For many college freshman, the best part about going away to school is the newfound freedom that goes along with not living with parents. However that freedom can be dangerous for the waistline when you’re surrounded by all-you-can-eat buffet style dining halls, midnight cookie delivery services, and enough booze to fill the Grand Canyon.

Take a look at these 7 tips if you want to enjoy your first year at college without having to put on the dreaded ‘freshman 15‘.

7. Don’t say yes to a ‘fourth meal’.

You’ll be tempted to indulge in this late night meal because you never typically had any food after dinner when you lived at home besides the occasional dessert. It might even be masked at a late night study snack, but let’s not kid ourselves, if there’s as much food as you ate at dinner, it’s a fourth meal.

It’s ok to treat yourself to a late night snack, especially when studying, but be sure it’s actually a snack and not another meal.

6. Don’t skip breakfast.

If you do find yourself falling into bad sleeping habits, it’ll be very tempting to hit the snooze button as many times as possible, and wake up just before your first class starts. However, you’ll be leaving no time for the most important meal of the day.

According to a study published in The American Society of Nutritional Sciences’ Journal of Nutrition, calories consumed during breakfast are more satisfying and filling than those eaten later in the day. This leads to less calorie consumption overall, as you’re less likely to overeat.

5. Pick at least three food groups in every meal.

When eating on a meal plan in a buffet style dining hall, the best way to ensure you’re not eating just greasy food and carbs, make sure to pick food from every food group, and an array of color. By consciously making yourself eat a variety of foods, you’ll be getting a wider array of nutrients, and won’t fill up on all the comfort food available.

4. Hydrate.

Drinking enough water is one of the most important- but most forgotten- thing you can do for your health and weight. Drinking water helps keep your metabolism running and helps you feel and stay full. WebMD even suggests drinking a glass of water before each meal to prevent overeating.

Be sure to drink water at all times of the day by carrying around a reusable water bottle with you to class.

3. Not all Liquor is created equally.

Alcoholic beverages are just empty calories that provide no nutritional benefit, and are also many times loaded with sugar. A single can of beer is about 150 calories, so when you drink five or six of those, remember you just drank about 1,000 extra calories in one sitting. (One pound of fat is approximately 3,500 calories!)

And if you choose mixed drinks with even more sugar, you be packing on the pounds in no time. Not to mention, you’ll also have worse hangovers, which will make you want to lay in bed with Netflix all day.

2. Exercise!

Exercising to maintain weight isn’t a new concept, but many freshman fail to fit in daily exercise. There’s no excuse not to be active when you’re surrounded with free exercise classes, cheap physical training sessions, and free gym memberships.

And if you can’t always fit in a workout at the gym, remember to always walk to class no matter how tempting it is to drive.

1. Get your beauty sleep.

Late nights out and heavy workloads are a perfect storms for not getting enough sleep and forming terrible sleep habits. And poor sleep habits won’t just take a toll on your energy levels, they’ll set you up for a viscous cycle of weight gain.

Not only are you more likely to give into cravings and reach for the quicker, sugary snacks when you’re exhausted, but you’ll be less motivated to get to the gym, and your metabolism won’t function properly.

Try going to bed at around the same time each night, and when you do go out on the town, there’s no reason to stay up until sunrise. If there’s one thing you’ll learn, nothing good happens after 2 AM, so save yourself the trouble, and get yourself in bed.

How do you stay healthy on a budget or with a hectic schedule? Share with us in the comments below.

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Thighbrows on fleek!

Our obsessions with our bodies are starting to get a little bit weird. For some reason, we’ve especially been focused on eyebrows and thighs in recent years. Of course, we all know about the eyebrow trend that’s been taking over. The one that involves pointy, thick, over-the-top eyebrows.

Now there’s a new kid in town:

The latest trend involves not the notorious “thigh gap,” but the opposite. While the thigh gap focuses on skinny, spaced-out hips, “thighbrows” are all about that bass. The thighbrow is the line formed on the upper thigh where curvy hips meet the leg.

As demonstrated here by Kylie Jenner:

The trend is allegedly a body positive trend, though some critics say they don’t see how. “I don’t see how this can be called a body-positive trend when it requires a high cut bathing suit. It also seems to require a flat belly, so that line about it being achievable for anyone seems fishy,” said Courtney Marshall, a Women’s Studies professor at the University of New Hampshire, according to Mirror.

