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Bright Side

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Whether you’re into useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, recent discoveries, mysterious stories, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone! You can expect all that and more coming at you in five new episodes every day. If you’ve got a thirst for knowledge that never quits, then join our community! We have a good time, so take your shoes off, kick back, and make yourself at home here on the Bright Side of life!

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12:48

10 Parenting Tips to Calm Down Any Child In a Minute

Bright Side ·

2025/10/25

Tantrums are very common in kids aged 1 to 4. More than half of kids let their frustration out at least once a week, or more often. Why do they do it? By the time they turn 3 or 4, kids have much better language skills than babies, of course, but their vocabulary is still not advanced enough to describe everything they feel. So what can you do to prevent your kids from going crazy now and then? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:41

What If Megalodon Met Fish With Strongest Bite Ever

Bright Side ·

2025/10/25

Megalodon was the biggest shark and Dunkleosteus - the biggest fish. They both were fearsome creatures in their time. But what would happen if they came head to head?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:01

23 Flight Secrets Airline Don't Want You to Know

Bright Side ·

2025/10/25

Do you like to travel? If you answered “yes, of course”, chances are, you spend a good deal of your life up in the air. Planes get you to your destination in not time, driven by life and pure magic. You seem to know them well, but I bet there are some unanswered questions. Find out how can you get a free extra meal on your next flight? What do passengers do to annoy them the most? What am I talking about here? It’s flight attendant secrets and nightmares finally revealed. Stay till the end to find

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9:08

Do You Really Need to Get Your Wisdom Teeth Pulled?

Bright Side ·

2025/10/25

Wisdom teeth come out between the ages of 12 to 25, and some doctors recommend having them removed. But is it necessary? Do we really need to get our wisdom teeth pulled? In some cases, there is absolutely no need to remove your wisdom teeth. If they don’t interfere with the normal functioning of neighboring teeth, it means that your mouth is big enough to accommodate all four of your wisdom teeth. The same is true if they’re straight and not at an angle to their neighbors, which can create

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13:48

Why Planes Don't Fly Faster

Bright Side ·

2025/10/25

Why are planes slow? Everything else is speeding up: smartphones, the Internet, the pace of life in general! So when are we going to get a superfast passenger jet that can cross continents in the time it takes to watch just one inflight movie versus several? Speed has always interested engineers and pilots. At least at first, they were pretty good at getting these metal birds to fly faster and faster. As long ago as in 1945, a German test pilot reached a speed of 610 mph. But then, something

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13:31

10 Superpowers You Had When You Were a Baby

Bright Side ·

2025/10/24

10 Unique Superpowers Kids Are All Born With. Only babies have the following superpowers, and we are sure you will want to have some of them yourself! If you or your close friends or family have babies, you already know how amazing they are. Everything they do, especially when it’s for the first time, is a reason for admiration and celebration. First word? “Let’s get the camera so we can record it!” It gets even better when they learn to crawl, sit and stand and walk! Some people, however, are a bit

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12:58

Close One Eye When You Go to the Toilet at Night

Bright Side ·

2025/10/24

In our everyday life, we’re usually doing things in seemingly the easiest and most rational way, yet we face the same problems repeatedly. Can't fall asleep again after going to the bathroom at night? Wanna know why? That’s because you switched on the lights to see what you’re doing. Our brain is trained to think that the light naturally means morning. Yeah, our brain is a tricky thing. Do you know, for example, why you should have a good laugh before a test? The thing is that our brains need to

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13:20

30 Foods You've Been Storing All Wrong

Bright Side ·

2025/10/24

40% – that’s how much of the food you buy ends up getting tossed right in the garbage. 40%! Surprised? The culprit: improper storage. We are used to storing everything in our fridges: fruits, vegetables, sweets, breads. Some people also keep sauces, marinades, and cans in their fridges, just in case. But often, while storing foods like this might extend their shelf life, it can actually be harmful for the products. Did you know, for example, that tomatoes get even more flavorful and fragrant if you

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13:33

13 Hygiene Things We Learnt to Do Wrong

Bright Side ·

2025/10/24

It’s your personal sanctuary, your private concert stage, the place where all your most ingenious ideas and random thoughts pop into your head, and other things just pop out. It's the bathroom, also known as the restroom, lavatory, and, for you engineers out there, it’s the cubical digestive elimination venue. But do you know that when it comes to what you’re doing in there, you probably make some common sanitation mistakes? For example, you think you're washing your hands correctly? Well, besides

