What did ancient humans do all day before ‘work’ was invented? It wasn’t all about survival.

A viral video offers a peek into our ancestors’ uniquely human daily habits.

By Annie Reneau

When people daydream about not having to work for a living, they usually envision being super wealthy. They don’t usually imagine living alongside their ancestors thousands of years ago.

But the reality is that jobs as we know them—working hours, salaries and paychecks, work-life balance, paid or unpaid time off, overtime, etc.—are super recent on the human timeline. Even specialized jobs, which have been around for thousands of years, are still new compared to the roughly 290,000 years of human evolution that preceded anything resembling what we think of as “employment.”

96-year old grandmother gets stern warning from nursing home for ‘partying too hard’

She’s gotta fight for her right to party.

By Cecily Knobler

Lillian Droniak is 96 years old, and she’s not gonna take any guff from the authorities. She resides in Connecticut in a nursing home and has become an Internet sensation with nearly four million followers on Instagram alone. (Incidentally, she only follows one person, and it’s her grandson, Kevin. But we’ll come back to that.) She’s listed as a “fashion model,” and her bio reads: “I’m a celebrity and a 96-year-old grandma. I can be your grandma too.”

Just recently, she posted a clip where she shares a threatening letter from her nursing home. Wearing a t-shirt with the words “eyes are up here” in hot pink lettering, she pulls out her glasses and begins to read the letter. She is not messing around.

16 things most Americans don’t know are an ‘American thing’ according to non-Americans

From ranch dressing to garbage disposals.

By Tod Perry

The concept of “American exceptionalism” is usually associated with the idea that the United States is special and in some way superior to other nations, but there is another way to see it. Like other countries, there are things that are unique to the U.S., many of which we may now know are exceptionally American.

There are some obvious things we know are unique to us, such as referring to the game where you kick a ball into a goal as soccer, rather than football. There are also some of our nonsensical sayings, such as “See ya later, alligator,” or “Put your John Hancock on it,” that you won’t hear anywhere else. However, there are also some specific aspects of American culture that are so American, most of us don’t even realize they aren’t widely adopted elsewhere.

Rockstar Alice Cooper left his credit card in an Arizona gas station. A camper returned it to him.

“I’m really glad I could help get it back to him.”

By Emily Shiffer

There’s nothing worse than losing a credit card—especially if you’re about to embark on a five-week world tour. That’s exactly what happened to rockstar Alice Cooper.

The “School’s Out” singer accidentally left his credit card at a gas station in Payson, Arizona. That’s where camper Geoff Guy found it still in the chip reader.

Thanks to Guy’s honesty, he was able to get the card back to Cooper. It resulted in a special meeting between the two.