Television in the 1970s was packed with unforgettable variety shows and iconic late-night talk shows that showcased some pretty incredible performances. One TV show that had a seismic impact on pop culture in the late 1970s was Charlie’s Angels, which debuted in 1976 and starred the gorgeous Farrah Fawcett. It was Fawcett’s legendary coif that set off a major 1970s hair trend. Baby Boomers and Generation Jonesers took cues from Fawcett, opting for feathered shags and voluminous hairstyles that defined the decade. On Reddit, users shared photos and discussed the glory of the hair trend back in the day. Generation Jones on their feathered hairdos Redditor Asleep-Cow-6367 shared a photo of her feathered ‘do, along with a few funny comments. “I wanted to look RAD! ,” she wrote. “I didn’t know WTH I was doing, but I had that comb in the back pocket of my H.A.S.H. jeans! Haha. Oh, that blow dryer and round brush.” Another Redditor commented on her ‘do: “Nice! You had your hair ‘trained’ as they used to say back when.” She replied, “Kinda. I didn’t like hairspray, so I had that mirror in my locker door, and that comb in my back pocket! Every class break, I am checking my look! LOL.” She inspired other Gen Jonesers to share their nostalgic thoughts and memories: “Some of us guys pretty much had it too….lol.” “I loved my Farrah feather.” “I had shorter hair so I had the Dorothy Hamill. I think 90% of the girls were having one or the other.” “God the time and hair spray spent on these hairdos!! I looked exactly the same. I’m 63 now.” “The wild thing about this hairstyle is it worked on guys and girls. I’m a 64 year old man and I had that exact hairstyle in 1978.” “I remember getting the Farrah Fawcett hair style in Junior High. I cried when I washed my hair because it was the first time I had any type of bangs and thought I was bald. Haha I wore that style for several years as a teenager. My 8th grade school picture had the FF hair cut and the ugly baby blue eye shadow. I was next level using the dark blue mascara too.” Farrah Fawcett hair history Hairstylist Allen Edwards is credited with creating Fawcett’s signature hairdo. “The layers around the face are shorter,” Edwards told Stylelist in an August 2009 interview, according to the Huffington Post. “What made it different was that it wasn’t full on top. It was flatter, and the ‘Farrah’ part was the edges, which went flipping back. She had a very strong, squarish jaw, and with her hair long cut [and] moving away from her face, it took your eye away from it.” Edwards also told Access Hollywood that he had always wanted to style Fawcett’s naturally curly hair, and that the two finally met through mutual friend Jane Brolin in the mid-1970s. “When she came to me they were overbleaching her, and it was dry and didn’t have the luster I gave to it,” he quipped. The post Generation Jones is showing off their Farrah Fawcett feather hairdos from the ’70s in all their voluminous glory appeared first on Upworthy.

Have you ever wanted to visit the African savanna, inhale the beautiful scents of the grasslands, and watch a stunning sunset while walking beside a herd of elephants? It’s a little tough for most people to get to Africa, but now you can come close to the experience at Denny Sanford Elephant Valley. The newly opened interactive habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park puts visitors at the center of the experience. What’s unique about Elephant Valley is that Safari Park visitors are surrounded by elephants on both sides and can follow the herd as they march beneath a bridge in the center of the habitat. This gives guests a 360-degree view of these majestic animals as they chew on thorn trees, wade in a lake, or use their mighty tusks to pull treats from high up in the trees. Guests can also get face-to-face with the world’s largest land mammal at viewing windows that put them just inches from the herd. At Elephant Valley, you can experience elephants from above and below. A boy looking through a viewing window at Elephant Valley. Photo credit: San Diego Safari Park Elephant Valley is an immersive experience Marco Wendt, wildlife ambassador for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, hopes the immersive experience inspires visitors to support conservation efforts in Africa. “We want to connect the guests, the people around the world, here in San Diego, to our projects out in Africa,” Wendt told Upworthy. “Garner that empathy, that understanding of elephants, so we can all work together.” An elephant at Elephant Valley at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Photo credit: Declan Perry (used with permission) Wendt’s message is important, considering African savanna elephants are listed as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. This is due in large part to the rise of human-elephant conflict across the continent. