People share 36 of the most beautiful first names they've ever heard

"It just sounds so melodic."

By Emily Shiffer

There is a lot of pressure to name a baby the absolute perfect name. And for many, the goal is to come up with a seriously beautiful name that is unique-sounding—a name that will stick with you forever.

Looking through baby names lists can help. But to get more ideas on beautiful names, a person posed the question on Reddit: "What’s the most beautiful first name you’ve ever heard?"

The crowd-sourced name-inspo led to a detailed and distinctive list of beautiful baby names, with many noting that the majority were for baby girls. "I love that 90% of these are women's names, meanwhile men are like this is my boy Daryl," one commenter joked.

🗣️ Linguist clearly demonstrates how 'thinking is walking' in English and it's just so cool

You'll never see "by the way" and "of course" the same way again.

By Annie Reneau

Language is fascinating. The way humans have come up with literally thousands of languages to communicate with one another, the grammatical structures we've concocted, the fact that we learn our native tongues so naturally, and how powerful words can be are all testaments to how cool language is. But when you drill down even further, language gets even cooler, and in ways that most of us aren't even aware of.

Linguist and self-professed "etymology nerd" Adam Aleksic shared a video on TikTok explaining how many common phrases we use for thinking directly reference walking. We often use metaphors in our speech, of course, but there are many that we likely don't even recognize as metaphors.

Some teachers stay with you.

💤 Doctor shares 'five-finger breathing' technique to help adults and kids fall asleep fast

It's like making a turkey when you were in kindergarten.

By Tod Perry

One of the best ways to improve your health is to regularly get at least seven hours of quality sleep a night. But unfortunately for many Americans, that type of sleep can be hard to come by. A recent report found that 12% of Americans have chronic insomnia, and about one out of every three do not get the recommended sleep they need for optimal health.

It’s not surprising that people are having a hard time getting some shut-eye; there are a lot of things to keep people up at night these days. But there are methods endorsed by the medical community to help calm your mind and body, making it much easier to fall asleep. The Cleveland Clinic released a video on TikTok where pain specialist and behavioral medicine psychologist Judith Scheman, PhD, explains the technique to help people fall asleep.

🐟 New study ties the 'buttholes' of fish to the evolution of human fingers

It’s science!

By Heather Wake

We’re all familiar with the viral obsession of cat buttholes, but after this story, fish buttholes might be the next new thing.

We already knew that digits, aka fingers, evolved from genetic programs present in fish, considering all vertebrates can be traced back to an aquatic ancestor (cue mermaid theories).

However, until now, just how digits evolved from our deep sea brethren remained a mystery. Thanks to a recent study published in Nature from research teams across the globe—including Geneva, France, Massachusetts, and Chicago—we’ve learned that they likely evolved not from fins, as many experts suspected, but from the fish’s cloaca.

Wondering what a cloaca is? You’ve come to the right place!