There are lots of reasons to go out and eat dinner. Sometimes you just want people to serve you and wait on you. That’s totally a valid reason to go out. Sometimes you just need to get out of the house. But there are two key reasons that most people go out to eat: so they don’t have to cook for themselves and to eat better food than they’d make for themselves. Unfortunately, many restaurants––especially chains––don’t fulfill those two needs. Here’s how you can tell if you’re being served premade food. 

The movie “Chef” begins with the eponymous chef having a major freak out about some chocolate lava cakes at his restaurant. And it’s kind of a good tirade, because the chocolate lava cake is one of those things that appears at both the best restaurants and the worst restaurants and can be really good or really bad. Well forgot those bad, chain restaurant cakes and learn to make the good stuff with Babish.

Those massive, cheap hotdogs are the second best part of any Costco trip, after the free samples of course. Get ready to learn some interesting things about those hot dogs, and don’t worry. You’re not going to learn that they’re made out of rat tails and pig guts, which you’re probably worried about or been told. In fact, the opposite is true. Costco hot dogs don’t have any junk in them––there is a good amount of fat, but duh, right?

In America, prison food is used an example of the worst kind of meal you could find placed in front of you. But in Japan, prison food is actually pretty decent. The idea is that better food makes for better, happier people. The better and happier you are as a person, the better you’ll be as a prisoner. That means the more likely you will reform and avoid recidivism. Take a look and get ready for your mouth to water. 

Beanie Babies were once a massive fad, and people spend thousands of dollars on them. Mostly that just ended up with a bunch of wasted money and a serious lesson learned, but for this poor guy it meant a wasted college fund for his kids. This video explores the decisions he made, how his family reacted, and what he’s doing now. Oh, and it explores his Beanie Baby collections for those of you who are interested. 

We’ve all heard the accusations. Millennials are wasting their money on eight-dollar coffee and fifteen-dollar avocado toast, and that’s why they’re so poor. They’re ruining all of the industries that the United States has thrived on, and they have wasted their money while doing it. But is this a fair accusation? This video suggests that there is historical precedent for the avocado toast phenomenon, and it suggests that, in fact, the toast is not the problem at all. 

There’s a moment in Rick and Morty where Rick tells Morty to go “south” and Jerry freaks out because they use directions in space. If you’re looking to become one of those people who over-explain Rick and Morty, then this video might be just the thing. It explains how spacecraft actually navigate around space. The answer is way more interesting, by the way, than “just go south” and you’ll learn a bit of physics while you’re at it.

People all starting to learn the importance of the bacteria in the gut, but few people understanding exactly how important that is and why. This video explains that the gut microbiome can affect your mood, your weight, and even your state of mind. The video describes experiments that have shown that gut bacteria problems harm memory, have dramatic impact on weight, and much more. Take a look and learn how to keep your tummy happy.

There are certain things that fish shouldn’t be able to, but that they can, for whatever reason, do anyway. Take the archerfish, for example. It hunts insects hanging out in trees above the water while the fish is still in the water. It gets its name for its unique style of hunting: it shoots water out of its mouth like an arrow. It can gauge how far the bug is and adjust its jet of water accordingly. 

If you’ve ever tried to watch Mr. Robot, you have probably noticed that it is a bit hard to follow sometimes. At first, it seems like your standard serial killer periodical, but then it turns away from that. Next it seems to be like Fight Club, but then it changes once more. This video argues that the relative lack of a plot actually doesn’t matter for “Mr. Robot” because it’s about literary devices: the reliability of the narrator first and foremost. 

Most pop songs have nearly the exact same formula: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, middle eight, verse, chorus. What’s the middle eight, you ask? It’s that short breakdown towards the end of the song that doesn’t have anything to do with the rest of the song. Taylor Swift, for example, often talks during her middle eights, and as this video points out her use of the middle eight is often a clever throwback to the years of pop past. 

Proponents of President Trump have heard that the world doesn’t like him, and that his election has made the United States something of a laughing stock. But, by and large, Trump proponents don’t care. “America First” is the motto, and that’s all that matters. Is it all that matters, though? John Oliver lists the various reasons that our lack of respect around the world is problematic. One of the key reasons is called “soft power.” Basically, that means influence. In short, the Trump administration is harming our international influence.