From Mickey Mouse to Mario, many beloved cartoon character's hands are often inexplicably covered by white gloves. The trend transcends style and time period, and the animation choice has largely gone unnoticed and undiscussed until now. Estelle Caswell of Vox got to the bottom of the weird gloves phenomenon, and the reason so many characters sport white gloves may be a bit more perverse than originally anticipated.

Caswell spoke with animation historian John Canemaker about why so many iconic characters are outfitted with the gloves, and he offered a few possible explanations. One theory is that white gloves stood out against the darker bodies of characters in the early black and white style. Another explanation says that the gloves help to articulate hand movement and make gestures seem more grand, which also helped characters like Mickey Mouse and Goofy appear more human than animal. Lastly and most disturbingly, Canemaker explains that because early animation was so connected to vaudeville performance and blackface minstrelsy, the gloves may have been indicative of the type of performances popular during the time.

The biggest mystery, perhaps, is how those white gloves never got dirty. Not that we think a cartoon about a mouse that wears pants and shoes should be hyper realistic, but come on.

Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, Donald Trump's longtime physician, revealed some of the president's medical mysteries in an interviews with the New York Times. Dr. Bornstein revealed the secret behind Trump's famous attribute—no, not his narcissism, but the fox carcass that rests on his head.

Violating doctor-patient confidentiality, Bornstein told the Times that Trump takes a prostate-related drug that promotes hair growth: Finansteride, also known as Propecia.

The drug is commonly prescribed to battle male pattern baldness, and has a considerable amount of side effects, according to RxList.com:

Dr. Bornstein also told the Times that he prescribes Trump antibiotics to control rosacea, a statin for elevated blood cholesterol and lipids, and a baby aspirin he takes once a day to reduce his risk of a heart attack.

The White House has yet to comment of Dr. Bornstein's disclosure, or say if he is still the president's doctor.

Rapper Travis Scott made a big scene at Drake's O2 show in London on Wednesday when he abruptly fell into a giant hole in the middle of the stage during a performance of the song "Goosebumps."

Video of his fall was posted to social media by concert goers and quickly went viral.

You have to hand it to him, he bounced right back up. Let's see it again from another angle.

A user that had posted a video of Travis Scott's fall later tweeted an update that he broke the Globe that's supposed to come up from the hole in the stage at the end of Drake's show.

Scott wouldn't let a little fall get him down, though. He still had a killer time in London (even if he's probably a little sore right now).

Maybe this will teach Drake a lesson about the dangers of having a giant hole in the middle of the stage.

The pregnancy rumors (and realities) are swirling this week! First Kim Kardashian sparked rumors of a pregnancy with a suspicious retweet. And then Beyoncé announced that she is definitely and doubly pregnant (with twins). And now the Associated Press—one of the news sources we thought we could still trust!—"accidentally" tweeted that Ariana Grande is pregnant, and then apologized for the "mistake," US Weekly reports.

WHO CAN WE EVEN TRUST ANYMORE?

Here's a screencap of the tweet, which was sent out yesterday:

"Ariana Grande is pregnant, guess who's the father?" the Associated Press wrote. They then quickly deleted it, and sent out this follow-up tweet:

“.@APEntertainment has deleted from its account a tweet about Ariana Grande,” they wrote. “It was unauthorized. We are investigating.”

Investigating what, exactly? How much their interns are drinking at the office after-hours? Or the state of Ariana Grande's womb? Either way, a few of the singer's fans missed the second memo and are freaking out.

The singer, who is dating rapper Mac Miller, has not responded to the rumor, but she did post this photo on Instagram today of her and her dog:

Very cute. But we still don't know what it means and if she's pregnant or not.

But either way, we should leave the poor woman alone. She's got an upcoming tour to promote and donuts to lick.

Despite the fact that Donald Trump wears horribly ill-fitting suits and has quite possibly the most mocked hair ever, he apparently wants members of his team to look a certain way, and that way is not bad like him.

Axios writes that he wants the women around him to "dress like women" (as opposed to men, presumably, and not, say, cars) and that even if they're wearing jeans (which they probably aren't, because he prefers dresses), they should look "neat and orderly."

