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January 9, 2018

Tokyo Restaurant Lets You Work a 50-Minute Shift to Earn a Free Meal

Don't have enough money for a hot meal? That's not a problem if you are dining at Tokyo's Mirai Shokudo (aka Future Eatery). Since opening its doors in 2015, owner Sekai Kobayashi has allowed customers to work 50-minute shifts in order to earn their meal at the small eatery, which seats 12 people around a small counter.

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January 8, 2018

Family Spends 6 Months Losing Weight, Shares Inspiring Results in Before and After Photos

When it comes to New Year's resolutions, many people set their sights to losing weight and getting fit.

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December 13, 2017

Artist Brilliantly Illustrates Different Mental Disorders Using Only Paper Clips

In 2013, Project Semicolon began to take the world by storm in a global movement to support those who struggle...

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November 27, 2017

Daughter Is Surprised with Letter Every Birthday From Her Father Who Died 4 Years Ago

Four years ago, just a month before her 17th birthday, Bailey Sellers’ father Michael passed away from pancreatic cancer. But before he died, Michael found a way to be with his daughter every year on her birthday, even after he was gone.

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November 16, 2017

89-Year-Old Photographer Pokes Fun at Herself in Silly Self-Portraits

Learning something new can be challenging, but sometimes, it can take you places you’d never imagine.

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November 14, 2017

Baroque-Inspired Portraits Celebrate the Beauty of Black Girls’ Natural Hair

Atlanta-based CreativeSoul Photo brought an inspiring artistic vision to life that highlights the beauty of black girls and their natural hair.

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October 28, 2017

Nomadic Couple Spends 6 Years Traveling 80,000 Miles Across Europe in a Van

In the Spring of 2010, partners Lauren Smith and Calum Creasey—founders of The Rolling Home—decided to pack only their essential possessions and to set out on an adventure that would end up being a six-year-long road trip. With little money and a lot of imagination, they bought a Volkswagen T4 and transformed it from a regular transporter van into their dream home.

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October 27, 2017

6-Year-Old Amazes World with Airplane Knowledge, Gets to Be Pilot for a Day

Kids say the darndest things, and sometimes they’re astonishing examples of expert knowledge.

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October 2, 2017

90-Year-Old Grandma in the Czech Republic Passes Time By Artistically Painting Houses

In the small Czech village of Louka, in southern Moravia, one woman has made it her mission to beautify the...

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September 27, 2017

Married Couple Finally Takes Romantic Wedding Photos After 60 Years Together

Love can be a fleeting emotion, but if you’ve found your special person, the life you have built together is something to celebrate. In 1957, Brazilian couple Dona Rosa and Seu Rousso (aka “the Russian boy”) got married in a wedding that was a family affair; a grandfather prepared the yard for the nuptials while an aunt made the cake and a godmother sewed Dona's dress.

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