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American orders Olive Garden-style chicken parm in Italy and the waiter’s response is perfect

Olive Garden: bringing America to Italy?

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 6/9/2026

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Woman learns a valuable lesson after guy ends their date and apologizes to the waitstaff

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A sandwich shop put up a sign offering Liam Neeson free food. He actually showed up.

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P!nk opened the Tony Awards with a nostalgic ‘Lady Marmalade,’ cover updated with a Broadway twist

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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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Over 113,233 people worldwide recreate Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ in a photo mosaic

Emily Shiffer – 6/8/2026

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The big East versus West Coast debate we slept on: Whose butter is better?

Tod Perry – 6/8/2026

Software engineer tricks a car dealership chatbot into ‘selling’ him a Chevy Tahoe for $1

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 6/8/2026

Woman reveals a truly fool-proof answer when a man asks, ‘May I buy you a drink?’

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 6/8/2026

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Dad’s ‘Amazon product review’ of his newborn baby is parody perfection

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 6/7/2026

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