TikTok's top videos of the year are wildly different from our dark, depressing feeds

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three tiktoks; a woman dancing, a hamster eating, a man singing
Top TikTok videos from this year included dancing, singing, and cute animals.

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The 10 companies that give the biggest raises, the best promotions, and have the strongest culture

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Bottles of Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola ranked first on this year's American Opportunity Index.

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Elon Musk hits out at viral videos of DINK couples, saying there's an 'awful morality' to those who choose not to have children

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Elon Musk and DINK creator Lilly

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Gen Alpha gets a bad rap for being overstimulated 'iPad kids,' but one teacher says we've got it all wrong

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Children raising their hands in class
Gen Alphas have been dubbed "mini-millennials."

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A taxi driver in Tokyo was arrested after being accused of running over a pigeon

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A black taxi in Shinjuku and a perching pigeon.
Ozawa is accused of killing a pigeon intentionally with his car.

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2023 was so terrible, it compelled the world to spend a collective 3 million days creating fantasy characters in 'Baldur's Gate 3'

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Cover art for the video game
Cover art for the video game "Baldur's Gate 3."

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A woman who lives in a 'housetruck' in the woods showed how she washes her hair in the freezing cold — and responded to critics about not using eco-friendly products

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TikTok screenshots of Kai responding to critics and washing her hair outdoors.
Kai told Business Insider winters are the hardest part about living off-the-grid.

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Bunny the 'talking' dog's owner says the skepticism from the scientific community hurts the most

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Alexis Devine and her social media famous dog, Bunny.
Alexis Devine and her social media famous dog, Bunny.

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A Gen Z musician is pleading with people to stream her music as she can't imagine having to work a 9-to-5 job

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Zoe Wynns sitting in a car and speaking to the camera
"Life is going to be hard for her generation," one X user wrote in response to Wynns' video.

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A Chinese blogger went viral for lamenting the solitary lives of men in his nation: '50 years old and eliminated by society'

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A man looks out from the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River as decorative lights are switch off as a measure to save energy in Shanghai on August 23, 2022.
A man looks out from the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River as decorative lights are switch off as a measure to save energy in Shanghai on August 23, 2022.

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