However, with the current look of bathing suits (high in the front and thin in the back), thighbrows work very well for those that have the body. So if you got it, flaunt it, until the next trend comes around.

Next, we’ll be trying to make our eyebrows look like chicken thighs.

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Our favorite stars of Hollywood may appear perfect on the big screen, or on the glossy pages of magazines, but it’s nice to know that even they need the help of makeup, photoshop, and strategic photo angles to achieve the ‘perfect’ image we have come to expect.

Take a look at these 16 refreshing quotes that prove even celebrities struggle with confidence and body issues.

16. “I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does that – even the people I consider flawless – you can start to live with the way you are.” – Taylor Swift

15. “I don’t have perfect teeth, I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.” – Emma Watson

14. “I get so worried about girls with body image and stuff… And I feel like I have been able to have a fun career and be an on-camera talent and be someone who has boyfriends and love interests and wears nice clothes and those kinds of things without having to be an emaciated stick. And it is possible to do it. In life, you don”t have to be that way and you can have a great life, a fun life.” – Mindy Kaling 

13. “I wish I could go back and tell my teenage self that I was beautiful. But since I can’t, I’m going to say it to you: Every single one of you is unique, beautiful, and worthy of a great life.” – Demi Lovato

12. I’m pretty comfortable with my body. I’m imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view you only live once.” – Kate Hudson

11. “i’m proud of my body. My body weight will always be something that I’ll struggle with for the rest of my life, but I’m finally in a good place and learning to love me for me, and not somebody else’s standards.” – Khloe Kardashian 

10. “Who cares if there are lumps on my thighs? I’m guilty of having human legs made up of fat, muscle, and skin, and sometimes when you sit, they get bumpy!” – Kristen Bell

9.  “I have cellulite. So what! I’ve never claimed to be perfect. It’s crazy anyone should assume that just because you’re in the spotlight, you’re flawless.” – Kim Kardashian 

8. “Somebody who talks about how much they’re eating and counts calories is unattractive to me. And when you limit yourself in the things you eat, it affects your mood. I’ve seen people who are a nightmare to be around because they’re not eating. That’s why I always have an apple in my purse or a Luna Bar in the glove box in case I get stuck in traffic – I don’t even want to be alone in the car with myself if I’m hungry!” – Nina Dobrev 

7. “[Sometimes] I’m running and get passed by a 70-year-old woman with a better body. I can’t be skinny all the time. I like to drink and I like to eat. I like burgers and bagels. – Chelsea Handler 

6. “You have to remember that it’s not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like [models]. Being size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn’t try and be like them. It’s not realistic and it’s not healthy.” – Rihanna

5. “I’m trying to gain weight but my body won’t let it happen. What people don’t understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat, it’s not a nice feeling.” – Kendall Jenner 

4. “Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she’s like, ‘I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.’ Where does it end? You just have to say, ‘It’s pretty damn good. I am right here at the moment and I’m OK with it. I’ve got other things to think about.’” —Melissa McCarthy

3. “I realize everybody wants what they don’t have. But at the end of the day, what you have is much more beautiful than what’s on the outside!” – Selena Gomez

2. “Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obamam, and doll tits… The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sbaotage our athletes. Everyone else is struggling.” – Tina Fey

1. “If anyone even tries to whisper the word ‘diet,’ I’m like, ‘You can go f*ck yourself.'” – Jennifer Lawrence 

Can you believe even the most ‘perfect’ celebrities have struggled with body image? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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Have you ever looked at an adorable baby and squealed, “oh, you’re so cute, I was want to eat you up!?”

If you have (which if you’ve ever encountered an adorable baby, you’ve totally said this), then you’ve experienced a phenomenon known as “cute aggression.” Researchers made this a thing when they presented a study to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in 2013. That’s right folks, your hard earned tax dollars were spent studying why you want to squeeze cute puppies (but to be fair, it was probably like .00000008 of a penny).
Researchers carried out a simple study where participants were shown a variety of pictures, and their emotional reactions to the pictures were measured.

The study found:

“Participants showed higher expressions of care for the more infantile babies, saying that they wanted to take care of them and protect them. But they also reported higher expressions of aggression in response to these babies, saying that they wanted to pinch the babies’ cheeks and “eat them up.”