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s commitment to conservation is especially apparent in the three elephants of the eight-member herd that were saved from being culled in Swaziland. “We were able to help out by offering this massive space that we have here at the Safari Park and rescue the three 36-year-old adult females that you see here today,” Wendt said. “You’ll see those 36-year-old adults, but the youngest, is seven years old. So we have generations of grandma, aunties, daughters, and a little boy.” An elephant at Elephant Valley at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Photo credit: Declan Perry (used with permission) Which elephants live at Elephant Valley? The herd at Elephant Valley consists of eight elephants: matriarch Swazi, 36; Umngani, 36; Ndlulamitsi (Ndlula), 36; Khosi, 19; Phakamile (Kami), 18; Qinisa (Nisa), 13; young male Umzula-Zuli (Zuli), 7; and Mkhaya, 7. The herd’s founding members—Swazi, Ndlula, and Umngani—were rescued in 2003. To recreate the African savanna, a team of horticulturists and arborists worked together to replicate the region’s smells and sounds. The team grew more than 350 individual plants for Elephant Valley, including African thorn trees, a common food source for elephants. The herd at Elephant Valley. Photo credit: San Diego Zoo Safari Park (used with permission) Ultimately, Elephant Valley is about strengthening the connection between elephants and humans. “I want everyone here to gain some kind of empathy and understanding of this majestic animal, to leave the Safari Park with a little bit of hope, knowing that they were part of something bigger than themselves,” Wendt said. “I don’t care if you’re the emperor of the world or a kid from the barrio, that this is going to be for everyone, and we all have the opportunity to change the world together.” The post San Diego Safari Park’s new Elephant Valley puts you in the middle of the African savanna appeared first on Upworthy.

Pretty much every elementary school student on Earth learns the names and order of the planets in our solar system. They label worksheets, color activity sheets, and build models. We teach them songs and mnemonic devices to help them remember the order of the planets by their distance from the Sun. But when we see the planets neatly lined up, we don’t get a clear picture of the distances between them. And as a CGP Grey video illustrates, one of the most interesting things about the distances between planets isn’t how far apart they are from each other, but how close they all are to Mercury. Or at least, how close they are to Mercury most of the time. The distances between the planets vary due to the speed and shape of their orbits. But as Grey’s “You Learned the Solar System Wrong” video illustrates, the planet that is closest to every other planet most often is Mercury. Yep, every single planet in our solar system. It feels counterintuitive, but the math checks out. Mercury, the “mostest closest” planet “Planets are not humans queuing for coffee but rather spheroids scattered in space, always in motion,” says CGP Grey. “Not in simple circles, either, but ellipses at untidy angles.” He explains that because of differences in their orbits, there’s no clear answer to the question of which planet is closest to another, because it changes all the time. The better question is, “Which planet is closest most often?” Planets don’t actually line up like this. Photo credit: Canva Mercury. It’s always Mercury. And it comes down to its small orbit. “Mercury’s small orbit means he never goes as far away as the other planets with their bigger orbits,” CGP Grey says. “The orbital math that shows Mercury is the mostest closest to Jupiter is the same for all the planets and everything that orbits the Sun.” Mercury is the social butterfly of planets People were delighted to learn this fun fact and shared some clever comments: “Mercury must be a really good friend, he’s got so many friends but he makes time for them all.” “This is why Mercury was the messenger, he was able to reach every God.” “Mercury is that one kid who has ties with the seniors.” “All other planets are in some toxic relationship: constantly shifting between being super intimate and escaping as far as they can from each other. And Mercury is that one guy who’s not very close, but always within reach, if you ever need him.” “Mercury is like that kid in school who knows EVERYone.” It’s impossible to fit all the planets into one image with their proper distances. Photo credit: Canva “Mercury is just the little brother that everyone loves.” “This is so delightfully appropriate for the planet named after the messenger of the gods. Who else can pass notes between them better but the mostest closest?” “Mercury is that hot (literally) playboy who steals everybody’s heart, from girls to guys, young to old.” Mercury does seem to get around, doesn’t it? It’s even the closest to Pluto, the poor, no-longer-a-planet outcast of our solar system. Mercury is special. – Photo credit: Image credit: Canva More fun facts about Mercury It is rather wee. When Pluto was downgraded, Mercury claimed the title of smallest planet. It’s approximately one-third the size of Earth. It is extreme. Daytime temperatures can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit (430 degrees Celsius), and nighttime temperatures can drop to negative 290 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 180 degrees Celsius). A 1,000-degree swing is wild. It has major magnetic tornadoes. According to NASA, “Though Mercury’s magnetic field at the surface has just 1% the strength of Earth’s, it interacts with the magnetic field of the solar wind to sometimes create intense magnetic tornadoes that funnel the fast, hot solar wind plasma down to the surface of the planet.” It’s so metal. Mercury has a metallic core that takes up about 85% of its radius. It is moonless. Mercury and Venus have no moons. Every other planet in our solar system has at least one. Mercury, the “mostest closest” of all the planets, truly is special. Follow CGP Grey on YouTube for more fun educational videos. The post Video demonstrates that Mercury is the closest planet to every other planet in the solar system appeared first on Upworthy.