The men aren't safe from judgment, either. A source who worked with Trump told Axios,

If you're going to be a public person for him, whether it's a lawyer or representing him in meetings, then you need to have a certain look. That look—at least for any male—you have to be sharply dressed. Preferably, I would say, solid colors. . . You should have a good physical demeanor, good stature, hair well groomed.

It was rumored that Donald Trump told Sean Spicer to change his suit, which is why the press secretary who wore a light grey pinstriped suit to his first pressroom appearance immediately started wearing a darker colored, better fitting one. One person who spent a lot of time with Trump told Axios of Spicer,

It'd be one thing to wear a pinstripe that fit him perfectly. But, it was like, he had a gap in his collar. I was like, "Oh God, he's going to get reamed."

I was getting text messages: Can you believe what he's wearing? Four people texted me, because we know the boss. . . Trump is very much about: Present yourself in the best light. If you're going to represent him, even more so.

Suits aren't all he pays attention to—he notices ties, too, although maybe not his own? Speaking to Axios, a source who worked with Trump said, "You're always supposed to wear a tie. If it's not a Trump tie, you can get away with Brooks Brothers. But I'd suggest Armani." And as for width, the bigger the better, although that's no surprise.

There's only one person who doesn't have to wear what Donald Trump wants him to, and that person is reportedly Steve Bannon. Also no surprise.

Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé has the most-liked Instagram post of all time. ALL TIME!

Beyoncé and Jay Z's pregnancy announcement lifted hearts and broke records— overtaking Selena Gomez's Coke ad as the most-liked pic on Instagram—with 8 million hearts and counting.

As with any infamous pic, Beyoncé got the meme treatment. Here's the internet's best memes and recreations.

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When Georgia mom Lindsey Chastain noticed that her nine-year-old daughter Lexi Cramer woke up from her nap one morning thinking she'd slept through the night, she knew she couldn't let the opportunity pass by. It was time for a Classic Mom Prank. She told Inside Edition,

She thought it was morning time because normally it’s dark out when she wakes up. She started putting on her outfit for the next day. I just played along with it from there.

And Lexi didn't need much convincing. For a nine-year-old, she seemed to be extremely gung-ho about going to school. Chastain was so tickled, she started filming the whole thing. And lo, viral video magic was made.

After posting the video to Facebook in December 2016, the video went viral. And now, thanks to a wave of media coverage, it's going viral all over again. To date, the clip has been viewed over 11 million times, and received almost 200,000 shares. Everyone loves to see a parent (lovingly) torture their kid.

You probably remember Salt Bae.

If you don't, Salt Bae is Turkish chef, Nusret Gökçe, who went viral a couple months ago when he posted a video of himself sensually slicing and salting a huge hunk of meat.

It turns out even celebrities want a piece of Salt Bae's meat.

Salt Bae posted a photo to Instagram on Thursday, in which he was salting the meat of none other than Leonardo DiCaprio.

What a time to be alive. Leonardo DiCaprio is so lucky.

It has been a long couple of months since Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a stunning upset that made him President of the United States. Since most of the nation is still trying to cope with a Trump presidency, people are turning to trusty online search engine Google to answer all of their burning political questions. Data and research firm Estately then used Google Trends to measure search traffic results to determine exactly what each state has been searching for since election day. If their research has proven anything, it is that the Trump anxiety is real and we are in for a long four years.

The Estately blog populated a map of what each state Googled more frequently than the other 49, and boy is it illuminating. While Nevada searched for a way to impeach Trump, Tennessee was praying for him. Pennsylvania was more interested in the rumored Trump "gold showers" tape while Indiana kept it real by simply searching "Cheetos bronzer." Well, if you can't beat 'em, you might as well join 'em, right Indiana?

The blog also compiled an even more detailed list of the most popularly searched phrases and questions from each state in comparison to other states. The most hilarious search terms are bolded for your pleasure.

ALABAMA: Jeff Sessions / Will Jeff Sessions be the next Attorney General? / Who is Frederick Douglass?