But why do we do this:

Researchers think this odd behavior is a way of restoring our emotional equilibrium. Similar to crying tears of joy when we achieve a long sought-after goal or laughing nervously when we hear uncomfortable news, cute aggression is the balancing of conflicting emotions. It’s almost as if the cuteness is so overwhelming, the only way to respond is by snuggling it until it dies. Yeah, human beings are pretty weird.

Research also suggests that we want to bite cute things because at one point we did bite cute things. As babies, we experience the world with all our senses, especially taste. The desire to bite adorable things is a regressive behavior that stems back to early childhood.

It also stems back to early man.

Biting is an animal behavior that we still carry out, though not frequently because of social norms (think about how weird it would be to walk into an interview and bite your prospective employer because of animal instinct).

Animals often bite their own species not out of aggression, but due to playfulness. You’ve probably playfully nibbled your partner at some point. Likewise, it’s common for parents to bite the toes of their children in a playful manner. This behavior, often seen in the animal kingdom signifies trust and allows us to bond.

So, if you’ve ever wanted to bite (or have bitten) an adorable baby, you are not alone.

It’s okay. You’re a totally normal, non-cannibal that experiences the regular feelings evolution has taught us to carry out. So the next time you have a desire to bite a puppy (or an attractive stranger in a bar), you can just let them know, “it’s fine, bro. You and mean ain’t nothing but mammals.”

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Entrepreneur Elon Musk appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” recently and dropped a bomb…or at least he wants to.

Yes, the man who gave us the Tesla Electric Car has a few ideas in mind, worthy of  supervillain status. Many scientists are currently discussing how to make Mars travel and colonization possible, Musk noted that the Red Planet is currently a real “fixer-upper of a planet.”

However, according to Musk, Mars will only be inhospitable at first. “At first, you’re going to have to live in transparent domes but eventually, you could transform Mars into an Earth-like planet.”

And how does one transform Mars into an Earth-like planet?

That’s right, you guessed it, kiddies. Musk said you just have to warm it up not with a blanket, but with a few other tactics. Of course, as is with most things in life, there’s the fast way and the slow way. “the fast way is drop thermonuclear weapons over the poles,” said Musk

Haven’t we seen this movie before?

Yeah remember that scene from Terminator 2 where the bombs drop and the world goes up in smoke? That’s essentially what Musk proposed. Of course, we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume his evil scheme is mostly a joke.

But as Colbert pointed out, “you’re trying to do good things and you’re a billionaire. That seems a little like a superhero or a supervillain. You have to choose one.”

It appears Musk chose supervillain:

Stephen Colbert called Elon Musk a supervillain because of his plan to make Mars inhabitable … pic.twitter.com/NlHWhmyT0q

— TechwireGeek (@TechwireGeek) September 11, 2015

Sorry, Elon Musk: One Does Not Simply Nuke Mars Into Habitability.. Related Articles: http://t.co/11jX65F8yI

— Space News (@ooyuzspacenews) September 14, 2015

Never let it be said that Elon Musk isn't full of ideas.

— Hywela Maystone (@qopurebamyc) September 14, 2015

Watch the whole interview here:

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Have you heard thirty is the new twenty?

With the way life expectancy is increasing, eighty will soon be the new twenty. Which means, you’ll be allowed to be an “immature kid” well into middle age.

However, until that day comes, there are a few things that aren’t acceptable past a certain age. If you are encroaching upon this period of life (or if you’re well past it), here are a few things you should not be doing by the time you’re in your third decade:

1. Using your weekends to party all night and recover all day: A night of partying like a college kid is fun, but is it worth giving up your Saturday? If you have a job that takes up your whole week, use your weekends to do the things you couldn’t do because you were working. Your entire paycheck should not be going toward bottle service.
2.  Failing to have a savings account or nest egg in case of emergency: You never know when disaster might strike. Once you’ve had a stable job for a number of years, you should have a substantial amount of money set aside for a rainy day. Even better if you have enough to accomplish the financial goals you’ve been saving up for, like owning your own house.
3. Texting and driving: You shouldn’t do this at any age but you really shouldn’t still be doing this when you’re thirty. One downward glance it all it takes to cost yourself thousands of dollars in damages. Not to mention, it could also cost you your life or somebody else’s.
4. Eating poorly AND not working out: If you want the most out of life, you should find a health and workout routine that suits you. With age, humans have a harder time keeping the pounds off. But poor eating and weight also affect your mood and lifestyle in general. Learn to cook healthy-ish meals and take up an athletic activity that you can maintain a few times a week.

