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| It takes a while to see it, but there are not two dogs in the photo. |
| Optical illusions are wild. The way our brains perceive what our eyes see can be way off base, even when we’re sure about what we’re seeing. |
| Plenty of famous optical illusions have been created purposefully, from the Ames window that appears to be moving back and forth when it’s actually rotating 360 degrees to the spiral image that makes Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” look like it’s moving. |
| But sometimes optical illusions happen by accident. Those ones are even more fun because we know they aren’t a result of someone trying to trick our brains. Our brains do the tricking all by themselves. |
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| She desperately needed help to get to appointments. |
| Sometimes in life you need a little help. Going through any major life event can be scary but to have to go through it mostly alone can be downright terrifying. April Goodman found herself in that very situation over a year ago. Goodman was diagnosed with uterine cancer and would need assistance getting to and from her appointments for chemotherapy and radiation. |
| But Goodman didn’t have anyone she could call on for help, which left her reliant on attempting to seek assistance through the app Nextdoor. This app is often used for neighborly things like informing people of accidents, recommendations, and sometimes help with smaller things like food or lawn equipment. It essentially brings neighbors together in one spot to allow them to communicate and look out for one another. |
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| Childbirth can be chaotic. But this is next level. |
| One dad is delighting readers on X with an epic tale of nearly missing his daughter’s birth after fainting. His story of rushing to make it in time feels like something straight out of a movie—complete with a happy ending. |
| Luke Epplin’s wife had gone into labor on a Friday. Most of that night, and all of Saturday, Epplin stayed awake, waiting. Finally, on Sunday, he began to doze off. That’s when he got word that his wife had gone into active labor. |
| And this is where our hilarious saga begins. |
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| Even the inventors themselves regretted making some of these things. |
| Humanity is amazing, truly. The way we’re continually advancing in nearly every arena of learning, the scientific discoveries we’ve made, the technologies we’ve created, the innovative improvements that are constantly being made—it’s all quite remarkable. |
| But in all of this forward movement, we haven’t alway struck a healthy balance. Technological and scientific advancements are only a net positive when they are tempered with wisdom, thoughtfulness and conscientiousness of the greater good, and there are notable times when those virtues have been lacking.j |
| Reddit user /leo_78 asked, “If you could dis-invent something, what would it be?” and people’s responses highlight how vital it is to think about the consequences of innovations and inventions before they get put out into the world. (In fact, as we’ll see, some of the people who came up with these inventions even regretted it later.) |
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