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21 hours ago | dailydot.com | Brooke Sjoberg

When it comes to weddings, the bride and groom usually have the final say over what rules guests are expected to follow. This includes everything, from wedding guest attire to how many plus ones guests can bring along. One wedding guest says she was asked to leave her daughter at home so that her cousin’s wedding could be a kid-free one. Having a child-free wedding is very common. Nearly 80% of 4,000 couples who got married in 2024 were in favor of them.

1 day ago | dailydot.com | Laura Holliday

Videos of kids setting fire to Chromebooks are going viral in a supposed TikTok “trend,” causing outrage and debate over whether there’s a new wave of classroom vandalism spreading, or if we’re seeing another round of internet-fueled moral panic. Though some are cracking jokes, footage of Chromebooks smoking and going up in flames has teachers seriously concerned that the trend is spreading and encouraging vandalism in schools.

2 days ago | dailydot.com | Laiken Neumann

One woman has a simple hack for all white car drivers who find their vehicle more scuffed up than they’d like. Ashley (@sasshlleeyy) shared her newly discovered method for getting rid of scratches on her white Toyota Rav 4 in a trending TikTok. Her video has garnered over 2,000 views since she posted the clip on Sunday. However, many commenters were wary of her method. Are white cars the hardest to keep clean? “I have a PSA for all my girlies with white cars,” Ashley says in the video.

3 days ago | dailydot.com | Nina Hernandez

A savvy Costco shopper showed his TikTok following how he made a tidy profit off of a gold bar he purchased at the bulk retailer. Humphrey Yang makes personal finance and investing videos for his 3.4 million TikTok followers. In a recent video that went viral to the tune of 6.5 million views, Yang reveals how much he made in profit when he sold the gold bar be purchased from Costco in the spring of last year.

3 days ago | dailydot.com | Jack Alban

Squirrel smiles are trending on TikTok. And while you may not be familiar with this particular nomenclature, you probably have encountered this facial contortion before. The term is used to describe the type of grimace that occurs when a person only bares a portion of their teeth through pursed lips. As this TikTok user writes, they’ve “been doing it since [they] were a kid.”Subsequently, she shows off this type of grin while looking directly into her camera lens.