5. Ordering out more often than you cook: Think about all the money you could be saving by resisting the urge to order food from your local Thai place multiple nights a week. You could put it all towards a week at the Jersey Shore (or a day in the Bahamas). Learn a few basic meals and make sure ordering out is a treat.
6. Writing cringe-worthy Facebook posts: It’s bad when we see our high-school cousin doing this and worse when college-aged people do it. If you’re still doing it at age thirty, you need to reassess your view of social media and why it exists. If you have a problem with somebody, I strongly suggest you talk to them in person.
7. Comparing yourself to others: Social media has made us more aware of other people’s success than ever before. When you see somebody on vacation on your Facebook feed, it creates a new way to “keep up with the Jones’s” that never existed before. Remember that nobody puts their true self on social media and you shouldn’t be comparing your insides to their outsides.
8. Not paying attention to the news or current events: You don’t have to be glued to the news every night, but by the time you’re a “real, mature adult,” you should probably have a sense of what’s going on in the world. If your friends or co-workers start talking about the humanitarian crisis going on in the Middle East, you should at least have an idea of what they’re talking about.
9. Cleaning your bathroom more than once every 3 months: Keeping your living space fairly clean shows that you love and respect yourself enough to allow yourself to live in a clean, habitable environment. You don’t have to be the Merry Maids, but try to keep good habits.
10. Getting in fights at the bar: If you go out for a beer that inevitably turns into ten, don’t fight with another drunk person. That’s not even acceptable in college, yet people do it for some reason. It makes you look immature and too aggressive.
11. Thinking you have it all figured out: You’ll never have it all figured out. Don’t get arrogant and think you do.

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We’ve all heard the term ‘cat burglar,’ which normally describes a burglar with great agility and stealth, but it turns out there’s also a literal cat thief on the loose in a neighborhood in California.

Instead of hunting small mice and birds, this clever cat decided to hunt easier prey, which just happens to be the neighbors’ stuff.

Meet Dusty, Jim Coleman and Jean Chu’s cat. Over the years, Dusty has stolen over 600 items from their San Mateo, California neighbors.

When cameras were finally installed in the neighborhood to find out who was responsible for the robberies, neighbors were shocked to find out Dusty was responsible for the missing goods.

Dusty will steal anything that’s not bolted to the ground, including socks, towels, bathing suits, and children’s stuffed animal toys.

Watch the whole video below to see this criminal cat in action.

What would you do if there was a klepto cat in your neighborhood? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.

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Weather or not dogs are ever actually sorry for being naughty, they sure understand the art of groveling. As any dog owner knows, it’s impossible to stay mad at your dog when they start begging for forgiveness.

While the entire interaction between Anthony Granai and his dog Ettore is in Italian, it’s clear the precious dog was dying knowing his owner was mad at him.

“Are you asking me to forgive you? I don’t understand. I really don’t understand. What do you want? What?”

“What do you want? No, it doesn’t work like that. It really doesn’t work like that.”

When Ettore’s begging for forgiveness was not successful, he decided to step up the groveling, and move on from head nudges to a full on bear hug.

“Ok. We make peace. We make peace. Peace, all right? We made peace.”

Watch the entire video below to see this adorable dog literally beg for its owners forgiveness, and watch here to read the full translation of this adorable interaction.

How would you react if your dog did this to you? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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Dogs.. while very smart at times, can do some pretty regrettable things.

These dogs unfortunately have had some bad run in with some bees, leaving their faces completely swollen, and sad.

Check out LifeDaily’s poor dogs who Had to Learn the Hard Way: Bees Are Not Food:

“This wasn’t supposed to happen.”

“Oh, damn. Now my face looks lopsided.”

“But, I thought the bees were plants.”

“I may look really cute, but I’m in pain.”

“Oh my god!”

“But, it was just an accident.”

“I am not happy about this.”

“Now my nose is huge.”

“I can’t even see.”

“Seriously?”

“I was just messing around.”

“I need a doctor ASAP.”

“I’m too cute for this.”

“Well, things could be worse.”

Has your dog ever been stung by a bee?

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Most people think raccoons are just annoying pests, but they’re actually one of the smartest creatures with incredible problem solving skills. Not to mention, they’re also pretty adorable.

This quick-witted raccoon figured out that if she knocked on this woman’s door with a rock long enough, the cat food bowl would eventually get refilled, and she would essentially have an endless food supply.

