A Michigan family did a white elephant gift exchange for Christmas, and one of the gifts was a lottery ticket that hit for $500,000. 25-year-old Emily Hickox got the ticket, but not until after the exchange was over. She got a flashlight her dad bought . . . and he wanted it back, so they…… read more »
Cops in London saved a woman who called and pretended to order a pizza, because she was in trouble but couldn’t say so. The operator realized what was going on and asked “yes” or “no” questions. She also asked her to say “pepperoni” if she was in danger……. A Brooklyn bakery is in the news…… read more »
Thiberville, a small town in France near Normandy, randomly inherited $10 million. A 91-year-old guy who’d never even been there left them $10.2 million from his estate, because it’s where his family name came from. His name was Roger Thiberville. Less than 1,800 people live in the town, and $10 million is more than five times…… read more »
A Pennsylvania man is going viral after proposing to his girlfriend on a plane, and recreating a scene from “The Wedding Singer”. It’s the one where Adam Sandler sings “Grow Old with You” to Drew Barrymore. She said yes.. ………….The “Today” show just did a feature on 50-year-old Vamarr Hunter, who had been going to a…… read more »
Have you ever dreamed of winning the lottery? Don’t ever ignore stuff like that. A woman in Maryland used five numbers she saw in a dream and won $50,000…………… Two formerly long-haired people in the U.K. broke world records while donating their locks to a good cause. 38-year-old Ruth Tripp recently snagged the record for largest…… read more »
José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen has set up a bunch of meal distribution sites around the city to make sure first responders and people affected by the fires can get something to eat……………..A bunch of firefighters walked into an In-N-Out to get burgers the other day, and the whole place gave them a huge round…… read more »
A Canadian couple who got married in 1968 just saw their wedding photos for the first time. Margaret and Barry Sharman didn’t have enough money to buy their photos back then, and never even got to look at them. One of Margaret’s bridesmaids works at a museum now, and someone randomly donated the photos after…… read more »
Someone in San Antonio went on Reddit to vent after their bike got stolen last week. It was their only way to get to work, and they couldn’t afford a new one. But an hour later, they shared an update after someone who saw the post gifted them a bike. The update said there were…… read more »
A guy in Maryland was driving last month when someone cut him off in traffic. But no hard feelings, because he remembered their license plate number . . . used the digits on 10 different lottery tickets . . . and they all hit for $50,000. So the jerk who cut him off helped him…… read more »
A guy in Illinois was redoing his parents’ bathroom when he ripped out some drywall and found an old Christmas gift in the wall with his name on it. They apparently hid it in 1978 and forgot. It turned out to be a set of toy planes called Thunder Jets that Matchbox made……………… Officials in…… read more »