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20 Signs You’re Actually Financially Better Off Than The Average American

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Greg Wilson, CFA

20 Things the Middle Class Enjoys, That the Poor Can’t Afford

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Kateable

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This Clears Up Cold Sores Almost Instantly—No Abreva Needed

Lemon balm is one of the most well-researched herbs for cold sores out there, it's actually been shown in clinical studies to reduce healing time and calm symptoms fast when applied right at the first sign of a tingle.

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7 Woolworth's Lunch Counter Dishes From the 1950s and 1960s

F.W. Woolworth ran lunch counters inside its five-and-dime stores for decades, and by the mid-1950s those counters were a fixture of downtown shopping in cities and small towns across the country. You sat on a round spinning stool, ordered off a laminated card clipped above the counter, and got a full hot plate for right around fifty cents. The food came fast because the cooks had made it a hundred times that week, and the chain was still running close to two thousand of these counters as late as 1964.

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Kateable

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This Salve Was Used for Hemorrhoids Before Preparation H Existed

Hemorrhoids are one of those things nobody wants to talk about, but they're incredibly common, especially after childbirth or just from too much time sitting. Long before Preparation H ever existed, witch hazel and calendula were the go to remedies for calming the swelling and discomfort. I keep this salve made and ready, it's become one of those quiet essentials in our house. 😊

CJ Coombs

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Missing since 2015 from Marietta, Georgia: Kayla Marshell Miller was only 13 when she disappeared

Kayla Marshell Miller has been missing from Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County), since April 13, 2015, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her photo above is an age-progressed likeness of how she might have appeared at 19, though she would now be 25.

Marietta, GA · 18d

Thomas Smith

Can Restaurants Legally Deny You A Bathroom? Experts Weigh In

You walk into a restaurant, urgently ask to use the restroom and hear the dreaded response: "Sorry, customers only." It may feel cruel -- particularly when the restaurant clearly has a bathroom -- but is it illegal?

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Thomas Smith

What Happens When You Refreeze Thawed Food? USDA’s Answer May Surprise You

You moved a package of chicken from the freezer to the refrigerator, planning to cook it for dinner. Then plans changed. Does that chicken have to be cooked immediately? Thrown away? Or can it go back in the freezer?

Thomas Smith

Weight-Loss Supplement Recalled After FDA Finds an Antidepressant and Toxic Chemical

A weight-loss supplement sold online across the United States is being recalled after federal laboratory testing found two potentially dangerous ingredients that did not appear on the product's label -- including a prescription antidepressant in its daytime tablets and a toxic industrial chemical in its nighttime tablets.

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Greg Wilson, CFA

28 Ways to Tell If Someone Belongs to the Lower Middle Class

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7 Odd-Sounding Dishes That People Actually Keep Making

Some food names do the dish no favors. Snickers salad, pickle soup, pretzel Jello salad. None of these sound like something you would put on a party table and expect people to eat. And yet these are the dishes that disappear first, the ones people ask about, the ones that get written on index cards and tucked into coat pockets before the party is officially over.

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Greg Wilson, CFA

23 Household Chores Our Grandparents Used To Do That Hardly Anyone Does Anymore

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Alameda Post

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Alameda’s 90 Day Fiancée, Catie Norboe

Catie Norboe, 26, is Alameda’s own reality TV star. The Alameda native is a pet sitter who is featured on the current season of the hit series 90 Day Fiancé. The show documents experiences of couples who have applied for a K-1 Visa and are required to wed within 90 days. Catie’s fiancé Josh, 30, is from the UK and intends to move to Portland, Oregon to be with her and begin life in the US. Their screen time on the show has included a variety of locations throughout Alameda, including Swell Bar and Whisk Cakes, as they’ve come here to visit Catie’s family and prepare for their wedding.

Alameda, CA · 12d

Thomas Smith

Never Put Frozen Meat Straight Into a Slow Cooker, USDA Warns

You pull a package of chicken out of the freezer and realize you forgot to thaw it. Dinner is still hours away, though, and your slow cooker is sitting on the counter. Can you simply drop the frozen chicken inside and let it cook all day?

The Maine Monitor

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High court: Maine wrongly terminated a mother’s parental rights because she couldn’t find an affordable home

An Augusta District Court wrongly terminated a New Mexico mother’s rights to her child because she couldn’t find affordable housing in Maine, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday.

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7 Rural Southern Church-Supper Dishes Still Worth Making

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. A Midwestern potluck and a rural Southern church supper look similar from a distance: long folding tables, covered dishes, somebody's mother's dessert at the end of the line. Get closer and the resemblance fades fast. In much of the rural South, food was organized by type and the dessert table stood apart, treated almost as its own room. Brunswick Stew came in a cast iron pot the size of a washtub, tended by men who had been at the fire since before the service started. Cornbread baked in the church kitchen and got cut into squares before it hit the table. Banana Pudding traveled layered in a glass bowl, not a pan, because presentation on that table was its own kind of statement.

Brunswick, GA · 9d

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7 Weeknight Dinners Busy 1990s Families Made in About an Hour

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. In 1990, nearly 75 percent of mothers with school-age children were in the workforce. Dinner still had to happen, usually between 5:30 and 6:15, before homework and before anyone ran out of patience. The dishes that survived that window were not ambitious. They were fast, they used what was already in the cabinet, and the kids ate them without argument.

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Thomas Smith

Never Put These 7 Containers in the Microwave, Safety Experts Warn

Reheating food in the wrong container can create sparks, start a fire, melt packaging or cause dangerously hot steam to erupt when the lid is opened. The safest rule is simple: Transfer food to cookware clearly labeled for microwave use. The USDA's microwave safety guidance specifically warns against several common packages that were designed for storage or transportation rather than heating.

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Thomas Smith

7 Egg Facts That Sound Fake -- but USDA Says Are True

An egg inside another egg sounds like something someone invented for a viral video. And washing an egg sounds like a reasonable way to make breakfast safer. But USDA's egg guides have some surprises on both counts.

Letters from Leo

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“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana

Thank you for reading! Letters from Leo is a reader-supported publication and the fastest-growing Catholic community in the country. To receive new posts and support this movement, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Greg Wilson, CFA

Remember These? 29 School Items You’ll Never See in Classrooms Again

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The Comfort Kitchen

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Brownie Mix Cookies Deliver Fudgy Centers in Minutes

A box of brownie mix becomes thick, chewy cookies in this remarkably fast recipe for serious chocolate cravings. Eggs, oil, and a small amount of flour transform the mix into scoopable dough, while chocolate chips intensify the richness. Once baked, the cookies develop lightly set edges with soft, fudgy centers that resemble the best part of a brownie. The entire process uses one bowl, requires no mixer, and skips the usual chilling time, making it possible to have warm homemade cookies ready in less time than many recipes need for preparation alone.

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