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🧽 Oh, it’s that mess. Let’s fix that.

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Restore old pics with AI

Bring faded memories back to life. These simple AI tools let you see your loved ones just as you remember them.

Teen breaks into jail: A 19-year-old from New York snuck into a shut-down prison just to snap selfies. He crawled through a hole in the fence, wandered around and accidentally locked himself in a real cell. The twist? He had to call the cops to get out … and got arrested for trespassing. Genius move.

48,000

That’s how many likes Tinder’s “most swiped right man” racked up without finding “the one.” Despite spending nine years and countless hours on the app (earning him the title “Mr. Tinder”), Stefan-Pierre Tomlin found love the old-fashioned way, meeting his girlfriend during a night out. She had no clue he was Mr. Tinder until she Googled him.

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Less than 20 years

How long most film execs think the “traditional” cinema experience has left. With streaming taking over, the old model isn’t pulling in profits like it used to. My buddy just lost his job at a cinema that only shows Pixar films. He forgot to show Up.

Streaming officially beats cable and broadcast

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More Americans now stream TV than watch cable or broadcast. It’s a massive shift from just four years ago. The old guard is losing fast.

30 minutes

You don’t have to wait that long to swim after eating. That old drowning myth came from the idea that digestion pulls blood toward your stomach, leaving less for your muscles. Cue the imagined cramps. Experts say the shift is minimal and not dangerous. So yeah, jump in after lunch, just skip the cannonball.

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100 years old

The age Layne Horwich was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. She had three options: Do nothing, take pills to slow the growth or have surgery. Layne took option three and is now cancer-free at 101. The meds were a no-go since they could cause hair thinning, and she still hits the beauty parlor every week. Priorities.

Postural regression therapy: Millennials and Gen Z are now curing “tech neck” by copying babies. The fix? Lying on your stomach like a 6-month-old. Influencers swear it helps their posture, digestion, even core strength. So yeah, we’ve reached the timeline where adulting means scheduled floor flops. I’m looking forward to nap time.

🫀 Teen heart hacker: A 14-year-old in Texas built an AI-powered heart screening app that can detect cardiac issues in seven seconds with just a smartphone mic. Yes, seriously. It’s 96% accurate and already in clinical trials. App detects heart failure? I wonder if it can hear mine breaking during tax season.

$50,000

That’s how much a 20-year-old makes monthly on TikTok Shop. Grayson Finks treats TikTok like a 9-to-5, but with better lighting and fewer naggy coworkers in 10 videos a day. She’s made more than $3 million in revenue, with 176,000 followers.

95 years old

That’s the birthday Clint Eastwood just celebrated. His advice: “Do something new or stay at home.” No surprise there, with Hollywood pumping out all those remakes, reboots and sequels (ahem, looking at you, Marvel). But hey, Dirty Harry’s got no plans to retire just yet.

🦴 Help for arthritis is here: A 58-year-old woman got a tiny bio-implant that stopped her symptoms cold. It sends signals through the vagus nerve to calm inflammation, so no more pain or swelling. The best part? She only needs one minute of treatment a day. If all goes well, the FDA could approve it this summer.

Flip your old books into cash

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Jeff Bezos started Amazon selling used books. While you might not build a trillion‑dollar empire, your shelves could hold big money.

“Destroying my mind”: That’s how 22-year-old Sarah Hills felt about her Oura Ring (paywall link). Every spike in heart rate or dip in her “readiness score” sent her into a panic. It’s called “Oura paranoia,” and she’s not alone. Oura’s own head of science says he takes breaks from wearing his ring. You might want to do that with a wearable, too.

Long overdue: You may get a refund from Amazon for a really old order. The company “found” a ton of unprocessed returns, going as far back as 2018. Why now? There’s a potential class action lawsuit about missing refunds. Here’s the kicker: Some folks are getting refunds for items they never returned, while others are still waiting. Ouch.

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