Since raccoons can’t knock on the door with their paws, this clever raccoon, aptly named ‘Rocksy’, figured out a way to knock on this woman’s door with a rock.

Rocksy will knock on the door for hours until the cat bowl gets refilled with food.

While many people think all raccoons who are outside in the daylight have rabies, this woman explains that Rocksy is just a nursing mom who has to venture out of her den during the day to get enough food to be able to feed her babies.

Watch the whole video below to see the clever raccoon’s way to get more food.

What would you do if a raccoon was doing this at your door? Share with us in the comments below.

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The Fresh-Prince of Bel-Air may not be returning to television anytime soon, but artist Leland Foster imagined what it would look like if they did.

The classic 90’s show that rocketed Will Smith to fame recently celebrated its 25 year anniversary. To commemorate the event, Foster re-imagined what the cast would dress and look like in the year 2015. Foster teamed up with retailer Lyst, and created a beautiful modern day conception of one of our favorite TV shows.

The old school characters were reinvented with Hispter styles and artsy personalities. There’s modern staples of technology, like Carton’s Google glass and Will’s earbuds. There’s also Ashley’s radically unique transformation, donning a short haircut and a septum piercing.

Even Jeffery makes an appearance:

Aunt Vivian has not yet been re-imagined, but Foster says she may come later, according to Design Boom. Foster also created a few modernized Seinfeld character’s and made them look gloriously trendy by today’s standards.

Modern George is perfection:

And Kramer’s manbun is on point:

We’re excited to see what other work comes from this talented artist.

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…or he might just show you up.

Willis Harris is a groundskeeper (and occasional security guard) for the Tampa Bay Rays who has a few tricks up his sleeve. He also has the cha-cha slide in his back pocket and the desire to disco where you least expect it.

And of course, there’s the Carlton:

Friends, if you don’t remember the Carlton and all his awkward dance moves, I truly feel sorry for you. This groundskeeper however remembers and he’s not afraid to show it. He still reminisces of the good old days back in ’92 when The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was still on television and we could still count on Carlton Banks to be the most awkward dancer on TV.

Yes, Harris isn’t actually a groundskeeper, he’s really a dancer posing as a groundskeeper. He was hired by the Rays to pose as a straight-edge groundskeeper stiffly standing on the sidelines, only to break out his moves when the crowd least expects it.

Sure, he contributes to the maintenance of the lawn, but this dancer’s bread and butter is in doing a split to get the crowd going. He’s quite an unexpected character.

He also has better dance moves than the mascot:

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Ladies, now you can support the “Free The Nipple” movement and go topless while wearing a top.

In case you haven’t heard, Free The Nipple is one of the newest social movements that supports feminism and equality. In America, it is illegal for women to walk around without a shirt, but completely legal for men to do so. A Yahoo health article stated that women risk public lewdness and indecency laws solely for doing what men are entitled to everyday. Is that a double standard?

Michelle and Robyn Lytle, a married couple from Chicago, decided to create a bathing suit top that questions this double standard. The Tata Top is a bathing suit top with a photograph of breasts pictured on the front, though it doesn’t show any actual skin. Inspiration for the bathing suit came in the form of exchange students that the couple hosted from the Netherlands in 2012. When the Dutch girls went to the beach one hot summer day, the students had no idea their trip would include illegal activity: taking their tops off.

Because it’s legal to go shirtless in the Netherlands, the girls thought nothing of it in America. However, a lifeguard (who happened to be a shirtless male) told the girls they had to cover up, which confused the foreign girls even more, according to Mic.

Inspired by this exchange, the Lytles created the  a bathing suit with purpose to “push the boundaries, make society question the social norms and dig a little deeper,” Lytle told Mic. It also has the added bonus of being able to “mess with these outdated laws and the authorities that enforce them.”

The bathing suit top shows a realistic photograph of breasts and comes in three colors (light, medium, and dark) and is completely legal. It costs about $30 and the Lytles are making a killing selling it.

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National Geographic host of Brain Games Jason Silva confused the heck of this adorable baby when he explained to her the miracle of life.

This awesome video was uploaded by Jason on his Facebook, and has so far received upwards of 30 million views.

Silva got very existential with the baby, while she just starred at him, eyes wide-open looking extremely confused, and perplexed.

He explains the baby’s reaction as “wonderment,” and says it’s an expressive emotion we have as children and we often lose as adults.