Recently, a man went on TikTok to tearfully recount being called “poor” by a close friend. He was overwhelmed by the amount of support he received from total strangers. On February 12, Andrey Borul explained in a video that he had fallen into medical debt after spending two weeks nearly dying in the hospital. Now, he’s “working almost twenty hours a day trying to recover.” Borul isn’t alone in this struggle. Studies estimate that approximately 100 million Americans have some form of medical or dental debt, with total outstanding debt around $220 billion. @father_vs_world ♬ Whispers Of A Fading Dream – Lyra West And yet, Borul’s family has tried their best to keep their spirits up and “make it work.” They’ve always managed to “bring a gift” to whatever parties they were invited to. “Too poor” to get invited So when, at one of these parties, a friend said that Borul and his wife don’t get invited anywhere because they’re “too poor,” he was “dumbfounded.” Things only seemed to get worse when, presumably at the same party, couples were talking about “buying houses.” Borul’s wife suggested making a group trip to the mountains so the kids could enjoy the snow together. Again, a friend immediately “shot down” the idea, saying, “You can’t afford that.” Tears welling up in his eyes, Borul admitted, “It’s true—we can’t.” He then shared how, the next morning, he drove up to the mountains himself to bring down some snow for his kids to play with. @father_vs_world Daughter been praying for snow and since Idaho had zero snow days i made a secret trip high into the mountains to bring snow for them to play in ♬ Snow Day – Tabitha Meeks & Ryan Corn “After our bills are paid, we have so little left over for entertainment,” he said. “I’ve been working nonstop to dig ourselves out of this financial hole…being poor sucks.” Borul ended his clip saying, “I feel so alone. We haven’t been invited for three months anywhere.” Thankfully, Borul was met with a wave of support from viewers  A few people shared that they had found themselves in equally disheartening situations. “Most of us in North America are in your shoes.” Many chimed in to remind him what real friendship looks like. @father_vs_world Replying to @Sandyyy.R. How can so called close “friends “ be so crule.. just thinking about it makes me cry ♬ original sound – father_vs_world “Bro, you literally went to the mountain and brought your kids back snow…you’re working 20 hours a day for your family…you are THE MAN. Do not let those types of people make you feel any sort of way. Run from them. You’re the kind of guy I would be honored to call my friend.”  “You almost died, lost two weeks of income, and those people did not help you? They are not your friends.”  “This broke my heart and angered me because I’ve been in between blessings before and I remember when we planned a trip and our friends knew we were in between blessings. They ended up paying for the trip and once we got back on our feet, that’s when we paid them back (they wouldn’t take it). My point is friendship is about support (not necessarily financial), love, and grace. As hard as it’s going to be it may be time for you and your wife to leave them where they are at. Sending you love.” “You should not be wasting your time and energy on these people. You are richer than them in the most important way.” “If they were your friends, they would ask how to help you, not leave you out because you don’t have the money.”  And perhaps most encouraging of all, donations began pouring into Borul’s GoFundMe to help cover some of those exorbitant medical bills and give him some room to breathe. So far, a little over $30,000 has been raised, inching closer to the overall $35,000 goal. Understandably, Borul was overwhelmed by all the support  @father_vs_world Replying to @Tony Hurtado ♬ Yeshua the Messiah (Instrumental Worship) – The Sound of Worship & Glorify “I woke up with a total lightness in my chest,” he said. “Total strangers showed me more compassion than my own friends. I am so beyond grateful.” Hopefully, Borul can take solace in knowing that he does have a friend group, even if it wasn’t who he was expecting. If you’d like to donate to Borul’s GoFundMe page, click here.  The post Man gets wave of support after tearful confession that a friend called him ‘too poor’ to get invited anywhere appeared first on Upworthy.