ALASKA: Trump executive order immigration / Vladimir Putin / Wikileaks / Rosneft (Russian state-owned oil company) / Meryl Streep Golden Globes speech / kakistocracy / Russia sanctions / Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

ARIZONA: Starbucks boycott / What is the A.C.A.? / Autocracy: Rules for Survival / How to emigrate to Canada

ARKANSAS: How to build a wall? / Plagiarism / live stream inauguration

CALIFORNIA: Definition of lie / Will the world end in 2017? / Twitter feud / Are we going to die? / Donald Trump Russian prostitutes / D.A.C.A. news / Trump D.A.C.A. news / Is it a Muslim ban? / Trump ISIS plan / How much would it cost to build a wall? / What did Trump do now? / How does a filibuster work? / deportation force / immigrant rights / immigration attorney near me / California secession petition / How to emigrate to Australia / Is Donald Trump a sociopath?

COLORADO: Did Obama ban Iraqi refugees in 2011 / Oleg Erovinkin / federal funding to sanctuary cities / Trump 100 day action plan / alcohol delivery / Comey effect / Neil Gorsuch

CONNECTICUT: Rex Tillerson Secretary of State / What are refugees? / Laura Ingraham

DELAWARE: Melania Trump inaugural gown / The Trump Organization / Buzzfeed Trump dossier / autocracy / Jim Acosta / grief counseling

FLORIDA:AFC-NFC Pro Bowl / Trump lowest approval rating / Hannity Assange video / Jared Kushner and Chris Christie / muerte de Fidel Castro / Obama Fidel Castro statement / How will Mexico pay for the wall?

GEORGIA: Rep. John Lewis / Putin prostitute remark / Andy Puzder minimum wage / Is Donald Trump going to be impeached? / Newt Gingrich Madonna / What the hell is going on?

HAWAII: What is Obamacare? / one-China policy

IDAHO: Trans-Pacific Partnership / General Mattis quotes

ILLINOIS: Jeb Bush guac bowl / Who will pay for the wall? / Putin election hack / Martin Shkreli dog poop / refuse fascism / Steven Mnuchin wife

INDIANA: Hamilton cast Mike Pence / Mike Pence booed / Is Donald Trump the antichrist / Trump Putin phone call / Trump protest sign ideas / Cheetos bronzer / Who really won the popular vote?

IOWA: Russian prostitutes / Where is Yemen?

KANSAS: Kellyanne Conway punch

KENTUCKY: Sean Spicer lies / Celebrities who said they would move to Canada

LOUISIANA: inauguration coverage / Trump anxiety

MAINE: Kellyanne Conway alternative facts / Sean spicer conference / Did Obama ban refugees? / Trump inauguration protests / Emoluments Clause

MARYLAND: Conway alternative facts / inauguration protest / Sean Spicer press conference video / Sean Spicer suit / Trump cabinet appointments / dossier on Trump / Ben Carson public housing / Is Trump a fascist?

MASSACHUSETTS: dabbing Paul Ryan / Paul Ryan survey / Monica Crowley plagiarism / protest sign ideas / Clinton blames Comey

MICHIGAN: Betsy Devos / Betsy Davos confirmation hearing / Did Trump ban Muslims? / What does the term snowflake mean? / Wikileaks pizzagate / Trump is a liar / How the fuck did Trump win? / Greg Phillips voter fraud

MINNESOTA: Al Franken Rick Perry / Why liberals oppose Ben Carson? / Where is Hillary Clinton now?

MISSISSIPPI: 3 Doors Down

MISSOURI: Trump and golden shower / Sean Spicer gum / Rick Perry energy department / radical islamic terrorism / Trump executive orders today

MONTANA: Richard Spencer / Putin Trump / National Park Service / misogyny definition / Keystone Pipeline

NEBRASKA: Trump’s wall / SNL writer Barron Trump

NEVADA: Rick Perry veto controversy / A.C.L.U. letter to Trump / impeach Trump petition / Aziz Ansari SNL monologue

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Breitbart News / How to stop Trump? / Pizzagate / alt National Park Service / plutocracy / petition electoral college

NEW JERSEY: Twitter beef / Tucker Carlson Teen Vogue / Mike Pence booed at Hamilton / Brave New World

