I'm a food reporter who's never been to Golden Corral. I visited the only location in NYC since it went viral, and my $25 meal completely surpassed my expectations.

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New York City's only Golden Corral location is in the Bronx, where staffers went viral online.

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Chinese people are debating a superstition that says 2024 is the 'Year of the Widow.' Beijing is starting to pay attention.

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Newly-wed couples attend traditional Chinese-style group wedding ceremony at Jinyang Lake Park on September 12, 2023 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.
Newly-wed couples attend traditional Chinese-style group wedding ceremony at Jinyang Lake Park on September 12, 2023 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.

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A 21-year-old went viral at a 'Shark Tank' casting call for her phone case organizer that viewers called dumb — but here's why she's doubling down

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Screenshots of Abby Rosilier holding up the RoseRack product in Las Vegas and then in what appears to be an office.
Some felt Rosilier's phone case organizer served to answer a problem no one actually had.

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People say weekends feel 'different' now and they no longer want to socialize, blaming the pandemic and the economy

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More and more TikTokers say they're deprioritizing socializing on weekends nowadays.

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Splitting the check is no longer restaurant etiquette — in 2024 it's every diner for themself

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Group of friends paying check at a restaurant.
Discussions around how to split a restaurant check are blowing up.

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The TikToker who snuck into Kroger and worked a shift without having a job was invited back for another one

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TikToker at Kroger
Madison, a TikToker, working a shift at Kroger — one she was actually invited to.

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Men in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggests

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A miniature landscape palace of Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park is seen under heavy snow in Xi 'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, Nov 11, 2023.
A miniature landscape palace of Xi 'an Daming Palace National Heritage Park is seen under heavy snow in Xi 'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, Nov 11, 2023.

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A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course

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Smoking "Uncle Chen" as he ran the Xin'anjiang Marathon.

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MrBeast says he'll give 10 people $25,000 — the entirety of the $250,000 he just earned on X

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MrBeast
MrBeast is YouTube's biggest creator with 234 million subscribers.

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Some X users are convinced Elon Musk rigged the results of a MrBeast ad experiment where he earned $250,000

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Elon Musk and MrBeast
Elon Musk and MrBeast (right).

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