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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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.

tiktok.com/@abbyrosecases

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

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Woman on a couch with dog
More and more TikTokers say they're deprioritizing socializing on weekends nowadays.

Klaus Vedfelt

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.

@ugh_madison/TikTok

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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A 26-year-old influencer who people think looks much older has a theory about why Gen Zers appear to be aging faster than millennials

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Jordan Howlett
Jordan Howlett often shoots his popular TikToks with this style.

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Costco and Sam's Club shoppers are rushing to buy a $150 dupe of an Anthropologie mirror that costs $1,200

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Anthropologie mirror
The Luisa Mirror.

Anthropologie

Yemeni influencer dubbed 'Timhouthi Chalamet' doesn't like that he went viral for looking like a film star

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Yemeni man nicknamed Timhouthi Chalamet
A young Yemeni man named Rashid Al Haddad has been given the nickname "Timhouthi Chalamet."

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No, the Ultimate World Cruise won't be ending early because of Red Sea chaos

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serenade of the seas
The Ultimate World Cruise is still scheduled for 274 total nights.

Royal Caribbean International

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