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13:37

A Plane That Landed with Extremely Speed Ever

Bright Side ·

2025/10/24

On December 31, 1988, a passenger airliner heading from Kaliningrad, Russia, to Odessa, Ukraine, made for a landing in the destination airport. New Year in Russia is a big deal. And this might have been the reason for what happened on that day with the Tu-134 flight. The weather forecast for the day was not one that would make you overjoyed: it was overcast and stormy, with strong winds and low visibility. The cabin crew knew all this: they were warned of the conditions in advance. All systems

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12:08

7 Curious Facts Your Appearance Says About You

Bright Side ·

2025/10/23

Research continues to show that our appearance can say a lot about our personality and lifestyle. Let’s find out what exactly your facial features can say about you. Psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Keith Welker studied the facial structure of around 1,000 World Cup soccer players and found that a player’s facial width-to-height ratio was closely connected to the number of goals he scored. The higher the number, the more competent a person is. Your wrinkles tell the story of your life. There are

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15:43

40 Awesome Cat Facts to Understand Them Better

Bright Side ·

2025/10/23

Cats have lived with humans for more than 4,000 years but we still don’t know everything about them because they are really mysterious creatures. Did you know that cats can make up to 100 different sounds? Or that they can't taste sweets? Or that some ginger tabby cats have freckles around their mouth and even on their eyelids? And these aren't the only surprising facts about cats you may have missed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:04

What Will Happen If You Eat 20 Almonds Every Day?

Bright Side ·

2025/10/23

How to Improve Your Health and Appearance Naturally Scientists have proved that regular consumption of seeds and nuts, including almonds, is incredibly good for your health and appearance. How much of those is enough to stay young and healthy? What will happen if you actually start eating them every day – will it have more benefits or dangers for your health? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:32

16 Expensive Things You Need to Buy to Save Money

Bright Side ·

2025/10/23

Every time we buy goods and services we have to decide what price we are ready to pay for them. When the price depends on the quality, it is easy to make the choice. But if you have to choose between a budget version you are used to and some costly novelty, that’s when you have a dilemma trying to decide whether you should overpay or not. Everything you buy has a price and a value. Sometimes spending more money than you think you should at first, can save you some serious cash in the long run

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11:15

9 Things You Should Never Forbid Children from Doing

Bright Side ·

2025/10/23

Psychologists think that limits make a child feel safer and calmer. However, certain restraints can do just the opposite, making your little one feel insecure and slowing their development. Here are some things you should allow your kids to do – for instance, crying and being noise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:31

The Only Way to Survive a Sinking Ship

Bright Side ·

2025/10/22

Let's say, you're setting off on a long-awaited cruise; you're on cloud nine, and nothing could be further from your mind than paying attention to the safety precautions. But however unwilling you might be to waste precious vacation time on listening to safety instructions, you should remember that chances are, it could save your life. Yes, the odds of being trapped on a sinking ship nowadays are quite low. But there are things you can do to survive if the near-impossible does happen. Hopefully,

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11:40

What to Do When You See a Suspicious Stranger

Bright Side ·

2025/10/22

Say you’re walking home after having dinner with friends. It’s dark, but you don’t live too far away from the restaurant. Soon, though, you get that creepy feeling that someone is watching you. You see a dark figure walking toward you from an alley. What should you do? First of all, stay calm. It’ll be hard, but don’t let the stranger know that you’ve caught on to them or that you’re nervous. Second of all, stay aware of the stranger and your surroundings but do something that will let you collect

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12:29

A Man Buys a Photo for $2 and Finds Out It's Worth...

Bright Side ·

2025/10/22

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But sometimes words aren’t the only currency to measure its value. Some pictures cost millions of dollars, and a photo of Billy the Kid found in a thrift store is a good example of that. Billy the Kid was a legend of the Wild West. He only lived for 21 years, but even in that short time, this young man managed to become one of the most famous outlaws of his era. Interestingly, he never robbed banks, trains, or stagecoaches, but was rustling cattle

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12:00

If You See an Open Space in a Forest, Get Away Fast!

Bright Side ·

2025/10/22

The beauty of nature all around you, the fresh air, and days and days of meditative rest far away from civilization ahead of you. But you’ve been walking for quite some time to get this far, and now it’s time to set up camp. The woods around are dense, and there’s no suitable place to put up your tent. Then, you notice a nice green patch completely devoid of trees and only sprinkled with some low-growing bushes. You go there, smug about your find, and get to work on the tent. The ground is

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16:11

What Would Happen If Plane Doors Opened?

Bright Side ·

2025/10/22

What Happens If Plane Doors Open? What if the plane engine fails? What if a bird crashes into my plane? What if the plane flies too high? A lot of people are scared out of their wits each time they fasten their seatbelts on an airplane, even though, you have no real reason to worry about flying. You will certainly feel safe aboard if you know the answers to some common worrying plane questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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