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A 19-year-old woman who spent most of her life in foster care has finally been adopted by her former caseworker. Per WTEN, 19-year-old Monyay Peskaledis met Leah Peskaledis - who would later become her adoptive mother - when she was just 13 years old. When the young adult was only…
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Aldi is offering its customers the chance to buy their very own beer tap from this weekend onwards. According to its official website, the budget supermarket chain will very soon be selling an amazing new outdoor bar, as well as a stand, a tap, and even an ice bucket, so…
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A young boy has gone viral after becoming stuck in an antique barrel and having to be rescued. News of the unusual incident was posted to Facebook by journalist Nick Beres on May 2 in a post accompanied by a series of photographs of the dramatic rescue. Beres explained that…
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A cleaner has received an outpouring of praise and support after leaving a brutally honest note calling out her boss on her final day. As reported by the Metro, the cleaner, Julie, left the note at the bank where she worked on her last shift before retirement. According to the…
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Did you know that Saturday, May 1 marks the 17th annual World Naked Gardening Day? Me neither. However, it turns out it is a very real thing, and people all over the world are celebrating by ditching their clothes, grabbing the shears, and trimming their bush (too easy?). According to…
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A surfer has revealed how she has adapted to life as a new mom following a shark attack that left her with one arm. When Bethany Hamilton was 13 years old, the surfing prodigy was attacked by a 15-foot tiger shark that resulted in her losing her left arm. Despite…
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A woman has taken to social media to share the moment she confronted a male gymgoer who took a photo of her as she worked out. Janelle Rodriguez took to TikTok (under the handle @j_rodriguezxo) to share several videos detailing the troubling incident. In the first video, captioned "Creep exposed",…
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A BBC sport pundit was asked to leave the studio after her ex complained about her presence. Reanne Evans, 35, who is a women's world snooker champion, was forced to exit the room just before she was set to broadcast live from the practice area at the Crucible, Sheffield because her…
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The skinniest home in Boston is just 10 feet wide, and its origin story is one I'm sure we can all relate to. According to a 2005 story in The Boston Globe, the 1,166-square-foot house is the skinniest in the city, and it is located in the North End of…
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This is a sponsored article in partnership with Jack Daniel’s. After a year like the one we’ve all had, you’re probably looking forward to the warmer months rolling around and relaxing in the sun with a nice drink in your hand, right? What’s more, being able to finally invite friends…
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A little girl has received an outpouring of support online after her mom revealed that her art teacher had told the child she had done a painting "wrong". Explaining the situation, the girl's mom, Gemma Leighton, tweeted a picture of her daughter's painting last week, writing alongside it: "My 6…
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The pink supermoon is set to rise over the world tonight! it. It is known as the supermoon because it is the point at which the moon's orbit is closest to the Earth. But don't get too excited, because although appearing larger and brighter in the sky - it won't…
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Aleksey Shinder and Danielle Lamattina's love story is like something out of a fairytale. "I knew immediately, as soon as I saw her, that this was the woman I was going to spend the rest of my life with. She was like gravity," Aleksey — who hails from New Jersey,…
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A man was left in shock after a woman invited 16 other men to their date. TikTok user Pea Kay from London matched with the woman on Hinge and decided to go on his first date in over a year – but it did not go to plan. Kay filmed…
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Following last week's hot debate over what you call the game when you knock on somebody's door and run away, people are now divided over the correct name for flavored ice sticks. You all know the ones I'm talking about - they were simply brightly-colored flavored frozen sticks that wouldn't…
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A New England family has finally found their grandpa's hidden fortune after locating his hidden cashbox under attic floorboards. Keith Willie - who describes himself as a "metal detectorist, treasure hunter, 'you lost something, I'll find it'" - explains on his YouTube channel RediscoverLost how a family had contacted him…
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A teenager's very moving essay about her dad's alcoholism is bringing people tears - including her father. In February, 47-year-old Casey Scott of Farmington, near Salt Lake City, shared his 16-year-old daughter's incredibly moving words on his weekly podcast, Project Recovery. The emotional moment, which has since been posted to…
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Joel Whitwell tells VT he was once described as the "ugliest person in the world" by a complete stranger. The 42-year-old, from Harvey, Western Australia, has a craniofacial deficiency – a disfigurement that occurs in infancy when the bones of the face fuse together too quickly or in an abnormal way. For Joel, this…
