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Here’s What McDonald’s Looked Like When It First Opened In 1955
The first official restaurant Currently, there are over 36,000 McDonald’s restaurants around the world, but the franchise started out as a tiny establishment. The McDonald brothers, Dick and Mac,...
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50 Inspirational Quotes to Get You Through the Morning
Great expectations “Always believe something wonderful is about to happen.” —Unknown. If inspirational quotes aren’t enough to get you out of bed, these tips will make waking up in the morning a lot...
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6 Missing Person Mysteries That Were Miraculously Solved
Mary Seow Mary Seow was persuaded to sell her home in Singapore and move to mainland China to invest the money, only to realize it was all a scam. She lost everything. Seow tried to work her money back...
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Strangest Celeb Assets Put Up for Auction
Truman Capote’s Ashes Truman Capote’s ashes, which are kept in a carved Japanese wooden box (shown here), had been in the hands of Johnny Carson’s ex-wife, Joanne Copeland, until her passing. Capote...
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The Thyroid Cancer Symptoms I Ignored—But You Shouldn’t
In the spring of 2014, I started to feel under the weather. Since it was late April, I pegged all of my symptoms as allergies. I always experienced congestion, a scratchy cough, and watery eyes this...
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The Heart-Wrenching Moment That Led to the Idea of the Red Cross
The Red Cross, now approaching its 138th year in existence, is known for performing some of the most heroic acts in the world, but its origin story is far from rosy. Before we start at the beginning,...
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Former Alcatraz Inmate Reveals What the Prison Was Really Like
This article was originally written in 1938 as told by Bryan Conway, No. 293 to T.H. Alexander and appeared in the April 1938 issue of Reader’s Digest.* One who has just finished, as I have, a 12-year...
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17 Reasons My Favorite Teacher Changed My Life
She was pre-med before a teacher believed in her as an artist “I was pre-med for most of college until I took an intensive art course my senior year called Textile Design. I had already been admitted...
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The Comment Prince Charles Made After Harry’s Birth That Broke Princess...
“I hope it will be a girl this time,” Prince Charles said to a well-wisher in London, according to the Daily Mail. The year? 2014. The occasion? Kate Middleton’s pregnancy. But for some close to the...
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21 Cat Adoption Photos That Will Melt Your Heart
Johanne Johanne was just four months old when a stranger found her on the street and brought her into PetitsPawz. Susan Mackasey, president of PetitsPawz, immediately took her to the vet where Johanne...
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What It’s Really Like to Be a Princess at Walt Disney World
Like many of us, Emily Cook Harris grew up watching Disney movies and listening to the soundtracks. “I had a four-disc compilation of all the best songs from the classics—The Lion King, Beauty and the...
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I’ll Have This Scar for Life—Here’s Why I Refuse to Cover It
“I will need to open your neck to remove the tumor and your thyroid,” the surgeon told me on a hot summer day. The words turned into white noise. I felt all alone in that office, with my legs dangling...
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12 Most Dangerous Animal Bites You Can Get
Housecat Your kitty’s irritated nip at your hand may leave only a small puncture wound. But that wound can be tricky to properly disinfect and that means the risk of infection is high—as many as 80...
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The Secret to This Small Town’s Revival Is Making Everyone Want to Live There
They say everything is bigger in Texas. While that may be true, some of the best things in Texas are quite small. Case in point: tiny Mount Vernon, a town of just under 3,000 people tucked in the...
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My Heart Palpitations Turned Out to Be Lung Cancer
Four years ago on a late night, Colette Smith, 53, sat alone in her living room watching TV. The rest of her family had gone to bed earlier. Suddenly, she noticed her heart-rate speeding up. It...
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Here’s How Some Soldiers Are Able to Put a Positive Spin on Their Traumatic...
When Army surgeon Rhonda Cornum regained consciousness after her helicopter crashed, she looked up to see five Iraqi soldiers pointing rifles at her. It was 1991, and her Black Hawk had been shot down...
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How One Woman Is Spreading Positivity by Giving Out Recycled Medals
Kim Stemple celebrating after a race. The simple message of the medals, she said, “is kindness.” In 2012, Kim Stemple, a special-education teacher, found herself tethered to an IV in a Boston hospital...
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My Healthy Baby Had Cardiac Arrest—Here’s How It Could Have Been Prevented
Phyllis and Darren Sudman brought their second child, Simon, home from the hospital in the fall of 2004. Everything was going along as smoothly as is possible with a newborn and a two-year-old—their...
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The Important Reason a Father Hired the Man Who Supplied His Daughter with...
George Vorel, second from left, with employees who got a second chance. From left: Gregory Fowler, Kavin Mann, Zachary Allen, and Patrick Thunberg. Jeramie Miller is the last guy you’d expect George...
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Jay Leno Always Knew His Dad Had a Big Heart—Then an Unexpected Letter from a...
His parents, Catherine and Angelo I had very good parents. My mother came to this country from Scotland by herself when she was 11, and she didn’t have much of an education. My dad was kind of a...
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