NEW MEXICO: Mitch McConnell wife / Border Patrol jobs

NEW YORK: Trump Tower / mucho sad / Can Obama run again? / Can Obama run for President again in 2020? / Trump appointments to cabinet / Is Jeff Sessions racist? / Muslim country ban / Kellogg’s boycott / Marco Rubio spine / Steve Bannon domestic violence / Lauren Duca Tucker Carlson / Michael Flynn Russia / Steven Mnuchin / Elaine Chao net worth / Merrick Garland recess appointment / Trump hands photoshop / Is this really happening? / Trump companies to boycott / Kellyanne Conway comedy

NORTH CAROLINA: Toby Keith inauguration performance / Richard Spencer punched gif / Las Vegas odds Trump impeachment

NORTH DAKOTA: protest / Trump executive order first day / Lauren Duca / xenophobia definition / Dakota Access Pipeline

OHIO: What happens if Obamacare is repealed? / Where is Somalia? / Donald Trump is gaslighting America

OKLAHOMA: Scott Pruitt climate change / What is NATO?

OREGON: Trump approval rating today / punching nazis / alt National Park Service Twitter

PENNSYLVANIA: Nazi getting punched / Donald Trump pee pee party / Obamacare replacement plan / Steve Bannon Leninist / How old is Giuliani? / What is the one China policy? / James Clapper resigns

RHODE ISLAND: Golden Shower / Sean Spicer / What is pizzagate? / Michael Flynn / Trump impeachment odds / kleptocracy

SOUTH CAROLINA: What is a pussy hat? / Trump to order Mexican wall

SOUTH DAKOTA: Did Obama ban refugees in 2011? / Where is Syria? / bathroom bill / Kellyanne Conway outfit / Animal Farm

TENNESSEE: Who punched Richard Spencer? / Donald Trump pee pee / How tall is James Comey? / Pray for Trump / What is critical thinking?

TEXAS: Can Texas secede? / Who will Trump nominate for Supreme Court

UTAH: International Rescue Committee / Meryl Streep Golden Globes speech video

VERMONT: Donald Trump / Trump protests / 1984 / Steve Bannon / Intersectionality / Richard Spencer punched / Richard Spencer punched again / Executive order / Planned Parenthood / Southern Poverty Law Center / fake news / impeachment / human rights / Madonna women’s march / boycott / How to move to Canada?

VIRGINIA: March for Life / Sean Spicer press conference / executive order refugees / Tillerson Putin / Obamacare replacement / Christopher Steele MI6 / Who is my Senator? / Who is my Congressman? / no Trump no kkk no fascist USA / Steve Bannon Nazi / gay dance party Mike Pence / Nikki Haley taking names

WASHINGTON: pussy hat knitting pattern / pussy hat crochet pattern / Trump Muslim country ban / How to donate to Planned Parenthood? / Indiana Jones punching Nazi / Donald Trump Nazi / Uber boycott / Will Donald Trump be impeached? / alt facts /Kellyanne Conway outfit meme / Merriam Webster Twitter / Trump inauguration photos / obstructionism / Donald Trump treason / Border Patrol chief resigns / West Coast secession / Is Donald Trump Christian? / general strike / federal funding to sanctuary cities

WEST VIRGINIA: recess appointment / Sally Yates

WISCONSIN: Who is Sean Spicer? / Russian dossier on Trump / recount / What is populism?

WYOMING: Trump inauguration speech / Trump cabinet / FOX News live / internment of Japanese Americans / fascism / xenophobia / filibuster / Who won the popular vote? / populism / drain the swamp / Electoral College

While California has no chill and is preparing for the worst, Mississippi cares about one thing and one thing only: the dulcet tones of hometown heroesThree Doors down.

“We stand before you embarrassed Americans tonight," Bruce Springsteen professed to his Melbourne crowd.

On Wednesday night, President Trump managed to insult one of America's closest and chillest allies, allegedly hanging up the phone on Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull because he hates refugees so much and bringing the beef to Twitter.

Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Bruce Springsteen wanted to make sure that the USA is still tight with Oz, and trolled Trump through the gift of song,

"This is a song from 1965 by the Orlons. We’re going to use this to send a letter back home," he said, before breaking up into a ditty called "Don't Hang Up."

He showed him who's the Boss.

