Did you know that in the state of New York, if you want to buy whipped cream you have to be over the age of 21? That’s right: Be prepared to show some identification the next time you’re trying to pick up a can. The law is not actually as recent as you might think,...

Julie Hambleton
Freelance Writer
Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner. Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.
The United States is yet again grappling with more gun violence. This time, a shooting at a Fourth of July Parade in Highland Park, Chicago. One of the saddest stories to come out of this tragic event is that of 2-year-old Aiden McCarthy. Strangers found him trapped underneath the body of his father after the...
Is it possible to die of a broken heart? The family of Irma and Joe Garcia will tell you that yes, it is. Days after a gunman shot and killed Irma Garcia in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, her broken-hearted husband Joe had a fatal heart attack. It happened just hours after he was filmed...
On April 7, Holly Dance experienced every parent’s worst nightmare: She found her 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee unconscious in their home with some kind of ligature over his head. Holly called emergency services, who rushed the young boy to the hospital. The doctors put him on life support, and since then the boy still has...
Just when we thought we were done hearing about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s messy divorce and defamation case, here we are again. Despite losing her court battle with Depp, Amber Heard has since given a lengthy, three-part interview on the Today Show about it. She says that she will “stand by every word of...
As the days pass since the May 24 Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, more and more stories are coming out about the victims and who they were. One particularly touching story is of Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez and Xavier James Lopez. Though the pair were young, both just 10 years old, they had a...
The Met Gala is always the year’s biggest night in fashion. Celebrities turn out in the most daring, beautiful, and in many cases, outrageous, over-the-top looks. While the focus is usually primarily on the outfits that they wear for the actual event, this year, the after-party looks also drew quite a lot of attention. The...
Few adults have the courage that this seven-year-old boy showed earlier this month. When his family’s home caught fire, it was young Eli who saved his baby sister from the flames. (1) Boy Saves Baby Sister From House Fire Late at night on December 8, 2020, the Davidson family’s home in New Tazewell, Tennessee caught...
At this point, everyone has at least seen a meme of the most talked about event at the 2022 Oscar awards ceremony: The on-stage confrontation between Chris Rock and Will Smith. Yes, that confrontation. The one where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face after a joke about his wife Jada. Smith then continued...
Everyone will be talking about the 2022 Academy Awards for quite a while, but not for the regular reasons. They won’t be discussing who they thought should have won best director or best picture. No, they’ll only be talking about how host Chris Rock told a joke that made Will Smith so upset, that the...
The pandemic saw many families separated by great distances with no way of being able to see each other. In many cases, this meant that people were extremely isolated, especially the elderly. This 11-year-old boy’s grandmother was one of them. He missed his grandma, too. So much, in fact, that he decided to walk to...
The longest-married presidential couple, former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn have been married for 75 years. This is how they met and their secret to still be in love with each other so many decades later. Jimmy Carter and Wife Rosalynn’s Secret To A Long-Lasting Marriage Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn are...