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The Price of a Peaceful Nap
I was home alone with my 2-year-old son and was not feeling well. So I laid down and fell asleep. When I woke up after 30 minutes, my first thought was, “What a good boy! He didn’t make noise and let me sleep for a bit!” Right afterward, I found my son and almost had…
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A Touchdown in an Envelope
My wife and I saved $1,060 to buy football tickets. Yesterday, we decided to open up the envelope to pay for the season.
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How I Stopped My Stepdaughter from Taking Advantage of Her Dad
In blended families, it’s normal for parents to have different ideas about raising kids. Colleen’s husband keeps giving money to his 19-year-old daughter, who is pregnant and already has two kids. But Colleen thinks her stepdaughter shouldn’t be spoiled and needs to take responsibility for her choices.This disagreement led to a big problem, and Colleen…
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When Earrings Spark Statewide Assumptions
So I walk into the bathroom and this girl stops me from entering and says, ’Sorry, I couldn’t help but notice your earrings, are you from Texas??’ These are the earrings I was wearing.
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Discovering a Blast from the Past
We rented a garage and began to clean all the old junk out of it. Suddenly we found this bag with 14 sets of pirates and American Indians. It was packed in 1993.
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When I was a kid, I was chilling in the water of the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey. Suddenly I felt an awful burning sensation on my stomach and my legs. I looked like I had been brutally sandpapered and I got a 40°C (104°F) fever. Turns out I made contact with a jellyfish, and later found out that it hadn’t happened on that beach for 10 years or so. I was just extremely unlucky.
This happened when I was about 6. I needed to use the bathroom at a friend’s house, and he led me to his parents’ bathroom. The place was filled with clutter of all sorts. Boxes, magazines, an inflatable pool, lots of other stuff. You could barely get in there. He pulled out a drawer from…
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Visual test: Only those with the eyesight of a hawk can find the 7 animals hidden in the image
Every day, our eyes and minds are bombarded with images, writings, and lights of all kinds. And at the end of a long day, it would be good to let them rest and recover, especially since many of these stimuli can be harmful. Today, we want to propose a test that will allow you to…
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The Night I Saw a ‘Ghost’ and Discovered the Truth Years Later
My mom and sister were on vacation, so it was just me and my dad at home. It was past my bedtime, but I couldn’t sleep, so I went downstairs to see what my dad was doing. As I’m going down, I see across my living room the silhouette of a woman walking by; I…
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Did you know that if you eat BANANA EVERY DAY your body can…
Have you ever wondered about those little strings on bananas? You know, the ones that appear when you peel back the yellow skin? Well, they actually serve a purpose! These pesky strings, known as “phloem bundles,” are an essential part of the banana’s structure.Phloem bundles are responsible for transporting nutrients from the leaves to the…
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Woman Visits BFF who Recently Adopted Baby, Recognizes Baby as Her Own Biological Son
…it turned out that my closest friend, whom I had trusted for years, had been living a deception that shattered my world. I had mourned my son for a year. The pain had been unbearable at times, but with the support of friends and family, I had managed to find a semblance of peace. My…