The whole E Street Band is embarrassed by Donald Trump too, so Stevie Van Zandt called him out on the medium he knows the president won't miss.

To any Australians out there, please know that most Americans disapprove of this nonsense and love you guys and your Hemsworths!

Sometimes, popping a cyst is easy-peasy for Dr. Sandra Lee. But sometimes, she has to sing for her supper, and tackle a real challenge. That's what happened with the bulbous cyst on this man's cheek. It had calcified, making its contents much firmer and gritter than a normal epidermoid cyst. If she was going to avoid giving this poor patient a massive face scar, she would have to really put her elbows into popping this thing. And did she pull it off? Of course she did.

Skip to 5:50 to see it pop.

It's all in a day's work for the internet's favorite dermatologist.

Warning: this story might make you a little nauseous. But you knew that when you clicked, so let's get to it.

This is Julia Pechar, an 18-year-old high school senior from Nebraska.

This is her bedroom:

It's a disaster. And like most teens, she was probably like "who cares??? It's MY room." And that's a valid point, teens! But there are a few downsides to having a messy room, which Julia experienced firsthand. Or rather, "first foot."

On Tuesday, Julia tweeted out her gory tale (it's really gross, you have now been warned multiple times):

Noooooooooooo.

She explained how it happened. Of course, it involved a snack.

Julia told Buzzfeed she "crawled" to her phone to take a picture before screaming for her mom to “come rip it out of me." And thank god she did, because her tweet has gone viral, with more than twelve-thousand people retweeting the horrific spectacle.

There's no blood in the photos. But Julia added: “for all of the people demanding blood, yes, it did bleed…a lot. It still is.”

People on Twitter, much like you and me, are grossed out AF. But more about the state of her room than the state of her foot.

And this guy just wanted to brag:

Luckily, Julia found a silver lining:

Unless her class is on the 20th floor of a walk-up building, I don't see how having her foot impaled by a phone charger is worth it. But some people just hate the stairs I guess!

Now go clean your room. Or else.

This post brought to you by moms everywhere.

Watch out, Tinder. There's a new dating app in town. If one of the qualities you look for in a romantic partner is "hates the same things I do," you're in luck. A new dating app is coming out this month that matches users up based on the things they mutually hate.

The app (fittingly) is called Hater. You share your opinions on a number of topics, ranging from politics to "slow walkers," and the app pairs you up with someone who hates the same things you find annoying.

Aren't we all just looking for someone who hates the same things we hate?

If Hater sounds like your kind of dating app, good news! It will be available for download on February 8th. (Just in time for you to find a Valentine that also hates "paying extra for guacamole!")

Meet Boston couple Roseann Sdoia and Mike Materia. If they look impressive, that's because they are.

Much like Rihanna and whoever that song is about, these two found love in a hopeless place. Sdoia, 48, was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing back in April 2013 and needed to have her leg amputated. When she was in the hospital recovering, her mom spotted a cute fireman nearby (moms are good at that).

“In the hospital, my mom tried to set me up with him,” Sdoia, 48, told the New York Times.“She was like, ‘Oh, did you see that firefighter? He’s so cute.’ And I was like, ‘Mom, I just got blown up.’"

When the bombs went off near the marathon finish line that day, Sdoia had been a spectator and was injured in the blast. A firefighter rushed to attend to her and escorted her to the hospital.

“I asked him if I was going to die. And he told me that I was going to be OK, that I only had a flesh wound,” she said.

As you might've guessed, that firefighter turned out to be #hospitalbae aka Mike Materia. He showed up at the hospital a few days later to visit her, and they started dating a few months later, the Times reports.

“I knew I was starting to have feelings for him because he was so kind and caring,” Sdoia said. “And he has an unbelievable smile.”

He proposed in December and they're planning to get married in the fall. But that's not all!

Yesterday, the couple raced up the 1,576 floors of the Empire State Building as part of a fundraiser for the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which has played a huge role in Sdoia's recovery.

This photo was taken by a friend on their way to the top:

I've heard marriage is hard. But I can't imagine it's harder than climbing 86 floors with a prosthetic leg. I have a pretty good feeling these two are going to go the distance.