Beau, a golden retriever, is a very big deal. Like many dogs in the modern age, he has his own social media accounts. But one particular Instagram post went so viral that he’s gaining followers by the minute—and for good reason. His “person” happened to be filming him being his adorably goofy self one day in a parking lot. That’s when he spotted a tiny gray mouse. Some were concerned it wouldn’t end well. But Beau, tail wagging and fur shedding, immediately circled around it and lay down as though he’d known the mouse his entire life. His mom asked, “What are you doing? Did you find a mouse? Is that your friend?” Beau’s tail continued to wag as he occasionally side-eyed the little critter. View this post on Instagram In less than a week, the clip had 1.6 million likes and over 9,000 comments from new fans around the world. Both Beau and his new, unassuming pal seem to have become a symbol of hope—or at the very least, a gentle distraction. His bio is written in the first person on another Instagram post. While we can’t confirm or deny that Beau actually wrote it, it states: “Hello to all my new friends I’m Beau I was born in Utah and spent a year on the farm with my golden family, before my parents found me in March 2025 and moved me to Denver I love tennis balls, morning cuddles, fresh snow, frozen cucumbers, and spending time in Minnesota with my cousin @cocobabydoodle My superpower is giving hugs. I learned it from my grand-doggy During the week, I go to mom’s office and shed my hair all over her coworkers My parents spoil me with toys, but my favorite is my Simba. He goes where I go I recently went viral for making friends with a mouse. I’m not sure why because I make friends with everyone, but I appreciate all the love ” View this post on Instagram His new fans seem overjoyed. One person notes, “This is the most Golden Retriever behavior I’ve ever seen.” A few jokingly point out that if that mouse—or any mouse—crossed paths with THEIR breed of canine, it might not fare as well: “Our dachshund would have swallowed it whole. Ask me how I know.” Others seem to resonate with how wholesome the short clip is: “This needs to be a Disney movie.” Some animal experts might argue that Beau was “resource guarding” rather than becoming actual besties with the cute rodent. In a Los Angeles Times article, Kevin Spencer explains: “Resource guarding in dogs is a common canine behavior that does not always initially manifest as something dramatic. Sometimes resource guarding refers to a subtle head turn when a dog guards a food bowl. Other times, the same guarding behavior escalates into something far more obvious and unsettling. At its core, resource guarding describes a dog’s attempt to protect a valuable resource it finds important. This may be food, toys, bones, a dog bed, or other items dogs steal and stash. It might even be a favorite human.” It seems Beau has lots of cute quirks. Other photos on his Instagram page show him loving car rides, park days, and chasing balls. In one photo, Beau snuggles onto the couch with a leaf in his mouth. The caption reads, “Beau has been really into eating leaves lately.” View this post on Instagram While Upworthy wasn’t able to confirm with Beau (or his family) that the tiny mouse wound up having the best day ever, it seemed the dog’s owner did her best to keep him safe. All in all, Beau’s wagging tail was a delight to see—so much so that another commenter suggested maybe Beau needs his own pet buddy, writing, “Buy him a puppy!” Someone seemingly in the family replied, “We’re working on it!” The post A clip of a golden retriever seemingly befriending a tiny mouse has given people the most unexpected joy appeared first on Upworthy.