Behind-the-Scenes Story of Bringing Up Baby (1938)
One of the most famous gags in Bringing Up Baby—the moment when Susan’s dress gets ripped—was inspired by a real-life incident involving Cary Grant. One...
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This actually happened
This actually happened to me—for just one day. I was seventeen years old, visiting Japan. I’m half Japanese on my mother’s side, but I was...
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This morning, I went to a house nearby
This morning, I went to a nearby house to buy a sewing machine I had seen listed online. When I arrived, I noticed a picture...
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The Full Story of Philip Paxson
Philip “Phil” Paxson was a 47-year-old father of two young daughters who lived with his family in Hickory, North Carolina. He was known as a...
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February 3, 1959
February 3, 1959, is remembered as “The Day the Music Died.” On that day, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, also known as The...
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As a doctor or nurse, have you ever had a naughty thought when a patient took off their clothes?
Patient P. visited my girlfriend because peeing hurt. His story was bizarre. “I was taking a quick shower, and totally by accident, the water poured...
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My husband and I have been mar
My husband and I have been married since 1995. We tried for years to have a baby, spending thousands of dollars on fertility treatments, tracking...
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Today at Walmart, an elderly man
Today at Walmart, an elderly man came up to me and asked, “Does your phone take pictures?” I said, “Yes, it does,” not really understanding...
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Around 2500 BC, an Egyptian
Around 2500 BCE, in ancient Egypt, a physician wrote a medical text that would become one of the most remarkable documents in the history of...
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Before becoming Donald Trump’s
Mary Anne MacLeod was born on May 10, 1912, on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. She grew up in a poor farming and fishing...