Jason Silva shared some baby philosophy with her.

Explained to her where she came from.

And told her what he saw when looking in her eyes.

Watch the full video of Jason Silva explaining her being below:

Share this baby’s wonderment!

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For a father, the most concerning thing about having a daughter is the looming knowledge that one day, ‘daddy’s little girl’ will grow up and have a boyfriend.

That’s why this dad decided to nip the issue in the bud, and have his daughter swear off boyfriends on camera.

In order to prevent having to worry about future boyfriends, this dad decided to film his hysterical daughter vow to never have any boyfriends.

McKenna starts to repeat after her dad: “I McKenna, promise daddy that I will not have any boyfriends.” However, she gets a little hesitant at the thought of swearing off boyfriends, and can barely get the words out through her giggles.

When pressed to repeat her father and promise to never have a boyfriend, this bold girl announces “I just want to look at them!”

Watch the video below to see what this hysterical girl has to say when her dad asks her to swear off future boyfriends.

What would you do if you’re daughter said this to you? Share with us in the comments below.

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A lonely bear cub wandered into a Colorado Springs pizzeria Monday afternoon for a much needed snooze.

It was Monday, so it made total sense- this bear must have had a case of the ‘Monday blues.’

There’s no word on where the bear came from, but this adorable cub was first spotted wondering around Palmer High School, where the bear’s presence almost caused the school to go on lockdown.

After authorities realized the bear posed no threat to the students, she made her way down to Louie’s Pizza, probably following the delicious scent of cheese and tomato sauce.

One of the pizzeria’s employees named Sawyer Janney told The Colorado Springs Gazette that she was first alerted to the bear’s presence by another employee.

“He just yells ‘bear’ and runs outside.”

Bear entered Louie's Pizza on Tejon. Removed by DOW pic.twitter.com/8eojCSXrdh

— Springs Police (@CSPDPIO) September 14, 2015

By the time Parks & Wildlife officers showed up, the animal was asleep, so they woke it just to tranquilize it and remove it to a rehabilitation facility.

Bear inside Louie's Pizza in downtown Colorado Springs #9News pic.twitter.com/8mC2iiAtsX

— Jeremy Moore (@JeremyDanMoore) September 14, 2015

The poor bear had an open wound on one of its paws, which the facility would be treating.

Apparently, there have been a lot of bear sightings in the Colorado area recently, but Park & Wildlife spokesman Matt Robbins said they’ll decline as the weather changes and the animals begin to hibernate.

Let’s hope you don’t find a bear napping in your local pizzeria anytime soon.

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It may look like real life sorcery or levitation, but the young boy in this video is actually a very talented contact juggler.

The art of contact juggling involves body rolling, palm spinning, and isolation to achieve a hovering effect with the crystal ball.

Contact juggling is a form of object manipulation, which has been performed for centuries.

It involves rolling one or more objects around the body without releasing into the air.

The skill requires perfect balance to hold the ball in various positions of control.

Watch the entire video below to see this contact juggler in action because pictures just don’t do it justice.

Were you mesmerized by this boy’s unusual talent? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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Since the release of the new Snapchat update, people have been loving the new trippy feature called ‘lenses‘ that lets people animate their selfies.

While these ‘lenses’ were created for the use of human selfies, it seems the update works just as well on our furry friends.

Meet Charlie, an adorable cat who happens to be the star of this Snapchat selfie.

At first, Charlie looks unamused even with a fresh layer of blush.

However, Charlie can’t look away once a bright animated rainbow starts pouring out of his mouth.

Watch the hysterical video below to see this cat ‘puke’ a rainbow.

Have you tried this on your pet? Share with us in the comments below.

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French Director and film maker Nicolas Deveaux put his talent to good use when he created awesomely absurd videos of animals doing impossible things.

From giraffes high-diving, to an elephant jumping on the trampoline, Nicholas took his love of animals, and his art of storytelling, and translated it to short animated films of animals doing things that they wouldn’t naturally do.

Deveaux has earned numerous awards all around the world for his work, and he specializes in advertising, and promoting TV channels like France 3.

5 Mètres 80 is one of Nicholas’s absurd movies of giraffes diving off the high-dive:

And this creation is a video of an elephant jumping on a trampoline:

Stills do not do these videos justice, but they’re still pretty awesome.

Giraffes taking their final bow:

And an elephant mid-air:

Check out both full videos:

Share this film maker’s awesome animations.

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