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2/6/2026
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Meet the second-generation immigrants who are helping protect your civil rights.

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7/8/2026
Photo credit: via SaraJohnsen/WikimediaCommons and Canva/Photos – A Baby Boomer couple and a Millennial couple getting married.

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The big reason why Millennials get prenuptial agreements 10 times more than Boomers did

Tod Perry

2/6/2026
Photo credit: Public domain – Leo Tolstoy as a young man in 1848 (left), Tolstoy as an old man on a horse (right)

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Leo Tolstoy’s two-sentence diary entry from 1851 perfectly sums up young, impulsive love

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2/4/2026
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1/28/2026
Photo credit: Courtesy of Riyadh Khalaf/Instagram (used with permission) – When Riyadh found an egg, he had no idea how much it would change his life.

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A man found a mysterious egg and incubated it. 28 days later, it hatched and changed his life.

Annie Reneau

1/16/2026
Photo credit: Canva – A granddaughter received an incredible graduation gift from her grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s disease.

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Watch a grandma’s Alzheimer’s ‘disappear’ for 5 minutes on her granddaughter’s graduation day

Annie Reneau

1/13/2026
Photo credit: GabboT (left), Samhsa (right) (Wikimedia Commons) – Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis met and got married in 1984.

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Jamie Lee Curtis shares the bonkers story of how she met Christopher Guest, her husband of 41 years

Annie Reneau

1/4/2026
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A study found this flirting strategy to be the most effective, regardless of your looks or age

Tod Perry

12/18/2025
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Frugal people share 18 romantic date night ideas besides going out to dinner

Emily Shiffer

12/17/2025
Photo credit: Photo Credit: Wendi Shaw – Wendi Shaw from New Jersey has an interesting hobby: Finding and returning antique love letters.

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Woman finds stack of WWII love letters at Goodwill. Hundreds of strangers helped get them home.

Evan Porter

12/9/2025
Photo credit: Angelo Merendino (used with permission) – A photo series helps people understand the day to day reality of terminal cancer.

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Photographer captured his wife’s cancer journey until the end for the most beautiful reason

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12/8/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Penn Badgley's botanical garden analogy is resonating with people.

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Penn Badgley compares romantic relationships to gardening, and the metaphor is spot on

Annie Reneau

12/6/2025
Photo credit: Images from Avery Klein – Sarah Somes, 1865 (left) Casey, 2025 (right)

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Woman finds antique photo that looks just like her wife. Then more eerie similarities emerge.

Heather Wake

11/26/2025
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Man found girlfriend’s preschool photo, then had to call his mom after noticing something ‘odd’

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11/21/2025
Photo credit: Courtesy of Leigh Welsh/TikTok – One line triggered a laughing fit and the struggle was real.

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Bride and groom got the giggles during their wedding vows. Everyone but Grandpa was amused.

Annie Reneau

11/21/2025