Teen overcome with emotion after surprise birthday gift from his late father

The first birthday after losing a loved one is always tough. All we can do is hold tight to the memories … and, in the case of one Michigan family, a little something more. Johnny Crow turned 16 on earlier this month. The last person he likely expected to receive a gift from was his…

The winner of the 2017 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is …

There are two types of people in this world: those who believe that all dogs are cute … and those who know that dogs don’t need to be cute to be absolutely delightful. For the latter, there is the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest, a 50-year-old tradition at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. TODAY correspondent Kerry Sanders…

Professor’s empathy moves student to tears: Please bring your baby to class

A college professor has offered the most heartwarming solution to a student the next time she can’t find last-minute child care: Just bring the baby to class. It happened when 21-year-old single mom Morgan King emailed her professor earlier this month after missing class because she couldn’t find anyone to care for her 3-month-old daughter,…

Our Favorite Actors From “The Lord of the Rings” 15 Years Later

We all remember how The Lord of the Rings astounded the world way back in 2001-2003. At the time, thousands of moviegoers dreamed of exploring Middle Earth and debated who was the more handsome character: Legolas or Aragorn. We at Bright Side decided to take a look at how the actors from our favorite fantasy trilogy have changed over the past 15 years since the movies were on our…

Bullies Pull Cruel Prank On Girl At Homecoming. Ellen Fires Back With ‘Crowing’ Ceremony Of Her Own

Being a teen is hard enough as it is. But as Lillian Skinner found out, it can be even harder when you’re even a little different than others. Instead of spending her days with friends at school, Lillian was as outcast and bullied constantly. So when the news broke about her nomination for homecoming queen,…

Watch Mickey and Minnie use sign language to make this little boy’s day

One little boy’s Disneyland dream came true when Pluto, Minnie and Mickey communicated with him through sign language — a moment that 3-year-old Phoenix Fox’s family won’t soon forget. The video of the heartwarming exchange is making the rounds on social media after Olive Crest, the adoption agency that facilitated the Fox family’s adoption of…

Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact

This isn’t merely a fossil, but an actual dinosaur itself, frozen in time. You can’t even see its bones, yet scientists are hailing it as perhaps the best-preserved dinosaur specimen ever unearthed. That’s because, 110 million years later, those bones remain covered by the creature’s intact skin and armor. Indeed, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of…

Scientists Achieve Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication For The First Time

Quantum communication is a strange beast, but one of the weirdest proposed forms of it is called counterfactual communication – a type of quantum communication where no particles travel between two recipients. Theoretical physicists have long proposed that such a form of communication would be possible, but now, for the first time, researchers have been…

10 Photography Tricks To Know Before Your Next Trip

1. Frame it with a window Show off the view from your seat or from your room window! Just like how we use photo frames to display our photos at home, you can use windows as makeshift frames to draw attention to the scenery you want to show off. says.com 2. You can use arches…

McDonald’s Have Dedicated A Whole Menu To Minions

If you haven’t seen any of the Despicable Me films, you’re still probably aware of what Minions are. If not, they’re those little annoying yet adorable yellow things that speak in a made-up language, feature in loads of TV adverts and pop up throughout town centre high streets, because there’s always someone who’s decided to…