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· Laura Dang
Homeless Man’s Piano Performance Goes Viral Online, Raises $40,000 to Turn His Life Around
A homeless man in Florida became an Internet sensation after a video of him playing the piano on a sidewalk went viral. Donald Gould, 51, has now been given a second chance to turn his life around thanks to fans who created a GoFundMe page for the Sarasota man. His crowdfunding…
· Riley Schatzle
Man Challenges Himself to Find a Date Without Using the Internet
A short video by BAFTA-nominated writer and director Samuel Abrahams documenting his friend’s attempts at landing a date without the help of technology has gone viral. In the video, titled “Offline Dating,” Abraham’s friend, Tom Greaves, wanders around Hackney, London…
· Jacob Wagner
Two Friends Pay for Stranger’s Groceries and the Reactions are Priceless
While some Youtubers conduct social experiments to point out gaping flaws in our society, others conduct them just to do something nice for people.
· Editorial Staff
How One Entrepreneur Accidentally Sold Out a Product No One Wanted
Going viral is a huge boon for any entrepreneurial venture, let alone for one that doesn’t have its feet set firmly in the market yet. For instance, the Dollar Shave Club sold its concept of $1-a-month razor cartridges through its humorous videos, the first of which garnered 2…
· Editorial Staff
How One Man Launched a Website, Made Millions, and Sold it For $100 Million in Two Years
In 2013, Scott Delong, then 29-years-old, launched ViralNova, a media startup dedicated to providing aggregated content that’s shareable and has the potential to go viral — content that many people consider clickbait. The site sold today to digital-media company Zealot Networks…
· Editorial Staff
How Two Guys Turned a Startup That Sells $1 Razors into a $615 Million Company
Back in March 2012, Venice-based startup Dollar Shave Club released a promotional video that went immediately went viral all over the internet. It drew 2 million views within the first three days of launch, and the company received 5,000 paying subscribers on its first day. The…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Sick of Traffic, Man Rides Horse to Work Instead
One fed-up worker in China has started riding a horse to work to avoid traffic jams. The man, whose name has not been released, began riding his horse to beat rush hour in the morning in Wuhan, China, reports Tencent via Shanghaiist.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Pizza Hut Employee Photographed Masturbating in Drive-Thru by Teenage Girls
Two teens who ordered pizza from Pizza Hut using one of the chain’s drive-through services claim they caught a male employee at the window fondling himself. The two teenage girls, whose names have not been released, snapped a picture of the employee with his hand down his pants…
· Editorial Staff
What Happens When You Ask Siri to ‘Divide Zero By Zero’
“Siri, what’s zero divided by zero?” That’s the question to Siri that’s recently gone viral because of the unusually harsh answer the virtual assistant gives after you ask it.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
British Hipster Model Admits He Gets His Style Tips from Homeless People
A British male model is under fire on social media and is being compared to a fictitious character in the movie “Zoolander” for saying he takes style inspiration from the homeless. Scruffy, heavily tattooed model Ricki Hall, 28, is known for being featured in ad campaigns for…
· Laura Dang
This 23-Year-Old Made Over $15,000 Because She Looks Like Taylor Swift
Rose Nicholas has been cashing in on her looks and the fact that everyone mistakes her for famous pop singer Taylor Swift. The motto “fake it till you make it” is literally paying off for the 23-year-old British look-alike from Chester, England, who has made thousands…
· Max Chang
People Born in These Two Months Have a Higher Risk For Disease in Life, Study Finds
A recent Columbia University study has found that the month you were born in affects your chances of catching certain illnesses and diseases. The study, which was published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, was titled, “Birth Month Affects Lifetime…
· Jacob Wagner
People are Going Crazy for Gumbo After Patron Leaves $2,000 Tip
Apparently, one generous patron at a Washington, D.C. restaurant loved the gumbo there so much, he left a $2,000 tip. His receipt went viral, and many netizens have now developed a mad craving for good gumbo. What’s funny is that gumbo isn’t even on the menu at restaurant Blue…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Hero Pilot Throws Pizza Party for Passengers After Flight Gets Stranded
Yesterday, a Delta flight scheduled to fly from Philadelphia to Atlanta was diverted to Knoxville after torrential rains in Georgia prevented the aircraft from landing, stranding passengers on the tarmac in Tennessee for hours. How did the pilot appease the disgruntled and…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Kanye West Disses Nike Exactly Like You’d Expect Him To
Kanye West is a number of things. He’s a rapper, singer, producer and songwriter. In addition, he’s also an entrepreneur, film director and fashion designer. Now, West is also a doctor. On Monday, college dropout West, who left both American Academy of Art and later Chicago…
· Editorial Staff
Idiot Soccer Bro Fired from $100k Job After Sexually Harassing Reporter with ‘FHRITP’
A female reporter is being hailed as a hero after confronting and shaming hecklers who yelled an obscene phrase into her microphone during an on-air segment. Here’s the FHRITP confrontation from the TFC game last night. Please retweet http://t.co/Lrot7E9fUQ
· Augustine Reyes Chan
New ‘Selfie Arm’ is the Ideal Product For People With No Friends
You do it all the time. And you do it alone, all by yourself. We’re talking about selfies, of course, and how popular they’ve become. But there’s a whiff of utter loneliness when you snap pics of yourself. It’s that you’re alone.
· Sebastian Dillon
CEO of World’s Most Valuable Startup Butchers the English Language in Awkward Speech
Some talented CEOs have mastered difficult foreign languages. Lei Jun, the CEO of the most valuable startup in the world, Xiaomi, is not one of those CEOs.
· Max Chang
Exec Behind the Epic Craigslist Job Ad Shares The Best Way to Get Hired By a Tech Startup
When it comes to landing a desirable job at a hot tech company, sometimes you have to show brilliant creativity just to get their attention. After months of failing to land a job at San Francisco-based Airbnb, Nina Mufreh dazzled the company’s CEO and CTO with her innovative…
· Jacob Wagner
Angry Doctor Calls Out Patient’s Employer in Sarcastic Sick Note
What do you do when you’re sick, but don’t have the money, time or energy to go get a doctor’s note to excuse yourself from work? One medical professional from Alberta, Canada stuck up for his sick patient, and the taxpayers who paid for his healthcare, with a seriously sassy…