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Guy finds long-forgotten album in a thrift shop, reunites the band, and is sharing their music with the world

The damaged vinyl record was first released 58-years-ago.

Erik Barnes & Upworthy Staff – 7/11/2026

People rally behind an older woman who refused to train her 25-year-old replacement

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Michael J. Fox saw Harrison Ford’s Parkinson’s acting on ‘Shrinking,’ and immediately reached out

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The hidden digital detail inside Taylor Swift’s wedding invitation designed to catch guests who leaked it.

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Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025

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Legendary 2000s pop punk band fights the ticket monopoly with throwback ‘house party’ tour

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025

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Artist makes everyday spaces magical by cleverly adding pixelated, old-school pop-culture icons

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025

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High school teacher gives his students a pop quiz on 90s slang words and it was ‘on fleek’

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025

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A bride’s divorced parents entered the reception together to ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’

Adam Albright-Hanna – 7/11/2026

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A song in a bank commercial was never destined to be a hit. Then the Carpenters saw the ad.

Heather Wake – 7/10/2026

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American woman goes viral as World Cup fans say she is Norway’s Erling Haaland’s doppelgänger

Emily Shiffer – 7/10/2026

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Thomas Jefferson coined a hip and funny phrase for abrupt goodbyes that still holds up today

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 7/10/2026

Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, music history

In 1971, at a Disneyland gig, Linda Ronstadt unknowingly created one of rock’s biggest bands

Heather Wake – 7/10/2026

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