Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Tania Duenas Sweeney grabbed her camera and snapped a picture of her son and his friends, who’d stopped jumping on the trampoline suddenly. Sweeney, a military mom stationed in Germany at Ramstein Air Base, posted the picture on Facebook with an explanation. At 5 o’clock Monday through Friday, both the American and German national anthems…

It was in October 2012 when the lives of the Specht family were profoundly affected by a tragedy. Richard Specht, a middle school teacher, asked one of his friends to watch his 22-month-old son Reese. The friend agreed, but sadly, the little one somehow managed to get out of the house and head towards the…

Multiple pregnancies are rare occurrences, with the likelihood of having twins estimated at only 2%, and the chances of quadruplets calculated at one case in several tens of millions. However, miracles do happen. Fourteen years ago, during her first ultrasound, Julia discovered that she was carrying four embryos in her womb at once. The situation…

A dating expert has shared the biggest reason why women stop sleeping with their husbands. For anyone who has been in a relationship for a long time, you’ll know that sometimes the intimacy starts to fade. But now, a dating expert has revealed that there’s one big reason why women stop sleeping with their husbands.…

The way this man transformed a barn blew up the Internet! 😮🥴 He could turn an old barn into a luxurious house which now brings him money! 🧐🤭 This building was a barn in a town in Ireland where there are around 1500 residents and they all are well-acquainted with such tiny houses. Initially, this…

In a remarkable turn of events, a collector in Fresno, California struck gold by nabbing a vintage photograph for a mere two bucks – a seemingly worthless piece turned into a potential goldmine. The twist? The photo features none other than the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid, nonchalantly engaged in a game of croquet. The…

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A nine-year-old boy lived alone for two years in a cold apartment in southwestern France after his mother abandoned him to live with her boyfriend. The child fended for himself in an apartment in Nersac, France near Angoulême, as his mother moved three miles away. Last week, the 39-year-old mother was sentenced to six months…

If you look in your wallet right now, chances are you’d find at least one $1 bill. You probably don’t think much about your $1 bills. After all, it’s not like $1 can even get you anything these days. However, you might want to take a closer look at the $1 bills you have lying…

Palmistry, or the practice of interpreting the lines and shapes of a person’s hands for the sake of revealing something about their future or their personality, has long been present among people who are eager to take a peak at what happen to them in the days or years to come. As a practice, palmistry…