasg007), explained, "If you click on the first link in a Wikipedia article and then you click on the first… Read more »